Basic concepts, Primary and Secondary cells, Materials for batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells, Electrochemical energy storage systems, Design, fabrication, operation and Evaluation; Safety and tolerance

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Basic concepts: Reversible cells and irreversible cell reactions, Parameters for  characterizing batteries

Batteries: Primary and Secondary cells, Chemistry and materials used for various components

Corrosion definition, Electrochemical and thermodynamic principles, Pourbaix diagram, Corrosion rate expressions, Tafel equation, Passivity,  Mixed potential theory, Forms of corrosion in metals & non-metals,   Evaluation of corrosion & degradation of materials, Methods of corrosion prevention, Case studies.

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Introduction-concepts & terminologies, Concept of Dyes & Pigments driers, additives, solvents, plasticizers, Chemistry and Technology of resins-Natural & synthetic, processing techniques, properties, manufacturing of paints & applications of resins for surface coatings. Coil Coating, UV cured coating, Waterborne PU Coatings, Non Stick coatings, Smart Coatings, Hygienic Coatings, protective coatings, marine coatings, automotive and aerospace coatings, Characteristics and characterization of surface coatings

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Introduction to computational modeling and simulation for Materials Science. Molecular mechanics, Density functional theory (DFT), Molecular dynamics (MD), Monte Carlo (MC) methods, introduction to quantum MC methods, analysis exercises using softwares, Materials genomics, High through-put combinatorial algorithms for materials design.

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Introduction to classes of materials used in medical applications-Testing of biomaterials- Toxicology-Polymeric drug delivery systems - Metals and ceramics-Dental materials-Smart biomaterials- Nanobiomaterials - Nanogels and microgels- Tissue engineering.

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Biomaterials: Introduction to classes of materials used in medical applications: Metals, polymers, ceramics, bioresorbable and biodegradable materials, coatings, medical fibers, non fouling surfaces.

Global Energy Demand, Renewable Energy Sources, Materials for Renewable Energy Conversion- Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Photoelectrochemical cells and Fuel cells. Mechanism, Fabrication, Evaluation, and Efficiency. Future energy economy-Hydrogen economy- Hydrogen storage, Overview of other renewable energy sources.

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Basics- electronic, magnetic and optical properties in metals, semiconductors, ceramics and polymers; Electronic properties- dielectric properties, Concept of doping- high, very high and ultra-high frequency fields; Organic semiconductors, p-conjugated polymers; Magnetic domains- magnetic materials, thin films, nanoparticles, magnetoresistive materials, magnetic recording, magnetic polymers; Optical properties- optics-ray, electromagnetic, guided wave optics; Physics of light-matter interactions, Photoactive and photorefractive polymers; Radiation sensitive resisters, Second order nonlinear

Smart materials and structures- piezoelectric materials, peizoceramics, piezopolymers; Shape memory materials- one way and two ways SME, Training of SMAs, Functional properties of SMAs; Chromogenic materials- principles and design strategies; Smart polymers- temperature responsive and light responsive polymers, Molecular imprinting using smart polymers, Smart hydrogels, Fast responsive hydrogels, Applications; Smart systems for space applications- smart corrosion protection coatings, Self-healing materials, Sensors, Actuators, Deployment devices

Scanning Probe microscopies- advances STM and AFM for material characterization, X-ray diffraction (XRD); Indexing of XRD patterns, lattice parameter determination, determination of particle size and micro/macro strains, reciprocal lattice, electron diffraction, energy loss spectroscopy, SAXS, XRF.

Introduction to Rubbers and elastomers; Manufacture, structure, properties and applications of Natural Rubber, Synthetic rubbers like SBR, Butyl rubber, EPDM, Hypalon, nitrile rubber etc; Chemistry and technology of rubber vulcanization; Rubber compounding, additives used in rubber compounding; General compound design, kinetics of vulcanization; Assessment of curing; Compression, transfer, extrusion, calendering and injection moulding of rubbers; Manufacturing,  testing and recycling of rubber products.

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