M. Tech. (Materials and Metallurgical Engineering):Crystal Growth Processing and Technique
Master
In Patiala
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Patiala
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
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Course programme
First Semester
Structure and Properties of Materials
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
Physical Metallurgy
Characterization and Testing of Materials
Research Methodology
Second Semester
Electro-magnetic Properties of Materials
Failure Analysis
Computational Methods for Materials using C-programming
Materials Processing
Third Semester
Seminar
Thesis (Starts)
Fourth Semester
Thesis (Cont…)
Crystal Growth Processing and Technique
Introduction: Crystal growth, Velocity of growth , Theories and mechanism of growth, Twinning, growth twins, Deformation twins, Transformation twins, Growth in the solid state recrystalization and grain growth.
Crystal Growth Techniques: Growth from melt, Thermodynamic principles and crystal growth equilibria, Nucleation from solution, Melt, vapour and solid phase.
Preparation of Single Crystals: Czochralski method, Bridgman method growth from epitaxy.
Purification: Zone refining and floating zone methods.
Epitaxial Growth: Lattice matching in epitaxial growth, Liquid –phase epitaxy, Vapour phase epitaxy, Molecular beam epitaxy, Growth for polycrystalline materials, Quality assessment by X-ray diffraction and optical techniques, Current trends in crystal growth, Quantum wells and superlattices, Heterostructures, Photochemical deposition, Growth and characterization of large crystals for devices.
M. Tech. (Materials and Metallurgical Engineering):Crystal Growth Processing and Technique