Thin Film Technology

By Prof. Samit Kumar Ray | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 459 | Exam registration: 88

ABOUT THE COURSE:
Thin film technology is the backbone for building monolithically integrated semiconductor devices, modern computers, energy and healthcare systems.Varieties of metallic, semiconducting, superconducting and insulating materials with controlled mechanical, electrical and optical properties are integrated today to form hetrostructures and superlattices for advanced functional devices and systems, This is an interdisciplinary space course suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate spaced and science students covering the technologies forfthin film deposition, characterization and fabrication of nanoscaledevices.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: PG and UG students of Electronics engineering, Metallurgical & materials engineering, Chemical engineering, Bio engineering and PhD and M.Sc. students of Physics, Chemistry and Materials Sciences

PREREQUISITES: UG course on Solid State Physics, Introduction to Materials or Basic Electronics

INDUSTRY SUPPORT:
1. Applied Materials
2. SCL Chandigarh
3. Micron Technology
4. BHEL
5. Tata steel

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary VLSI design Bioengineering Minor 1 in Chemical Electronic Materials
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	03 Nov 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Course introduction with a review on materials science

Week 2: Physical vapor deposition of thin films-I : Thermal and electron beam assisted deposition

Week 3: Physical vapour deposition of thin films-II : Plasma, Ion beam and laser assisted deposition

Week 4: Pulsed laser deposition and hybrid methods

Week 5: Chemical vapor deposition of thin films

Week 6: Epitaxial growth of thin films for device applications including MOCVD and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)

Week 7: Theory of nucleation and growth of thin films

Week 8: Mechanical, structural and optical characterization of thin films

Week 9: Surface and interface characterization of films and heterostructures

Week 10: Thin film nanofabrication technology

Week 11: Thin film electronic, optoelectronic and energy devices

Week 12: Emerging nanoscale and quantum devices

Books and references

1. Materials Science of Thin Films – Milton Ohring
2. Thin Film Phenomena – K. L. Chopra
3. Thin Film Processes – J. L. Vossen and W.Kern

Instructor bio

Prof. Samit Kumar Ray

IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Samit Kumar Ray is currently a Chair Professor in the Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur. He has previously served as the Director S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, Dean (Post-graduate & Research Studies), Head, Department of Physics and founder Head, School of Nanoscience and Technology, IIT Kharagpur. His research interests are in the area of semiconductor quantum technology, low dimensional materials, photovoltaics and nanophotonic devices. He has served as a visiting faculty/scientist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, University of Delaware, USA, University of Texas at Austin, USA, Queens University of Belfast, UK and Chang Gung University, Taiwan. He serves as an editorial board member of the journal Nanotechnology and Nanofutures (Institute of Physics, UK), Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Materials : Optics and Photonics.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 03 November 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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