Nanoscience and Technology 2017
Nanoscience and Technology 2017
Reg. No.....................................
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(CUCBCSS-UG)
Physics
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PHY 6B 13 (E2)-NA..NOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Time Three Hours Maximum 80 Marks
The symbols used in this question paper have their usual meanings.
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Section A
1.
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(Answer in a word or a phrase)
Answer all questions; each question carries 1 mark.
4. AFM uses the --- force between the tip and the sample surface.
5. --- is the field in which the nanometric behavior of the biological devices is explained.
8. Sputtering is driven by momentum exchange between ions and atoms in the material.
10. In C60, each hexagonal benzene ring shares sides with three hexagonal and five pentagonal
rings.
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(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
Section B
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11. Draw the band structure of an insulator indicating valence and conduction bands and the energy
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12. Show a graph illustrating the variation of Fermi-Dirac function with temperature.
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15. List the names of any four solution based techniques for nanomaterials synthesis.
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17. Discuss the structure of boron nitride nanotubes.
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(7 x 2 == 14 marks)
Section C
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(Answer in a paragraph of about half a page to one page)
Answer any five questions; each question carries 4 marks.
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Explain the formation of energy bands in solids.
21. Distinguish between top down and bottom up techniques in nanomaterials synthesis.
Draw t11e schematic diagram of an electron beam evaporator system and indicate the parts.
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23. Explain the charge transfer in STM in terms of local density of states.
(5 x 4 = 20 marks)
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Section D
(Problems-write all relevant formulas, all important steps carry separate marks)
Answer any four questions ; each question carries 4 marks.
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25. Give expression for density of states of a quantum wire and a quantum dot and plot them as a
function of energy.
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(4 x 4 = 16 marks)
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Section E
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(Essays-answer in about two pages)
32. Explain the Drude model of electrical conduction in metals. Obtain an expression for the DC electrical
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conductivity.
33. What do you mean by an infinite square well potential? Obtain eigen functions and eigen values
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of a particle confined to an infinite square well.
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34. Using suitable schematics, discuss the principle of chemical vapor deposition of thin films.
35. Discuss the principle of scanning probe microscopy employed in nanomaterials characterization.
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