Energetics & Kinetics: (a) Basic Concepts and Laws of Thermodynamics; Entropy; Engineering Devices: Efficiency & Conversion; Thermochemistry; Bioenergetics. (b) Basic Rate Laws; Multistep Reactions; Activation Energy. (c) Transport of Ions and Gases in biofluids and across biomembranes.
Equilibrium: Proton Equilibrium (aqueous & non-aqueous) including Buffers. Phase Equilibrium.
Redox & Electrochemistry: Basic Concepts & Laws; Battery (Automobile to Ni-Cd and beyond); Fuel Cells; Latimer, Frost, and Pourbaix diagram; Corrosion.
Bonding Models & Properties: (a) In Molecules, Supramolecules, Metals and Metal Complexes; (b) Implications on electrical, magnetic, and optical properties. (c) Absorption & Emission Spectroscopy.
Functional Materials - Design & Application: (a) Synthetic Polymers (carbon framework, silicon framework, fluorinated polymer), Bio & biodegradable polymers. (b) Surfactants. (c) Nanostructures, Soft materials and Thin Films. (b) Emerging applications in Energy harvesting, Memory Storage and Micro-fabrication.
Industrial & Bio-inspired Chemistry: (a) Case studies on Industrial organics with emphasis to Drugs (b) Oxidation, Reduction, Catalytic hydrogenation and Electron transfer.
Molecules in Daily Life: A short tour on molecules behind taste, smell, pain, colour and sex.
Text/Reference Books:
1. Brown L. and Holme, T. Chemistry for Engineering Students, Thomson Brooks.
2. Atkins P. and Paula J. D. Atkins’ Physical Chemistry, Oxford.
3. Shriver, D. F. and Atkins, P. W. Atkins’ Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford.
4. Morrison R. T. and Boyd R. N. Organic Chemistry, Prentice Hall.
5. Steed J. W. and Atwood J. L. Supramolecular Chemistry, John-Wiley.
6. Caruther W. Reagents in Organic Chemistry, Cambridge University Press.
7. Wiseman P. An Introduction to Industrial Organic Chemistry, Applied Science.
8. Hall N. The New Chemistry, Cambridge University Press.
9. Atkins P. Atkins’ Molecules Cambridge University Press.
10. Cengel Y. A. and Boles M. A. Thermodynamics-An Engineering Approach, Tata McGraw- Hill |