NRC-M

20-24 December 2010

Sponsored by
NRC-M

UGC Networking Resource Centre for Materials
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012.

Download the Brochure for more details.

Updated (18 December 2010)

1. Download the revised Schedule for more details.
2. Click on Accommodation for information.
3. Download the Participants list.

About the School

For more details about the School, and about how to apply, please consult the Brochure.

Introduction

A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units connected by covalent chemical bonds. Because of the extraordinary range of properties of polymeric materials, they are essential and critical in everyday life, ranging from structural applications, drug encapsulations to electronic devices. Important classes of polymer are conducting polymers. Conductive polymers are those organic polymers that can conduct electricity and are having conductivity like metallic or semiconductor. Conducting polymers like polyaniline, polythiophene, and their derivatives are widely used in electronic applications because of their tailorable opto-electronic properties. For the last few decades there is a considerable interest in using electrically conducting polymers (CPs) in microelectronics because these are flexible, possess a high strength to-weight ratio, and are relatively less energy intensive to manufacture. Hence it is essential to build awareness and competence in such a growing and emerging field of conducting polymers.

Objectives

The school is focused on the fundamental aspects of polymer synthesis, characterization and applications in the area of materials processing, drug delivery and various devices.

Course Content

The following topics will be covered under different sessions

• Polymer fundamentals
• Polymers in colloidal processing
• Drug delivery and encapsulation
• Device physics
• Conducting polymers
• Organic devices
• Polymeric sensors
• Polymer display technologies
• Organic photovoltaics
• Polymer batteries
• Indian photovoltaic market study
  

Lab experiments will be arranged in the afternoon. Due to lab space constraints maximum 20 participants will be chosen.

Faculty

• Dr. Praveen C Ramamurthy, IISc
• Prof. S Subramanian, IISc
• Prof. Ashok Raichur, IISc
• Prof. Giridhar Madras, IISc
• Prof. S Ramakrishnan, IISc
• Dr. Satish Patil, IISc
• Dr. Aninda J Bhattacharyya, IISc
• Dr. R S Anand, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. Siddhartha Panda, IIT Kanpur
• Dr. Narayanan Unni, IIT Kanpur
• Prof. Anil Kumar, IIT Bombay
• Mr. K Subramanya, CEO, Tata BP solar

Who should attend?

The School encourages participation of faculty from academic institutions, young scientists from various research institutions and research students in their early stages of research in Polymers. Participants from departments or working in area of Polymers, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry will be encouraged.

Course Coordinators:

Dr. Praveen C Ramamurthy (Coordinator)
Prof. S. Subramanian (Co-coordinator)

Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012.

Applications

Note: The deadline for submission of your application is 31 October 2010.

Applications (containing the following details) along with the approval of the head of department may be sent as a scanned copy to ugc@materials.iisc.ernet.in.

1. Name of participant
2. Sex
3. Date of Birth
4. Designation (for faculty) or Degree Registered (for student)
5. Department, University
6. Full Address
7. Email ID:
8. Area of research / teaching
9. Experience (Years)
10. Details of collaborative NRCM project (if any)
11. Contact details: e-mail, fax, and telephone number
12. Recommendation (by Head of the Institution, with seal)

Or, a hard copy of these documents can be sent to:
Ms. Bharathi N
NRC-M Summer School Secretariat
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012.

Phone and Fax : +91 80 2293 2908
Email : ugc@materials.iisc.ernet.in

Brochure

The Brochure for the Winter School on Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications is available here.