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Department OF Chemistry
Pre Ph.D Course
2014
The course consists of a total of 16 units. Unit I & II are common for all students. Out of
remaining 14 units the candidate may choose relevant 8 units as recommended by the doctoral
committee.
Unit 1 General research Methodology:
(i)
Scientific approach to problem solving Definition, principles and strategies of scientific
approach to problem solving Submission of a research proposal to doctoral committee for
evaluation)
(ii)
Literature survey for pursuing research in chemistry methods
(iv) Presenting the research:
Presentation of the research proposal, thesis writing
Unit II (iii)
Unit 11
UNIT - III: CHEMICAL KINETICS & PHOTO CHEMISTRY 15 hrs
CHEMICAL KINETICS: Structure-Reactivity relationships-
hrs)
Preparative methods of inorganic solids: Ceramic, coprecipitation, sol-gel, chemical
vapor transport.
Characterization techniquesof inorganic solids: X-ray powder diffraction (XRD),
transmission electron
microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPES).
Composites: Classification, fiber reinforced composites- influence of fiber
length.
Nanomaterials: preparation by sol-gel and hydrothermal methods,
characterization by powder XRDScherers equation and general applications.
Molecular modeling: QSAR parameters Physiochemical parametersLipophilicity - Electronic
parameters, Steric parameters, effect of electronic and steric parameters on
lipophilicity. Hansch
analysis, significance of slopes and intercepts in Hansch analysis. QSAR- 2D,
3D.
Case study on Pyranenamine. Achievements of QSAR Forecasting
biological activity, selection of proper substituents, bioisosterism, drug
receptor interactions and pharmacokinetic information Introduction to
database similarity SearchAlignment ; Alignment methods, Pair-wise