B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Advanced Material Sciences Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Crystal Structure and Advanced Metallic Materials printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• Crystal Structure: Unit Cell, Bravais Lattices and Miller Indices with examples Stainless Steels: Types, properties of stainless steels, failure of stainless steels. High Temperature Alloys: Properties and types. Titanium Alloys and Cobalt-Chromium Alloys: Composition, properties and applications. Nitinol as Shape Memory Alloy and its applications. Self-Learning Component: Metallic Glasses

Module 2: Advanced Polymeric Materials printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• Structure, preparation, and application of various conducting polymers, high temperature polymers and liquid crystal polymers. Biomedical applications of polymers such as hydrogels, polyethylene, polyurethanes, polyamides and silicone rubber. Self-Learning Component: Smart Polymers

Module 3: Ceramic Materials printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• Properties of ceramic materials, classification of ceramic materials, ceramic crystal structures. Preparation and application of ceramic materials: Alumina, Partially Stabilized Zirconia, Sialon, Silicon Nitride, Silicon Carbide. Processing of Ceramics. Self-Learning Component: Bioceramics

Module 4: Composite Materials and Fiber Reinforced Plastic Processing printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

Module 5: Metal Composites and Ceramic Composites printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• Metal Composites : Advantage of metal composite over metal, types of reinforcement and matrix fabrication types, properties, various fabrication processes: diffusion bonding process, in-situ process. Ceramic Composites : Matrices and reinforcements, properties, fabrication methods: slurry infiltration process, chemical vapour infiltration process. Self-Learning Component: Hybrid Composites

Module 6: Carbon Nanotubes, Nanoshells and Nanosensors printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content

• Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, properties and applications. Nanoshells : Types, properties and applications. Nanosensors : Assembly methods, nanosensors based on optical, quantum size, electrochemical and physical properties. Self-Learning Component: Application of Smart Nanosensor-Integrated Carbon Nanotube Systems for in Environmental Monitoring

Textbooks

• 1 V. Raghavan, Material Science and Engineering, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 5 th Edition 2011.
• 2 B.K. Agrawal, Introduction to Engineering Materials, Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.,
• 3 A.K. Bhargava, Engineering Material: Polymers, Ceramics and Composites, PHI Learning Pvt.
• 1 William Smith, Javed Hashemi, Ravi Prakash, Material Science and Engineering, 5th Edition,
• 2 Kenneth G. Budinski, Engineering Materials : Properties and Selection, 4th Edition, Prentice
• 3 James A. Jacob and Thomas F. Kilduff, Engineering Materials Technology : Structures,
• 1 https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_mm19/preview
• 2 https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/14/20/1649
• 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgk0TiN6Ov4