20BS04 Physics

[2022-23 Semester I]
Exercise Bank

Module — 5: Properties of Solids

1. Compare the principle factors which cause the properties of nano-materials significantly
different from the bulk materials. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoparticle)

2. Compare and contrast the band structures for materials in their bulk and nano forms.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoparticle)

3. In the “plasma synthesis method” (of creating nano-particles of a given material, starting
from its bulk form), a given “red-coloured bulk semiconducting material” is observed to
transform into the blue-coloured nano semiconducting material. Justify this observed
transformation on the basis of band theory of solids.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoparticle)
4. Compare the mechanical properties (with reference to the Young’s moduli and densities)
of Carbon steel (in bulk form) and Carbon nanotubes.

(https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_properties_of_carbon_nanotubes and https://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_steel)

5. Compare the magnetic properties of bulk and nano ferromagnetic materials, in general,
and also, with specific reference to the giant magnetoresistance effect.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_magnetoresistance)

6. Analyze the change in the electrical conductivity of GaAs when transformed from the bulk
to the nano form at the room temperature. Hence, justify the use of such semiconductor
nano-materials as “spintronic” devices. (https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Spintronics)

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