Mechanical Engineering 4395 (Synthesis and Processing) Paper Assignment January, 2016The paper assignment must be selected from one of the subjects...

Mechanical Engineering 4395 (Synthesis and Processing) Paper Assignment January, 2016

The paper assignment must be selected from one of the subjects listed in Table 1. Companies, national laboratories, defense agencies and academic institutions consider each of the topics of current interest. If a student prefers to write on a subject matter other than those listed, the instructor must approve the topic, which must also discuss a specific topic on synthesis or processing. A general topic suggesting a general review (e.g., “Chemistry of Nanomaterials” or “Chemical Vapor Deposition”) is not acceptable. The paper should be a comprehensive review and critique of a focused subject (i.e., material system, class of materials or synthesis). The paper also should be documented by recent journal papers, as well as by appropriate monographs, resulting from a complete literature search. The paper content of the paper should have the quality found in the following review publications or technical journals:

Review Journals International Materials Reviews

Progress in Solid State Chemistry
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science Reviews on Advanced Materials Science

Scientific/Engineering Journals Advances in Chemical Engineering

Nanostructured Materials Chemical Engineering Science Materials Science and Engineering Surface Science Reports

The paper should have 1.5-line spacing with a font size of 11 or 12 and the format used in a review journal should be followed. The topics in the list have enough information in the literature to cover the material in twenty to thirty pages with more than thirty references. Only three websites are acceptable in the reference list. The paper will be assessed on:

Grading Category Items for consideration within each category Technical writing Organizational structure, elements of style, grammar/spelling,

sentence structure, summary
Technical content Technical discussion including critique of concepts, equations,

reactions and figures 

TOPIC:Synthesis of CARBON Nanomaterials (select a Specific Material System) via Fluid/Solid Reactions

at least 30 references from books and journals.