Course

Unit 1: Ethics in Research Ethics, moral philosophy, nature of moral judgements and reactions. Scientific conduct – ethics with respect to science and research. Intellectual honesty and research integrity. Scientific misconducts – falsification, fabrication and plagiarism. Redundant publications – duplicate and overlapping publications. Selective reporting and misrepresentation of data.Unit 2: Literature SurveyImportance of literature survey, planning a literature search, identifying key concepts and key words, locating relevant literature and reliability of a source. Aim, objectives, expected outcome, and methodology to be adopted. Importance of reproducibility of results. Objectives and basic principles of designs of experiments. Data presentation – using graphs, in tables, schemes and figures. Software for drawing. Bibliography using Mendeley and Zotero.Unit 4: Publication EthicsBest practices and standards, conflicts of interest, publication misconduct, unethical behaviour and related problems. Authorship and contributorship. Identification of publication misconduct, complaints and appeals.Unit 5: Research Communication General aspects of scientific writing – reporting practical and project work, writing literature survey and reviews, organizing a poster display, oral presentation. Guidelines for manuscript writing – abstract, introduction, methodology, results and discussion, conclusion, acknowledgement, references and citation. Intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights (IPR).

This course involves the analysis of various physical chemistry parameters of materials and the study of their applications. This will provide hands-on skills in synthesis, characterization, reaction kinetics, interpretation, statistical treatment, and documentation of experimental data. Topics include but are not restricted to the below points.1.Synthesis of nanomaterials and their characterization by various electroanalytical techniques for energy storage, corrosion, and biosensing applications2.Spectrophotometric estimations of environmental pollutants3.Surface functionalization of nanomaterials and their characterization for various applicationsStudy of spectrophotometric, electrochemical, and catalytic applications of transition metal complexes

Recommended Readings 1.Bird, A., 2006. Philosophy of science. Routledge.2.MacIntyre, A., 2017. A short history of ethics: A history of moral philosophy from the Homeric age to the twentieth century. University of Notre Dame Pess.3.Chaddah, P., 2018. Ethics in Competitive Research: Do not get scooped; do not get plagiarized.4.Bordens, K.S. and Abbott, B.B., 2002. Research design and methods: A process approach. McGraw-Hill.5.Kothari C.R., 2020. Research methodology methods and Techniques. New Age International Publishers.6.Thomas, C.G., 2021. Research methodology and scientific writing. Thrissur: Springer.