Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | AEEE465 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents |
1.Introduction -What is nano -Why nano -Nanomaterials
2.PhysicsBackground - Quantum mechanics andstatistical physics - de Broglie's hypothesis - Heisenberg uncertainty principle - Pauli exclusion principle - Schrödinger's equation - Properties of the wave function -Application: quantum well, wire, dot - Structure and bonding - Application: carbonnanotube - Electronic band structure - Electron statistics - Application: Optical transitions in solids
3.Typesof Nanomaterials -Carbon Nano Tubes - Carbon Nanofibers -Nanoparticles and nanopowders -Nanopowder dispersions
4.Nanomaterials: Fabrication - Bottom-up vs. top-down - Epitaxial growth - Self-assembly
5.Nanomaterials:Characterization - Structural: XRD, TEM, SEM, STM, AFM - Chemical - Optical - Transport
6.Electronic Nanodevices - Background - Quantization of resistance - Single-electron transistors - Esaki and resonant tunneling diodes
7.Magnetic Nanodevices -Magnetoresistance -Spintronics
8. MEMSand NEMS - Fabrication - Modeling - Applications
9.Nanotechnology Applications - Nanotechnology for PVs - Nanotechnology for Sustainability:environment, water, food, and climate - Nanotechnology for Sustainability: energy conversion, storage, and conservation - Applications: nanobiosystems, medicine,and health -Applications: nanoelectronics andnanomagnetics -Applications: photonics and plasmonics -Applications: nanostructured catalysts -Applications: high-performancenanomaterials and other emerging areas -Applications: solar energy harvesting, highenergy density batteries, high-sensitivity sensors, nanomaterials in catalysis | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
Students are taught the course through lectures (3 hours per week) by means of PowerPoint presentation slides. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Home work and project assignments are used to develop analytic and qualitative skills related to the course material. Further literature search is encouraged by assigning students to identify and present a specific problem/ applied technology in the field of nanatechnology, gather relevant scientific information about how the problem has been addressed, and eventually present this information in written and orally. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |