Course Details

1. Gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the physical principles behind nanomaterials and nano-scale fabrication.
2. Explain the advantages and compare different types of nanostructures.
3. Comprehend the technological limitations in fabrication and characterization of nanostructures.
4. Recognize the potential of exploiting nanothechnology in a traditional fields of engineering.
5. Discuss the properties and advantages of electronic, magnetic and photonic nanodevices.
6. Apply nanotechnology for sustainability: energy conversion, storage. solar energy harvesting, or high energy density batteries and nanosensors.

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

• Ghuzang G. Cao, “Naostructures and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, properties and applications”, Imperial College Press, 2004

• J. Stohr, H.C. Siegmann. Magnetism from Fundamentals to Nanoscale Dynamics. ISBN: 139-783540302827
• A. S. Edelstein and R. C. Cammarata, “Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications”, Institute of Physics Pub., 1998
• M.J.Jackson, “Micro fabrication and Nanomanufacturing”, CRC press.2005
• A.R.Jha, "MEMS and nanotechnology – Based sensors and devices communication, Medical and Aerospace applications", CRC Press 2008
• An extensive reading list of relevant academic research papers.

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.