| TFYY87 | Nanotechnology, 4,5 ECTS credits. /Nanoteknologi/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 38 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): D
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| Aim: The idea of this course is to introduce the world of nano-technology to the undergraduate students at an early stage before they have been specialized in different profiles. The course should give students a broad perspective and at the same time let them learn about some very recent developments of modern science and technology. Nano scale science and engineering has started and is expected to continue to produce strategic breakthroughs in technology. Nano-science has a strong multidisciplinary nature and it is developed at the intersection of traditional science and engineering, quantum mechanics, and most basic processes of life itself. Nano-technology encompasses how people harness the knowledge of nano-science to create materials, machines, and devices, which will fundamentally change the way that we live and work. The course has a straightforward aim to acquaint students with the whole concept of nano-science and technology, which comprises the fabrication and understanding of matter at the ultimate scale at which nature designs in molecular size. The course will explore several hot topics with strong application aspects, but it will not deal so much with details of the complicated physics, biology, and mathematics. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) TFFY17, Modern Physics. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course is composed of two parts: lectures and a student conference for topical presentations after their own literature searching. |
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| Course contents: Lectures (16x2) to cover the following 10 topics: (1) Introduction of nano-technology; (2) Size matters; (3) Interlude I: the fundamental science behind nanotechnology; (4) Interlude II: the tools of nano-science (tools for measuring nano-structures and tools to fabricate nano-structures); (5) Optics and electronics; (6) Sensors; (7) Smart materials; (8) Bio-medical applications; (9) NEMS; and (10) Perspectives and future outlook. Group meetings for the demonstration of some examples using nanotechnology and the student conference |
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| Course literature: Nanotechnology - a gentle introduction to the next big idea, M. Ratner and D. Ratner (Prentice Hall, NJ, 2003). |
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| Written examination Active participation in the student conference |
3 p 0 p |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Leif Johansson Examiner: Wei-Xin Ni Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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