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Nanotechnology, 6 ECTS credits.
/Nanoteknologi/
For:
BME
FyN
MED
MFYS
MSN
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Yi
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
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Area of Education: Science
Main field of studies: Physics, Applied Physics
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
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)
Basic knowledge in mechanics and wave 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:
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.
Lectures to cover the following topics:
- Introduction of nano-technology;
- Size matters;
- Interlude I: the fundamental science behind nanotechnology;
- Interlude II: the tools of nano-science (tools for measuring nano-structures and tools to fabricate nano-structures);
- Optics and electronics;
- Sensors;
- Smart materials;
- Bio-medical applications;
- NEMS;
- Perspectives and future outlook. Group meetings for the demonstration of some examples using nanotechnology and the student conference
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Course literature:
Lecture notes available online as well as a reference book: "Nanotechnology - Basic Science and Emerging Technologies", M. Wilson et al (Chapman & Hall / CRC, 2002).
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Active participation in the student conference
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5 ECTS
1 ECTS
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Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Magnus Johansson
Examiner: Jens Birch
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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