Nanotechnology

NANO 53 - Materials Characterization and Modeling in Nanotechnology

Course Outline

Week 1 - Materials Characterization Overview

• Overview of class
  • Goals and objectives
  • Instructors
  • Assignments and projects
  • Lab tours
  • Scenario based instruction
• Overview of the industry
• Nanotechnology review - Fishbine Nanotechnology Course
• Materials characterization centers in the United States and Europe
• Private labs in the United States

Week 2 - Types of Analysis and Approaches in Materials Characterization

• Types of Analysis
  • Materials characterization
    • Process support and development
  • Failure analysis / problem solving
  • QA/QC
• Types of technique
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Chemical
  • Structural

Week 3 - Industries served - types of problems

• Magnetic and optical storage
• Semiconductors and electronics
• MEMS / sensors
• Thin films / coatings
• Biomedical
• Nanocarbon
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Energy
• Packaging

Week 4 - Magnetic and Optical Storage Systems

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Structural
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 5 -Semiconductors and Nanoelectronics

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Structural
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 6 - MEMS and sensors

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Structural
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 7 - Thin films

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Structural
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 8 - Energy

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Structural
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 9 - Biomedical

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Structural
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 10 - Nanocarbon

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
  • Image
  • Surface
  • Organic
  • Structural
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 11 - Tour of EAG Labs (TBA)

• Problem
• Samples
• Analysis
• Data
• Interpretation
• Recommendations

Week 12 - Final Projects - Lab Tours

• Student work (AFM)
• Student work (SEM)
• Student discussion
• Group projects
• Final thoughts

Copyright © 2006 - 2007 Robert D. Cormia - January 1, 2007