Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Course Outline

Week 1 - Introduction to Nanotechnology

• What is nanotechnology?
  • Nanoscale dimension
  • Nanoscale forces
  • Nanoscale paradigm
• Concept of emergence
  • Science of networks
• Nanotechnology overview
• Course materials and links
• Course goals and objectives

Week 2 - Nanostructure of the universe

• From subatomic physics to chemical systems
• Atomic and electronic structure (review)
• Types of chemical bonds and bonding
• Periodic table / chemical properties
• Solid state physics / materials properties

Week 3 - Nanostructures and nanomaterials

• Carbon structures and materials
  • Carbon nanotubes (CNT and MWNT)
  • Organometallic compounds
• Silicon structures and materials
• Solid state physics / materials properties
  • Semiconduction
• Metals and high performance alloys
• Glasses and ceramics

Week 4 - Semiconductor and Nanoelectronics devices

• Nanoelectronics overview
• Moore's Law and silicon
• Molecular computing
• Quantum effects / tunneling
• Moore's law from 2005 to 2025
• Quantum devices and computing

Week 5 - Nano Fabrication Techniques

• Thin film deposition
• Silicon processing
• Self-assembly
• DNA arrays and templating
• Tour of Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF)

Week 6 - MEMS and sensors

• MEMS overview
• MEMS application
• MEMS fabrication
• MEMS integration
• MEMS development

Week 7 - Surfaces and Thin Films

• Surfaces
  • Surface structure
  • Surface chemistry
  • Surface physics
  • Surface modification
  • Surface characterization
• Thin films
  • Thin film applications
  • Thin film structures
  • Thin film application techniques
    • Sputtering
    • CVD, PE-CVD, MO-CVD
    • MBE – Molecular Beam Epitaxy
    • Self – assembled films
    • Dendrimers and Langmuir-Blodgett films

Week 8 - Materials characterization

• Materials characterization techniques
  • AES
  • ESCA
  • SEM
  • TEM
  • AFM-SPM
  • Organic analysis techniques
• Materials characterization methods
  • Materials characterization
  • QA/QC
  • Failure analysis (FA)
  • Problem solving
  • Multi-technique approaches

Week 9 - Quantum mechanics / quantum computing

• 200 years of quantum technology
  • Electricity and magnetism
  • Telegraph
  • Radio and television
  • X-rays and radionuclides
  • Nuclear fission
  • Semiconductors
  • Quantum tunneling
  • Quantum computing
• Quantum computing
  • Quantum informatics
  • Quantum devices
  • Quantum computing
• EMI diagrams

Week 10 - Nanobiotechnology

• Nano-Bio-Info convergence
• DNA microarrays
  • GeneChip(TM), SNP, and protein arrays
• Self assembly
  • Protein assembly
  • DNA assembly / templating
• Digital cells
  • Insilico devices
  • Genetic circuits
• DNA computing
• Synthetic Biology

Week 11 - Cleantech – clean technology

• What is cleantech?
• Cleantech challenges
• Energy
• Water
• Environmental remediation
• Clean buildings
• Energy challenges
• Global warming / climate change
• The end of cheap oil – Hubbert Peak
• Ten Key Energy Challenges
• Designing the next energy economy

Week 12 - Nanotechnology - the road ahead

• Nanoscale understanding
  • Nanostructure and nanomaterials innovation
• Quantum informatics
  • Using the universe as a computer
• Solving big problems
  • Energy
  • Drinking water
  • Waste
• Nano-bio-info convergence
• Policy, investment, and development

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