Nanoscience
Contents Nanoscience and -technology, a field in explosive development, deals with the understanding of the special properties which structures on the nanoscale show, and the designing and synthesizing of functional structures, materials, processes and "machines". The area is highly interdisciplinary and includes physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. Nanotechnology has been proclaimed the leader of "the next industrial revolution" and is expected to be among the most important technologies of this century.
The course introduces the physics and chemistry of nanostructures with emphasis on the special and interesting properties, which structures on the nanometer scale show. In addition, some methods of analysis and synthesis used within the field will be described.
Topics:
Introduction to nanoscience, top-down and bottom-up approach.
Nanoclusters (metalclusters, C60, carbon nanotubes).
Electrons in 2, 1 and 0 dimensions, quantum dots, Coulomb blockade.
Nanowires: transport regimes, conductivity, mechanical properties.
Self-organization, nanopatterning, atom lithography.
Studies on large molecules, including biomolecules.
Scanning probe techniques (STM, AFM), nanosensors, optical tweezers.
Nanostructures and catalysis.
Nanostructures and biocompatibility.
Nanostructures and quantum computing.
Nanocrystalline composit materials.
Text-book Notes
Course form and extent 2 hours lectures and 2 hours exercises per week.
Teachers Flemming Besenbacher, Ivan Stensgaard, Trolle Linderoth (and others).
Points/ECTS-credits 1/5
Semester Autumn