| 33320 Applied Nanotechnology |
| Danish title: Anvendt nanoteknologi |
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Language: English ECTS-creditpoints: 10, External examination.
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Exam schedule:
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F1-B (maj 28 2002), E1-B (dec 11 2001) |
| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester (civil), 4th semester (diplom) |
Scope and form: 2 x 4 hours per week. Lectures, class discussions,
exercises and analysis of experimental data. |
Evaluation: Oral exam and approval of reports
Oral exam combined withy reports written during the semester |
| Examination: 13-scale |
| Participant limitation: Min. 6 Max. 999 |
Aim: This new 4th semester course aims at providing a general and broad
introduction to the multi-disciplinary field of nanotechnology. Students who have completed three semesters in any engineering or science study programme can enter the course. During the course the students will acquire the basic knowledge of the theoretical concepts
and experimental techniques behind the recent vastly improved ability
to observe, fabricate and manipulate individual structures on the
nanometer scale. Another aim of the course is to demonstrate the on-going merge of the top-down approach of microelectronics and
micromechanics with the bottom-up approach of hemistry / biochemistry; a development that is creating new and exciting cross-disciplinary research fields and technologies. |
Contents: The first half of the course is dedicated to the introduction of fundamental theoretical concepts and experimental techniques in
nanotechnology. On the nanometer-scale the laws of Nature are
governed by quantum physics. The necessary quantum theory is presented on a very basic level, and it is used to analyze and understand characteristic nanoscale phenomena, such as tunneling,
size-quntization of electron orbits, and van der Waals forces. Central
experimental topics are nanolithography, used in the fabrication of
nanostructures, and the design and applications of various Surface
Probe Microscopes (SPM), in particular the Scanning Tunnel Microscope (STM) and the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). In the second half of the course the focus is put on a number of experiments where nanotechnology is applied: cantilever based bio-sensors, molecular electronics, self-assembly, force measurements on individual molecules and cells, bio-chip based DNA-analysis, and nanoscale manipulators. For each special topic an active researcher is invited to lecture about some of the latest developments in his or her field. In the associated problem sessions the students will be asked to solve problems involving actual experimental data. |
| Contact: Henrik Bruus, building 345ø, (+45) 4525 6399, bruus@mic.dtu.dk |
| Department: 033 Mikroelektronik Centret |
| Keywords: stm, spm, afm, nanotechnology |
| Updated: 07-01-2002 |
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