Introduction to Nanotechnology

Credits: 3

Instructors:

(A)
Dr. Wang, Pen-Cheng (NTHU-ESS)
Dr. Yang, Chung Shi (NTHU-ESS)

(B)
Dr. Chen, Kuei-Hsien 陳貴賢 (IAMS, AS)
Dr. Hossein Hosseinkhani (NTUST)

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(A) for Physics background students (basic Chemistry and Bio)
Class hour: Friday 13:10-16:10
Professor: Dr. Wang, Pen-Cheng, Dr. Yang, Chung Shi (NTHU-ESS)
Place: Room 302 @ NTHU-ESS

Outline:

This course is offered for junior/senior undergraduate students and graduate students with physical science or engineering backgrounds who previously have no extensive exposure to biochemistry. This course consists of lecture series and hands-on experiments. The topics covered in this course include:

(1) Basic Organic Chemistry
(2) Biomolecules
(3) Modern Bioanalytical Techniques

Reference:

1. General, Organic and Biochemistry, Katherine J. Denniston, Joseph J. Topping and Robert L. Caret, McGraw Hill, 2004.
2. Bioanalytical Chemistry, Susan R. Mikkelsen and Eduardo Corton, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

Method:

Lectures and hands-on experiments (Protein Adsorption on Modified Silica Surfaces with Various Self-Assembled Organosilane Coatings, Fabrication of Protein Arrays, Fluorescence Immunoassays Using Protein Biochips)

 

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(B) for Chemistry and bio background students (basic Physics)
Class hour: Thursday 13:40-1:30
Professor:
　Dr. Chen, Kuei-Hsien 陳貴賢 (IAMS, AS)
　Dr. Hosseinkhani, Hossein (NTUST)
　Dr. Chen, Chun-Wei (NTU)
　Dr. Chen, Li-Chyong (CCMS, NTU)
Place: R311 @ IAMS

Outline:

This course contains basic physics knowledge necessary for the understanding of modern nanoscience and nanotechnology. It is so designed as to lay a physical foundation for the students whose majors are Chemistry and Biology.

Textbook:

Edward L. Wolf: Nanophysics and Nanotechnology, An introduction to Modern Concept in Nanoscience (Wiley VCH, 2004)

Schedule:

Date	Topic	Classnote
9/20	Introduction (Prof. KH Chen)
9/27	Systematic of Making Things Smaller (Prof. Hossein)
10/4	What are limits to smallness (Prof. Hossein)
10/11	Self-Assembled Nano-Structure in Nature and Industry-1 (Prof. Hossein)
10/18	Self-Assembled Nano-Structure in Nature and Industry-2 (Prof. Hossein)
10/25	Quantum Nature of the Nano-world (Prof. CW Chen)
11/1	Optical Electronics of Low-D Materials (Prof. CW Chen)
11/8	Practical work: visiting Nanomaterials Lab and Nano-Industry (Prof. Hossein)
11/15	Physical-based Experimental Approaches to Nanotechnology-1 (Prof. Hossein)
11/22	Physical-based Experimental Approaches to Nanotechnology-2 (Prof. Hossein)
11/29	Midterm (Prof. Hossein)
12/6	Nanomedicine-1 (Prof. Hossein)
12/13	Nanomedicine-2 (Prof. Hossein)
12/20	Bio and Nano-Electronic (Prof. Hossein)
12/27	Nano Materials for Photovoltaic (Prof. LC Chen)
1/3	Nano Materials for Thermoelectric (Prof. LC Chen)
1/10	Students Projects (Prof. Hossein)
1/17	Conclusion and Final Exam (Prof. Hossein)