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Advanced Nanotechnology (A)

Credits: 3

Lecturers: Pao, Chun-Wei (RCAS) and Lee, Wei-Li (IoP)

Classroom: P101 Meeting Room, IoP

Class hour: Wednesday, 09:10-12:00

Course overview: (updated on 2/25)

This course will cover the following topics:

PART I: From Feb. 24th to April 13th by Dr. Chun-Wei Pao

How and why do nanomaterials form?

Date	Topic
2/24	Introduction and review of thermodynamics
3/2	Capillary
3/9	Diffusion: Elementary Concepts
3/16	Diffusion under External Fields
3/23	Diffusion and Self-Assembly
3/30	Phase Separation
4/6	Nucleation and Growth
4/13	Special Topics in Nucleation and Growth – Growth Kinetics of 2D materials

References

• Robert T. DeHoff, ”Thermodynamics in Materials Science“, McGraw-Hill
• D.A. Porter and K.E. Easterling, ”Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys“, Taylor & Francis

PART II: From April 20th to June 6th by Dr. Wei-Li Lee

Carbon nanostructure

Date	Topic
4/20	0D system, carbon-based buckyballs (fullerene)
4/27	2D system, emerging material : graphene
5/4	1D system, carbon nanotube

Nanomagnetism and Spintronics

Date	Topic
5/11	Introduction to magnetism
5/18	Magnetic Nanostructure
5/25	Spintronics (I)
6/1	Spintronics (II)
6/8	Other novel materials and their physical property
6/15	Study group oral presentation lunch boxes provided
6/22	Final exam

Scoring:

50% final exam + 30 % oral presentation + 20 % class attendance