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Advanced Nanotechnology (A)

Credits: 3

Lecturers: Dr. Chuang, Tien-Ming (course coordinator)

Classroom: P101 Meeting Room, IoP

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

Course information:

This class is aimed to offer physical basis of nanoscience. The lectures are composed of two parts. In lectures before the midterm (Part. I), we will examine the effect of dimensionality on various physical properties of nanoscale systems. We will cover Chapter 1~10 (except Chap 4) of the textbook by Natelson. After the midterm (Part II), we will review several key subjects in nanoscience and the most up-to-date progress. This class is designed for students with reasonable familiarity in solid-state physics and undergraduate-level quantum mechanics, but a brief review on solid-state physics will be given in the first two weeks to set a common background for students. At the end of the semester, students will apply the acquired knowledge to study recent research articles, and to present it to the audience at an understandable level.

Syllabus:

Date	Lecture	Instructor
3/4	APS March Meeting - No class
3/11	Introduction and review of solid-state physics (I)	Tien-Ming Chuang
3/18	Charge transport and nanoelectronics (I)	Chii-Dong Chen
3/25	Charge transport and nanoelectronics (II)	Chii-Dong Chen
4/1	Magnetism and magnetoelectronics (I)	Shang Fan Lee
4/8	Magnetism and magnetoelectronics (II)	Shang Fan Lee
4/15	Nano-mechanics and nano-fluidics	Yu-Chieh Wen
4/22	Nano-optics	Yu-Chieh Wen
4/29	Carbon-based nanomaterials + 2D materials	Yu-Chieh Wen Ya-Ping Hsieh
5/6	Midterm Exam
5/13	Selected topic: topological materials	Tien-Ming Chuang
5/20	Selected topic: superconductivity and its applications	Tien-Ming Chuang
5/27	Selected topic: Quantum Computation	Chii-Dong Chen
6/3	Selected topic: thermoelectricity in nanoscale systems	Yang-Yuan Chen
6/10	Study group oral presentation (I)
6/17	Study group oral presentation (II)

 

Textbook: 

Nanostructures and nanotechnology by Douglas Natelson, Cambridge University Press (2015)
eBook available (https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139025485) if accessed from AS domain.

Scoring:

One written midterm 40%
One final presentation 60%

Scoring:

Final presentation of paper study:
Each student should choose 1~2 publishing journal paper(s) and send it to the instructor (chuangtm@gate.sinica.edu.tw) before 6th May.

The student should study the chosen paper(s) and prepare a power-point file for a 15-min presentation (plus 10-min Q/A) toward the end of this course.