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Advanced Nanotechnology (A)

Credits: 3

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

Classroom: First Meeting Room, 5F, 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	Topic	Instructor
2/16	Introduction and review	Tien-Ming Chuang
2/23	Magnetism and magnetoelectronics (1)	Shang Fan Lee
3/02	Magnetism and magnetoelectronics (2)	Shang Fan Lee
3/09	Magnetism and magnetoelectronics (3)	Shang Fan Lee
3/16	APS March Meeting - No Class
3/23	Charge transport and nanoelectronics	Chung-Ting Ke
3/30	Charge transport and nanoelectronics	Chung-Ting Ke
4/06	Mid-term week (NTU)
4/13	Nano-optics	Yu-Chieh Wen
4/20	Carbon-based nanomaterials + 2D materials	Chung-Ting Ke
4/27	Topological materials 1	Tien-Ming Chuang
5/04	Topological materials 2	Tien-Ming Chuang
5/11	Superconductivity and its applications	Tien-Ming Chuang
5/18	Quantum Computation	Chii-Dong Chen
5/25	Thermoelectricity in nanoscale systems	Yang-Yuan Chen
6/01	Study group oral presentation (I)	Tien-Ming Chuang
6/08	Study group oral presentation (II)	Tien-Ming Chuang

 

Textbook: 

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

Evaluation:

Homework will be counted as bonus points. 
One written midterm 35%
One final presentation 55%
Attendance 10%

Final presentation of paper study:
Each student should choose a topic that fits the scope of this course and discuss with Dr. Chuang (chuangtm@gate.sinica.edu.tw) before 5th May.
The student should prepare a power-point file for a 20-min oral presentation (plus 10-min Q/A) toward the end of this course.