Syllabus
1. Introduction to Nanoscience
- Basic concepts
- Infrastructure
- Past and outlook for the future
2. Nanoscience Tools
- Fabrication (top down and bottom up)
- Characterization (scanning probe microscopies, electron microscopies, spectroscopies)
- Manipulation
3. Mechanics at Nanoscale
- Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
- Nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS)
4. Nanoelectronics
- Quantum transport in 1D
- Confinement in strongly correlated systems
- Spintronics
- Graphene
5. Nanochemistry
- Self-assembly & synthesis
- Catalysis
6. Nanophotonics
- NSOM
- Surface Plasmonics (SPR, SERS)
- Quantum dots
- Metamaterials
7. Nano-bio
- Molecular functionalization
- Molecular motors
