ELEC 6271

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An Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology


Textbook: Course Notes will be provided

Instructor:

Time: Tuesdays 2:45 - 5:30 PM
ClassRoom: FG B070
Office Hours: By appointment

Individuals or a group of maximum 3 students will participate in a project. The results of the projects will be presented by the student(s) at the end of the term (dates and times will be announced by the instructor)

Projects (deadline: Nov. 8, 2018)



Academic Integrity
Academic Code of Conduct
Research Ethics
Counselling & Development

Assignments consist of journal or conference research articles published in the area of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
Students (in a group of maximum 2) read the articles, analyze and summarize each article in maximum number of pages announced in "Assignments & Important Dates" with 1.5 line space.
In their summaries, they should look at the research work critically. In their report, they should include all aspect of theoretical, experimental, fabrications and characterization of the samples and/or devices reported in the article.
They are not allowed to use the abstracts of the papers to write the summaries.The analyses and summaries MUST be original.If students use any other references to support their statements, they should cite those references properly in their summaries and if it is possible attach a copy of each one to their assignments.
They must submit their assignments by email to f_kouhra@encs.concordia.ca . No hard copy is acceptable. Put their summaries in one file. Call the file “Assignment # -Nanotech-(students' full name and ID numbers”). The Deadlines to submit the assignments are strictly followed, any assignment submitted after the deadline will not be corrected and grade for that assignment will be considered zero. For more detail about individual assignments and the deadlines please see "Assignments & Important Dates"

Assignment # 5

Academic Integrity
Academic Code of Conduct
Research Ethics
Counselling & Development

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

COURSE PLAN



NanoScience-NanoTechnology has become one of the most important and exciting fields in science and Engineering. It has demonstrated great promise for providing us in the future with many breakthroughs that change the direction of technological advances in a wide range of applications. It is a part of many research groups and curriculum in many universities. This course will cover an introduction but sufficiently detailed to provide a broad coverage and insight into the area.


This course will cover the fundamental principles of NanoScience and Nanotechnology. Principles of Quantum Mechanics. Quantum Properties of Solid State Materials. Properties of Metal Nanoclusters, Semiconductor nanoparticles. Molecular Clusters and Methods of Synthesis. Carbon nanostructures, nanotubes. Bulk Nanostructured Materials. Solid Disordered Nanostructures and Nanostructured crystals. Quantum Wells, Quantum Wires, and Quantum Dots and their physical properties.
Preparation of Quantum nanostructures. An introduction to NanoElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS), Nanomachining and fabrication of nanodevices.


Course Outline:

An overview September 3.
  									(Course notes)
Quantum Mechanics and Quantum States in Low-Dimensional Systems.. September 10.		(Course notes)
Semiconductor Nanoparticles & nanowires.September 17. 				        (Course notes)
Fabrication of Nanostructures.September 24. 							(Course notes)
Surface Plasmonic Effect & its applications.October 1 & 8.          				(Course notes)
Application of Nanostructures.October 15.         						(Course notes)
Carbon Nanostructures and Carbon NanotubesOctober 22& 29. 					(Course notes)
Applications.November 5.				                                        (Course notes)
An Introduction to NanoElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS)....			(Course notes)


Course Requirements and Grading:

Assignments	 30% (For more detail, please check the link of "Assignments" on the left column)
Project		 70% (For more detail, please check the link of "Projects" on the left column)