Nanotechnologies

Code:

F511

Acronym:

F511

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Course/CS Responsible:	Master's Degree in Physical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:F	2	Plano de Estudos do Mestrado em Física	1	-	5	-
			2
MI:EF	10	Plano de Estudos a partir de 2007	5	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Aquire good background knowledge of the science of Nanosystems as indicated in the objectives.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction 1.1. What is nanoscience? 1.2. Why are we interested in nanotechnologies? 1.3. Definitions: Orders of magnitude; Physical dimensions: spatial, temporal, frequency 1.4. Modification of physical properties: structural, mechanical, electrical, magnetic 1.5. Methodologies: Bottom-up/Top-down 2. Fabrication of Nanomaterials I: 1D size reduction - Surface Science and Thin Films 2.1 Vacuum science and technology 2.1.1 Orders of magnitude 2.1.2 Production of vacuum: pumps; gauges; hardware 2.1.3 Production of clean surfaces 2.2 Surface physics 2.2.1 The physical surface: perfect surfaces and surface imperfections 2.2.2 Surface crystallography and reconstructions 2.2.3 2D reciprocal lattice 2.2.4 Adsorption (chemisorptions and physisorption), desorption and surface diffusion 2.3 Thin films and multilayers 2.3.1 Nucleation and coalescence 2.3.2 Deposition and growth modes 2.3.3 Thermodynamics of the surface 2.4 Surface Analysis 2.4.1 Surface diffraction techniques: LEED, RHEED, GI-XRD, others 2.4.2 Electron spectroscopies: AES, EELS, PES, UPS etc. 2.4.3 Surface microscopies: FEM, FIM, TEM, SEM, STM, AFM 2.4.4 Deposition techniques: MBE, IBD, CVD, PLD, Sputtering, elctrodeposition, sol-gel 3 Fabrication of Nanomaterials II: 3D Size Reduction 3.1 Lithographic techniques 3.1.1 Optical lithography 3.1.2 E-beam lithography 3.1.3 Focused ion beam lithography 3.1.4 X-ray lithography 3.2 Etching techniques: wet and dry methods 3.3 Replication techniques 3.3.1 Nanoimprinting 3.3.2 Soft lithography 3.3.3 Micromoulding 3.3.4 Dip-pen nanolithography 3.3.5 Nanosphere and nanostencil lithography 3.4 Nanoparticle fabrication 3.4.1 2D assemblies: aggregation sources, sub-monolayer growth and incommensurate layers 3.4.2 2D assemblies: clusters and colloids 3.5 Nanowires 3.6 Fullerenes and carbon nanotubes 3.7 Self-assembly 4 Physical Properties I: Mechanical 4.1 MEMS 4.2 NEMS 4.3 Mechanical properties of micro-machined structures 4.4 Devices and applications 5 Physical Properties II: Electrical and Optical 5.1 Quantum wells/wires/dots 5.2 Size and confinement effects 5.2.1 Size 5.2.2 Conduction electrons and dimensionality 5.2.3 Fermi gas and density of states (DOS) 5.2.4 Potential wells 5.2.5 Confinement 5.2.6 DOS dependent effects 5.3 Nanoelectronics 5.4 Nanophotonics 5.5 Excitons 5.6 Single electron tunneling 5.7 Superconductivity 5.8 Applications: sensors, lasers, towards nanocomputing 6 Physical Properties III: Magnetic 6.1 Introduction: ferromagnetism 6.2 Magnetic multilayers 6.2.1 Magnetic superlattice structures 6.2.2 Interactions: RKKY and DDI 6.2.3 GMR 6.2.4 Magnetic tunnel junctions and spin valves 6.3 Types of nanostructure 6.3.1 Nanoparticle assemblies 6.3.2 Nanodots: Square, rectangular and circular 6.3.3 Antidots 6.3.4 Nanorings 6.3.5 Nanowires 6.4 Superparamagnetism 6.5 Spin dynamics in magnetic nanostructures 6.5.1 Ferromagnetic resonance 6.5.2 Landau-Lifshitz equation 6.5.3 Spin waves 6.5.4 Damping and relaxation 6.6 Applications 6.6.1 Read and write heads: information storage technology 6.6.2 Ferrofluids 6.6.3 Spin injection and spin electronics and devices 

Mandatory literature

000072651. ISBN: 0-12-513920-9
000072942. ISBN: 3-540-01218-4
000075923. ISBN: 3-540-00545-5
000091560. ISBN: 3-540-28616-0

Complementary Bibliography

000006419. ISBN: 0-19851819-6
000075921. ISBN: 3-540-00635-4
000091490. ISBN: 7-04-017663-7
D. S. Goodsell; Bionanotechnology: Lessons from Nature, J. Wiley and Sons, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory lectures and problem classes

keywords

Physical sciences
Technological sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	55,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Teste	25,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	96,00
Total:	96,00

Eligibility for exams

Prolem classes are compulsory

Calculation formula of final grade