2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda) 
    
    Apr 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (with addenda)

PH-GY 5343 Physical Basis of Nanotechnology

3 Credits
This course focuses on the underlying physical basis of nanotechnology. Introduction to nanotechnology, examples of nanoscale systems. Systematics in miniaturization from the mm to the nm scale. Limits to miniaturization. Quantum concepts and elementary Schrodinger theory. Quantum effects in the behavior of chemical matter. Examples of self-assembled nanosystems from nature and from contemporary industrial products.

Prerequisite(s): PH-UY 2033 .
Weekly Lecture Hours: 3 | Weekly Lab Hours: 0 | Weekly Recitation Hours: 0