2014-2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) 
    
    Dec 22, 2024  
2014-2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PH-GY 5443 Physical Techniques and Applications of Nanotechnology

3 Credits
This course focuses on physical techniques and applications of nanotechnology. Scanning probe microscopes for observation and fabrication. Photolithographic methods of patterning, deposition techniques. Dense memory based on arrays of cantilevers. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions as elements of magnetic disc memory read heads and in Magnetic Random Access Memory. Nanoscale highelectric- field devices. Nanoscale confinement techniques and devices. Applications of carbon nanotubes and semiconductor nanowires. Assembly methods for nanoscale objects.

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