Materials for Nanotechnology (MAT 398/498, MWF 12:10-1:00)
This course, offered on both an undergraduate and a graduate level, begins with an introduction to the nanoworld, and how we see the nanoworld through transmission electron microscopy. Other topics include: probing nanosurfaces, carbon as a nanomaterial, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, metal clusters, metal nanoparticle preparation, self-assembly, and directed self-assembly of nanoparticles, thermal, chemical, electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of metal nanoparticles, nanowires, semiconductor nanoparticles, and inorganic particles.