COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
PHYS 411
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives Aim of this course is to investigate nanomaterials, to see how it is grown, discuss different methods to characterize them and evaluate wide spectrum of applications of them.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Able to get into nanomaterials world.
  • Able to discuss production methods for them,
  • Able to discover are of applications of them.
  • Able to compare various tools to characterize them.
  • Able to recognize new nano structures which have high potential for applications
Course Description Nanomaterials, productions, characterization, applications and types of them with high application potentials in detail explained.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Nanomaterials, history, scope Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 1.
2 Properties specific to nanomaterials Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 2.
3 Production methods: buttom-up approach Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 3.
4 Production methods: top to bottom approach Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 3.
5 Nanoelectronic applications, MEMS Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch.4.
6 Food technology, sensors applications. Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch.4.
7 Energy and other applications Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch.4.
8 Review till here Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 1-4
9 Methods to characterize nanomaterials: XRD, SAX, SEM Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 5.
10 Microscopic tools: TEM, AFM, STM, FIM, 3DAP Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 5.
11 Nanomaterials with high potential to applications, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes. Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 6.
12 GaN nanowires, Nanocrystal ZNO Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 6.
13 Nanocrystal titanium oxide, multi layered membranes. Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 6.
14 Problems and challenges of nanotechnology. Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch. 7.
15 General review Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Murty et al. Ch 1.-7.
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology  By B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, Baldev Raj, B B Rath, James Murday
Suggested Readings/Materials

Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Chriss Binns

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
10
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
40
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
8
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
60
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
1
36
36
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
20
Final Exams
1
10
    Total
150

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

 X
2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

 X
3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

 X
4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

 X
5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

 X
6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,

 X
7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,

 X
8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

 X
9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

 X
10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

 X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

 X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently
13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest