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 Online
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Problem Solving
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives The main aim of this course is to investigate nanomaterials, learn how they are grown, discuss different methods to characterize them and evaluate the wide spectrum of their applications.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • classify properties specific to nanomaterials.
  • explain the production methods of nanomaterials.
  • discuss the applications of nanomaterials.
  • compare various tools to characterize nanomaterials.
  • discuss new nano structures with high potential for applications.
Course Description Nanomaterials, their production, characterization, applications and types of them with high application potentials will be examined in detail.

 



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 B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 1. ISBN: 9783662509128
2 Properties specific to nanomaterials B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 2. ISBN: 9783662509128
3 Production methods: buttom-up approach B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 3.1. ISBN: 9783662509128
4 Production methods: top to bottom approach B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 3.2. ISBN: 9783662509128
5 Nanoelectronic applications, MEMS B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 4.1-2. ISBN: 9783662509128
6 Food technology, sensors applications B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 4.3-5. ISBN: 9783662509128
7 Midterm exam 1
8 Energy and other applications B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 4.13-15. ISBN: 9783662509128
9 Methods to characterize nanomaterials: XRD, SAX, SEM B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 5.1-3. ISBN: 9783662509128
10 Microscopic tools: TEM, AFM, STM, FIM, 3DAP B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 5.4-8. ISBN: 9783662509128
11 Nanomaterials with high potential to applications, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 6.1-2. ISBN: 9783662509128
12 GaN nanowires, nanocrystal ZNO, Midterm exam 2 B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 6.3-4. ISBN: 9783662509128
13 Nanocrystal titanium oxide, multi layered membranes B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 6.5-6. ISBN: 9783662509128
14 Problems and challenges of nanotechnology B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). Chapter 7. ISBN: 9783662509128
15 Semester review
16 Final exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

B.S. Murty, P. Shankar, B. Raj, B. B. Rath, J. Murday, Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2013 edn. (Springer, 2016). ISBN: 9783662509128
Suggested Readings/Materials

Chriss Binns, Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Wiley, 2010). ISBN: 9780471776475

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

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

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
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
12
3
36
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
2
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
10
Final Exams
1
20
    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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
9

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