UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK
SONDERBORG


Course Description
Nano Engineering - NAE 1

 

HGR/ba

12.01.07



Course dimension: 4 ECTS point

Prerequisites:
Bachelor degree in engineering.

Objectives: Provide the students with an introductory understanding of applied quantum physics, nanophysics and nanotechnology, materials, devices and measurement techniques.

Course Content: Basic quantum mechanics, energy gaps and confinement effects, crystal structures, bandstructure, elementary excitations, nanolayers, nanoparticles, nanostructuring, nano-architecture, nanoelectronics, nanomechanics, nanophotonics.

Course Evaluation: Internal oral examination (20 minutes). Marks according to the Danish 7-point scale.

Teaching Form: 8 weeks lectures and problem solving (5 hours per week).

Teachers: Professor Horst-Günter Rubahn (Fysisk Institut, responsible), Ralf Frese, Kasper Thilsing-Hansen (Fysisk Institut).

Semester: Spring (2006 first time).

Additional comments: This course is taught in English.

Book: W.R.Fahner (Ed.), Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics, Springer, Berlin, 2005.
Supplementary notes handed out.

Valid from: January 2006.