Course Unit
Catalogue
Introduction to quantum mechanics
- ECTS Credits: 5
- Semester: 1
- Year: 2
- Campus: Gdansk University of Technology
- Language: English
- Aims:
Gaining knowledge on fundamentals of nanotechnology and low-dimensional systems and experimental methods
- Content:
1. Fundamentals of Nanotechnology (M. Gazda)
a. Synthesis of nanomaterials: examples of processes top-down and bottom-up;
b. Imaging nanomaterials: e.g. scanning probe microscopy, electron microscopy;
c. Examples of nanomaterials: e.g. graphene, Ag and Au nanoparticles, quantum dots; d. Surface and its importance
e. Structure, structural phase transition and morphology of nanomaterials;
f. Selected mechanical and thermal properties of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials;
g. Selected electronic, optical and magnetic properties of nanomaterials;
h. Examples of applications of nanomaterials . - Reading list:
- Nanoscopic Materials Size-dependent Phenomena
- Emil Roduner, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006
