PHY-708: Introduction to Nanotechnology and Application

Credit Hours: 3(3-0)

Learning Objectives

1. Explain the fundamental principles of nanotechnology and their application

2. to know about Electronic, Magnetic, optical and mechanical properties at nanoscale
3. Apply engineering and physics concepts to material at nano-scale

Introduction:
Nanophysics and nanotechnology, scaling laws and limits to smallness, quantum nature of nano-
world, Synthesis of nanomaterials, Mechanical grinding, Gas phase synthesis, Sputtering, Laser
ablation.
Properties of nanomaterials:
Electronic, Magnetic, optical and mechanical. Applications of semiconductor nanostructures,
fabrication of semiconductor nanowires and quantum dots, electronic and optical properties,
optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures, carbon nanostructures, nanomagnets.
Applications of nanomaterials:
Environmental applications, Biological applications. Nanostructured
gas sensors, Environmental sensors and monitoring, Soilremediation, Water treatment, Air
purification.

Recommended Books :
1. Introduction to Nanotechnology, Charles Poole Jr., F. J. Owens, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2003.
2. Nanophysics and Nanotechnology: An Introduction to Modern Concepts in Nanoscience,
Edward L. Wolf, Wiley-VCH 2006.
3. Nanostructuresand nanomaterials, synthesis, properties and applications, Cao, Guozhong,
ImperialCollegePress, 2004.
4. Nanostructured materials, processing, properties and potential applications, Carl C.Koch,
Noyes publications, William Andrew publishing, NY, USA, 2002.
5. Environmental application of nanomaterials, GlenEFryxell, Cao,Guozhong,Imperial
CollegePress, 2007.
6. The Physics of Semiconductors: An Introduction including Devices and Nanophysics,
Marius Grundmann, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.
7. Nanoscale Science and Technology, Eds. R. W. Kelsall, I. W. Hamley and M.
Geoghegan, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
8. Nanotechnology, B. S. Murty, James Murday, and P. Shankar, Springer, 2012.