Program Overview

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Program

The Nanoscience and Nanotechnology program offers a range of courses that explore the fundamental topics essential to nanoscience and nanotechnology. The program aims to provide students with a basic understanding of the scientific principles and technological methods employed in research in experimental nanoscience.

Course Offerings

• NANO 530: Nanomaterials Characterization Techniques: This 3-hour semester course explores a select number of fundamental topics in nanoscience and nanotechnology, including ultra-high vacuum systems and techniques, surface structure and characterization techniques, and surface electronic properties.
• NANO 570: Nanoscale Physics: This 3-hour semester course builds a fundamental understanding of the unique properties of materials with nanoscale dimensions, emphasizing the physics and thermodynamics underlying several phenomena encountered in nanotechnology.
• NANO 571: Nanoscale Chemistry: This 3-hour semester course builds a fundamental understanding of the unique chemical properties of materials with nanoscale dimensions, emphasizing the synthetic chemistry encountered in nanotechnology.
• NANO 630: Experimental Techniques in Nanoscience: This 3-hour semester course explores a select number of fundamental topics in nanoscience and nanotechnology, including ultra-high vacuum systems and techniques, surface structure and characterization techniques, and surface electronic properties.
• NANO 650: Experimental Techniques in Nanoscience I: This 1.5-hour semester course focuses on a variety of instrumental methods and techniques commonly applied to the characterization of nanomaterials, including X-ray, optical, and electron characterization techniques.
• NANO 651: Experimental Techniques in Nanoscience II: This 1.5-hour semester course focuses on a variety of instrumental methods and techniques commonly applied to the characterization of nanomaterials, including morphological and physical properties characterization tools.
• NANO 660: Theoretical Studies of Nanostructures: This 3-hour semester course introduces theoretical techniques needed to study electronic and magnetic properties of nanostructures, covering theoretical first-principles approaches to study electronic structure and magnetic properties.
• NANO 661: Computational Nanoscience: This 3-hour semester course introduces computational methods used to model true nanostructures, covering structural and dynamic aspects of computational methods and applications to nanotechnology and environmental cleanup.
• NANO 690: Research Seminar in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: This 1-hour semester course discusses current problems and developments in nanoscience and nanotechnology, with reports presented by staff and visiting lecturers.
• NANO 692: Nanoscience Seminar Presentation: This 1-hour semester course discusses current problems and developments in chemistry, with reports presented by students, staff, and visiting lecturers.