Lecture Microsystems to the Nanoworld

Organisatorische Details

Art der Veranstaltung: Vorlesung im Diplomstudiengang, Vertiefungsrichtungen Materialien und Life Sciences
Umfang: 2 SWS
Ort und Zeit: SS 2008, thursdays 11-13 h, Rm. 101 01 018
Verantwortlich: Dr. Svetlana Santer
Übungen: none
Besonderheit: Vorlesung in Englischer Sprache

Description of the Course

 Introduction

• What is nanotechnology?
• The long way of science to nanotechnology and nanoengineering: a survey
• The current aspects of nanoengineering: towards terabyte hard drives
• Future aspects: Molecular motors and engines. Nano robots and nano machinery.

Foundations

• The physics governing properties of objects on the micro- and nano-scale
• Principles of manufacturing nanometer scale devices
  • Nature's strategy: biomotors based on proteins - something the human body already does
  • Top-down approach: miniaturization of macro-world principles to ever smaller scales
  • Bottom-up strategy: from synthesizing simple compounds consisting of a few atoms to nanoengines
• Examples of man-made nanostructures
• Properties of novel materials
• Strategies for visualization and object handling in the nano world
  • Scanning probe microscopy (SPM)
  • Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM)
  • Scanning electro microscopy (SEM)

Problems

• From Micro to Nano: what's different
• Physical and societal limits of nano engineering

Materials

Details and materials are provided through the ILIAS e-learning plattform. You will need your University credentials a link to the page and a course password. The link and the course password are available from prucker@imtek.de.