http://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/TIGP-
<br>NANO/Course/2015_Spring/2015_Spring_AdvancedNanotechnology_A.html
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<br>Advanced Nanotechnology (A) 
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<br>Credits: 3 
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<br>Lecturers: Pau, Chun-Wei (RCAS) and Chen, Chii-Dong (IoP)
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<br>Classroom: P101 Meeting Room, IoP
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<br>Class hour: Wednesday, 09:10-12:00
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<br>Course overview: 
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<br>This course will be focused in two parts; in the first part, we will focus on 
<br>the formation and evolution of nanostructures. In the second part, the focus 
<br>will be laid on electron transport in low dimensional systems.
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<br>This course will cover the following topics: 
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<br>PART I: Formation and Evolution of Nanostructures
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<br>Review of thermodynamics and phase diagrams
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<br>Capilliary effects on nanocrystals: 
<br>Surface/interface energies, size effects on nanocrystal phase stabilities, Wulff 
<br>plot, nanocrystal shape.
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<br>Nucleation and growth of nanomaterials: 
<br>Homo- vs. heterogeneous nucleation, nucleation in solids, growth mechanisms of 
<br>CVD graphene, VLS growth of nanowire.
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<br>Diffusion:
<br>Driving force of diffusion, Einstein’s relation, atomistic/statistical picture 
<br>of diffusion, fast diffusion paths in materials.
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<br>Diffusion driven by external fields and surface/interface curvature:
<br>Diffusional creep, grain boundary grooving, Raleigh instability (nanofiber-
<br>nanosphere transition), Asaro-Tiller instability (quantum dot formation), Li ion 
<br>diffusion in nanocrystalline anode/cathode materials.
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<br>Phase separation:
<br>Spinodal decomposition, Ostwald ripening, and self-assembled nanostructures
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<br>Mechanical properties of nanomaterials (1 week):
<br>Mechanical properties of nanocrystalline materials and thin films, mechanical 
<br>properties of graphene and nanotubes
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<br>PART II: Electron transport in low dimensional systems
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<br>Introduction
<br>Quantum vs. classical transport, electron scattering, screening length, 
<br>diffusive conduction, hopping conduction, Anderson localization, Ballistic 
<br>transport
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<br>Electronic states in 1D, 2D crystals
<br>Wave function in 1D wires, rings, and chains, Brillouin zone in 1D crystals, 
<br>Peierls’ distortion, Brillouin zone in 2D crystals, Graphene, Dirac point, from 
<br>graphene to carbon nanotube (CNT), metallic vs. semiconductor CNTs
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<br>Mesoscopic phenomena
<br>Fermi wavelength, mean free path, magnetic length, phase breaking length, 
<br>quantum interference, weak localization, Aharonov-Bohm effect, conductance 
<br>quantization, Landauer-Butticker formalism, 2D electron gas
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<br>Tunneling and Single electron transistors (SETs)
<br>From FET to SET, quantum tunneling, charging effect, higher order tunneling, 
<br>Spin-dependent tunneling, Cooper pair tunneling in superconducting SET, effect 
<br>of EM environment 
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<br>Quantum dot devices
<br>Quantized energy levels, coupling to electron reservoirs, level broadening, 
<br>Thouless criterion, conductance quantization (revisit), coupled quantum dots, 
<br>superposition states, quantum bits
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<br>Device Fabrication
<br>Photolithography, Moore’s law, state-of-the-art technology in semiconductor fabs 
<br>and issues, e-beam lithography for research laboratories
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<br>Measurement techniques, Applications of nano electronic devices
<br>Low-level electrical measurement techniques, nanowire FET, charge sensor, 
<br>molecular sensor, graphene optoelectronics, emerging 2D materials
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<br>Reference
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<br>D.A. Porter and K.E. Easterling “Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys”
<br>Robert T. DeHoff “Thermodynamics in Materials Science”
<br>Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor by Supriyo Datta (2005)
<br>Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems by Supriyo Datta 
<br>(Cambridge Studies in Semiconductor Physics and Microelectronic Engineering)
<br>Charles Kittel: Solid State Physics, 8th edition 
<br>Ch. 18, pp 519~561 by Paul McEuen, Cornell University
<br>Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures, Solid State Physics, 44, 1-
<br>228 (1991), C. W. J. Beenakker and H. van Houten
<br>Single Charge Tunneling: Coulomb Blockade Phenomena in Nanostructures 
<br>Editors: Hermann Grabert and Michel H. Devoret, Plenum Press, NATO ASI 1991