PHYS557 INTRODUCTION TO NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2300557 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Physics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ŞAKİR ERKOÇ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is designed to simulate a multi-disciplinary workshop environment. In the first few weeks, we shall cover a lot of nanoscience and nanotechnology-related topics, without going into details. The main aim of this course is to create a discussion and collaborative environment between the students so that they establish contacts for their professional needs, prepare them for advertising and defending their work in front of an audience, and ask precise, professional questions.
Course Content
General features of nanoscience and nanotechnology, experimental techniques for characterization of nanosystems, fabrications of nanosystems, atomistic simulations of nanosystems, methods of quantum calculations for nanosystems, types of nanoscale materials and their properties, physics of atomic and molecular clusters and nanoparticles, carbon Nanostructures, applications of nanotechnology.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to understand and learn:
- general features of nanoscience and nanotehcnology
- experimental techniques used for nanosystems
- atomistic simulations of nanosystems
- types of nanoscale materials and their properties
- applications of nanotechnology
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | They are competent in the fundamentals of Physics and in the subfield of their thesis work. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | They have necessary skills (literature search, experiment design, project design, etc.) for doing research with guidance of a more experienced researcher. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | They can communicate research results in a proper format (journal article, conference presentation, project report etc.) | ✔ | |||
| 4 | They can learn necessary skills and techniques (theoretical, experimental, computational etc.) on their own. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | They have necessary skills to work as team member in a research group. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution