Course Content: Introduction To Nanoworld
Course Content: Introduction To Nanoworld
Introduction to Nanoworld
• The Fundamental Science of Electrons,
Atoms and Molecules
• Nanolithography
• Self Assembly
Implications
• Possible threats
• Societal concerns
Course Grading
Course grade will be assessed based
upon the relative class performance to be
seen through
• three tests/exams (25-25-50);
• end-sem exam will cover the complete
syllabus)
Term paper may be opted out in lieu of
one of the in-sem exams [name
submission by 28 Jan 2011]
Resource
Books available in Resource Centre (we
have a very good collection of text and
reference books on Nanotechnology)
Online materials may also be referred to
Recommended Books
1. Understanding Nanotechnology: From the Editors
of Scientific American; Warner Books
2. Introduction to Nanotechnology by Charles P.
Poole Jr. & Frank J. Owens; Wiley
3. Stories of the Invisible: A Guided Tour of
Molecules by Philip Ball; Oxford Univ Press
4. Designing the Molecular World by Philip Ball;
Princeton Science Library
5. The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials by
Peidong Young (editor); World Scientific
6. Made to Measure by Philip Ball; Princeton Univ
Press
7. Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes by R.
Saito, G. Dresslhaus & M. S. Dresslhaus; Imperial
College Press
8. Nanocosm by W. I. Atkinson; American
Management Committee
9. Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next
Big Idea by Mark Ratner & Daniel Ratner; Pearson
Education
10.The Self-Made Tapestry by Philip Ball; Oxford
Univ Press
11. Structure and Bonding by Jack Barrett; Wiley
12. Quantum Dot Heterostructure by Bimberg,
Grundmann & Ledentsov; Wiley
General Reading
• Drexler, K. Eric, “Engines of Creation: The Coming
Era of Nanotechnology”;1987. Doubleday; New York.
• Drexler, K. Eric and Peterson, Chris, “Unbounding
the Future: The Nanotechnolgy Revolution”; 1991.
William and Morrow Company Inc; New York.
• Crandall, B. C. and Lewis, James (Eds.),
“Nanotechnology: Research and Perspectives”; 1992.
MIT Press.
Surface becomes
important
Materials interact with their environments
through surfaces and interfaces.
Eric Drexler
Nanotechnology is concerned with
developing the tools for characterizing
and manipulating materials on
nanoscale (1-100 nm) and exploiting
these tools for the development of new
products and processes.
Nanostructure
Based on their geometrical dimension
with reference to an external reference
system, viz., substrate.
Nanosystem
Consists of several nanodevices that are
of importance for the functioning of the
whole system.
Take a sugar cube. Each side of
this cube is around 1.5 cm. Find
out number of molecules on each
edge of this cube.
One sugar molecule is ~ 1 nm in radius. So
the linear dimension of such molecule is 2
nm. Hence total number of sugar molecule
per edge would be 1.5 cm / 2 nm = (1.5x10-2
m) / (2x10-9m) = 7.5x106 molecules/edge.