Coulomb's law and electric field, Gauss' law and electric flux, energy and potential, dielectrics, capacitance, Poisson's and Laplace's equations,...
Introduction to semiconductor devices and theory, energy bands, carriers, carrier transport, homojunctions, heterojunctions, charge, pn junctions,...
Environmental fate and behaviour, bioavailability, consumer exposure, environmental exposure assessment, aquatic toxicology, bioaccumulation and...
Detoxification and bioactivation pathways; surface modification; biopersistence; quantum dots and cellular imaging; biomedical applications of...
Introduction to the engineering design process: problem definition and needs analysis; process synthesis, analysis, optimization and troubleshooting;...
Introduction to Fourier series and their use in boundary value problems. Review of the conservation laws and associated differential equations....
Follow-up labs associated with the NE 226 (Characterization of Materials) course. Lab topics may include: Reflective, transmissive, and polarized...
Labs associated with NE 333 (Macromolecular Science 1) course. Lab exercises exploring the kinetics of radical co-polymerization, the analysis of...
Basic definitions and polymer nomenclature, molecular weight averages and distributions, constitutional and configurational isomerism, rubber...
Statistical mechanics vs. thermodynamics. Review of statistical concepts. Canonical and grand canonical ensembles. Entropy. General formulation of...
Introduction to the applications of macromolecules in nanotechnology. Block copolymers and self-assembled polymerization. Micelles and colloids....
Modeling and simulation. Lumped versus distributed approaches. Review of differential-equation systems, constitutive relations, boundary conditions,...
Labs associated with the NE 343 (Microfabrication and Thin-film Technology) course. Lab topics may include: thin film deposition by PECVD and PVD...
Key processes for electronic device fabrication. Single crystal growth. Substrate preparation. Homoepitaxy, heteroepitaxy, and molecular-beam epitaxy....
Basic circuit theory. Circuit definitions. Nonlinear elements. Opamp circuits. Diode circuits. Transistor terminal characteristics. Circuit biasing...
Surfaces and interfaces in microelectronics and nanofabrication. Physicochemistry of interfaces. Capillary phenomena and molecular self-assembly....
Theory and application of nanoprobing based on scanning probe microscopy (scanning tunneling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning near-field...
Areas of research and professional practice in Nanotechnology Engineering; exposure to concepts from other Engineering disciplines; support material...
Design work for the project proposed in NE 307, culminating in a progress report presentation. [Offered: F] Prereq: NE 307; 4A Nanotechnology...