Laboratory exercises associated with the technical elective courses NE 461 (Micro and Nanoinstruments), NE 471 (Physics, Technology, and Applications of Nanoelectronics), NE 481 (Nanoscale Biosystems) and NE 491 (Nanostructured Materials). Lab topics may include: lithography, film deposition, etching, assembly and testing of a micro- or nanoinstrument; measurement of quantum effects in electron gas, optoelectronic characterization of diodes and OLEDs, electrical characterization of thin-film transistors, deposition and patterning techniques; cell biopotential measurements, cell adhesion measurements using optical and atomic force microscopy, protein and peptide surface adhesion and nanopatterning; zeolite, polymer nanocomposite, and semiconductor quantum dot synthesis and characterization. Laboratory exercises are chosen on the basis of technical elective choices. [Offered: F] Prereq: NE 320L, 340L; 4A Nanotechnology Engineering students only. Coreq: NE 450L
