ME118
Spring 2008

Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

Instructors:

• Prof. Liwei Lin, Room 5126, (510)643-5495, lwlin@me.berkeley.edu
• Teaching Assistants, Jiyoung Changchangjy@me.berkeley.edu

Class Meetings:

• Lecture, Tuesday and Thursday, 1116 Etcheverry, 11:00 - 12:30am
• Office Hours, Monday, Wednesday 11-12pm, Tuesday 2-3pm
• TA Office Hours, Mon & Wed 5-6pm, 1113 Etcheverry

Course Descriptions:

Nanofabrication technology (how one achieves the nanometer length scale, including "bottom up" and "top down" technologies), interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology and nanoscience (including areas of chemistry, material science, physics, and molecular biology), examples of nanoscience phenomena (the crossover from bulk to quantum mechanical properties), and applications (from integrated circuits, quantum computing, MEMS, and bioengineering). Students are asked to read and present a variety of current journal papers to the class and lead a discussi on on the various works

Prerequisite: Chemistry 1A, Physics 7B,

Text Books:

Projects:

A small project abstract based on nanowires/nanotubes will be collected at the middle of the semester. A final project is required, including oral project presentation to be held at the end of the semester and a written report.

Grading:

• 15% homework and participation (5% paper reading)
• 15% Labs (written reports)
• 5% small project (one-pape project abstract based on nanowires/nanotubes)
• 30% 2 exams (10% Quiz I, 20% Quiz II)
• 35% final project (concept 10%, oral presentation 10%, written report 15%)

Class Schedule

Selected Papers

Supplementary Webside

Projects

Last updated: December 19, 2007 by Liwei Lin