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Brief history of nanotechnology and introduction to nanotechnology.
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Brief overview of nano scale manufacturing, top down, bottom up approaches, resemblances in nature.
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Atomic clusters and crystals, gas phase condensation, brief introduction to thin film deposition
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nucleation and ripening of atomic clusters on surfaces.
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Example manufacturing techniques, laser deposition and molecular epitaxy
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Nano materials and comparison with their conventional counterparts
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Mid-term Exam
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Classification according to applications: electrical, surface and magnetic properties.
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Behaviors of nano materials
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Nano particles, their application and properties.
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Nano structured thin films, their mechanical properties, grain boundary regime
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Mechanical properties of thin films, elastic – plastic properties, comparison with conventional materials
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Commonly used characterization techniques in nanotechnology: electron based characterization, interaction of electron and material, SEM and TEM techniques.
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Analysis of nano particles, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Nanoindentation techniques.
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