Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
-1MEMS917Nano Materials3+0+03507.10.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The purpose of this course is to introduce nanotechnology and its principle manufacturing processes to graduate students with engineering background.
Course Content In this course, nano technology and its principle manufacturing approaches top-down, bottom-up manufacturing will be introduced.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Murat DANIŞMAN
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Structural Nanocrystalline Materials Fundamentals and Applications CARL C. KOCH, I LYA A. OVID’KO, SUDIPTA SEAL, AND STAN VEPREK
Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, A S Edelstein, R C Cammarata
Course Notes Oral presentation, slides.
Documents Ders kitabı, ders notları
Assignments Araştırma
Exams %40 Ara sınav+%60 Final

Course Category
Engineering %30
Field %70

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Assignment 1 % 0
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 7 98
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 6 146

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To learn the definition of nano technology and to learn principle differences between nano materials and conventional materials
2 To learn the differences between top-down, bottom-up approaches in nano technology
3 To learn principle nano material characterization techniques
4 To learn the electrical, mechanical and structural properties of thin films

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

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
All 4
C1 5 5
C2 5 5
C3 5 5 5
C4 5 5

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