3rd & 4th Year Nano Courses Available to Chemistry and Physics Students
Why Nano?
- nanoscience & nanotechnology provide us with new technologies every day
- wearable electronics to lightweight, strong sports equipment to dramatic improvements in drug delivery & treatment of diseases
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| New York Times | Rogue ST Triple Diamond LS Driver | MIT News |
Seeing at the Nanoscale
Nanoscience provides new insights into materials
- big breakthrough in nano: ability to see structures at the molecular level
- important in academic & industrial materials science research
| Diblock copolymer double gyroid phase | Scanning tunneling microscopy of pentacene | Closeup of the wing of the blue morpho butterfly |
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| U Penn | Physics World | NISE Network |
Consider Taking a Nanoscience Course!
Our nanoscience courses provide insights into chemical and physical principles that operate at the molecular level and combine aspects of different disciplines: chemistry, physics, biology…
Course topics include:
- nanoparticle synthesis
- quantum computing
- nanolithography
- nanoscale surface science
- quantum materials
- renewable energy
- molecular electronics
- sensing & biosensing
- computational modeling
- bionanomaterials
- carbon dioxide capture & reduction
You can tailor your degree with a different flavour and you can develop skills & knowledge that are used in academic & industrial research labs. Multidisciplinary science is where it’s at!
- new discoveries
- new technologies
- new job opportunities
Our nanoscience laboratory provides hands-on experience with research-grade instruments & procedures for making nanostructures.
- atomic force microscopy
- surface plasmon resonance
- scanning electron microscopy
- ellipsometry
- fluorescence spectroscopy
- UV-Vis spectroscopy
- Infrared spectroscopy
- nanoparticle synthesis
- dynamic light scattering
- contact angle
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Nanoscience Courses – Fall Semester
NANO*3200 Nanolithographic Techniques
- learn how to use nanolithography to create a variety of nanostructures
- includes writing processes using electron beams, ion beams & scanned probes, as well as soft lithographic techniques such as stamping and dip-pen nanolithography
- has lab component
NANO*3500 Thin Film Science
- learn about the science of surfaces & thin films
- Includes surface tension, intermolecular forces, adsorption, thin film deposition, self-assembly, reflectivity techniques
- has lab component
NANO*4100 Biological Nanomaterials
- learn how nature has converged on delicate nanostructures & nanomotors to achieve biological functions, and how we can emulate this in the laboratory
Nanoscience Courses – Winter Semester
NANO*3300 Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials
- learn about the interaction of light with nanostructured materials
- includes absorption & fluorescence for infrared, Raman & UV-Vis spectroscopy
- has lab component
NANO*3600 Computational Methods in Materials Science
- learn how to use Python to solve scientific problems
- focuses on the interplay between science problem, mathematical formulation, and computational implementation
- has tutorial component
NANO*4200 Topics in Nanoscience
- special topics in nanostructured materials
- focuses on how to design, create, characterize & utilize nanoscience to produce new materials of fundamental and technological importance
Contact
Professor John Dutcher
Director, BSc Nanoscience Program
dutcher@uoguelph.ca