Nanoelectronics
Course Name:
Nanoelectronics (NT751)
Programme:
M.Tech. in Nanotechnology
Semester:
Second
Category:
Elective Courses (Ele)
Credits (L-T-P):
(3-0-0) 3
Course modules and teaching hours:
Semiconductors: Tuning the Band gap of Nanoscale Semiconductors, Excitons, Semiconductor nanowires-Fabrication strategies, quantum conductance effects in semiconductor nanowires, porous Silicon, nanobelts, nanoribbons, nanosprings; Quantum dot, Single electron devices, molecular electronic devices; Metal-insulator transition, Nanostructured ferromagnetism, effect of bulk nanostructuring of magnetic properties, dynamics of nanomagnets, Nanocarbon ferromagnets, Giant & colossal magnetoresistance, Nanopore containment of magnetic particles.
References:
B. Rogers, S. Pennathur and J. Adams, Nanotechnology: Understanding small systems, CRC Press, 2008.
A. Nouailhat, An introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Dieter Vollath, Nanomaterials: An introduction to synthesis, properties & applications, Wiley-VCH, 2008.
G. L. Hornyak, J. J. Moores, H. F. Tibbals and J. Dutta, Fundamentals of Nanotechnology, CRC Press, 2009.
Department:
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering