San Jose State University

Materials Engineering 297
Special Topics: Applications of Nano Materials
Spring 2006

 

 

Class Time:    Wednesday 7:00-9:50PM

Room:             Engineering 341

Instructor:     Dr. Zhen Guo

Office:            Engineering 385F

Phone:            408-765-5285 (Work)

Pager:             877-681-7992

Text Pager:    8776817992@skytel.com

E-mail:           zhen.guo@intel.com

Office Hours: Wednesday 6:00-7:00PM or by appointment

Instructors are also available by appointment.  Feel free to call or send e-mail to set up an appointment for another time if you can’t come during regular office hours. It is strongly recommended to maximize the interaction with Instructors.

Course Objectives

This graduate level course will give an advanced survey to different aspects of active research in nanotechnology, covering the broad area of thermodynamics, physics, chemistry, and material science. We will go over some fundamental properties of nano materials due to its reduced size and dimension, such as thermodynamic, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, optical and bio-chemical properties as well as its synthesis, process, characterization and nano fabrication / imprint methods. Then we will focus on the applications associated with those unique properties. Topics will cover a board range from nano-grained structural materials, to nano particles / composites in clean renewable energy, from nano logic / memory device to nano-bio materials in drug delivery, from nano optical device to Aerospace applications.

 

Guest lecturers from both industry and academic unit will be invited to address contemporary issues that span a broader range in the area of nanotechnologies.

 

Class Schedule

Introduction                                                  1 week

Fundamental Science                                                4 weeks

            Atomic Structure                                          1 week

            Bonding and band                                         1 week

            First Principle Calculations                                    1 week

            Surface and thermodynamics                      1 week

Process and Characterization                      3 weeks

Nano Technologies -- Bottom Up                 1 week

Nano Technologies -- Top Down                  1 week

Nano Material Characterization                 1 week

Properties and Applications                                    7 weeks

Nano mechanical materials                          1 week

Nano & Renewable Energy                          1 week

Nano & Aerospace applications                  1 week

Nano Electronic Device and Memory         1 week

Nano Optical Device                                     1 week

Nano Magnetic Device                                  1 week

Nano Biomaterials                                        1 week


 

Week

Lecture

Guest Lecturer Setup

Class Notes

Week 1
01/25

Introduction of Nano Materials

-- Relationship Between Process, Micro-structure, Properties, and applications

Blue Sheet #1

Green Sheet

Blue Sheet #1

Class Notes WW01

Week 2

02/01

Fundamentals of Nano Materials (I)

-- Atomic Model and Quantum Mechanics

Blue Sheet #2

 

Reading K. O. Kasap

Chapter 3

Class Notes WW02

Learning Objective WW02

Schrödinger Equations

Hydrogen Atoms

Blue Sheet #2 Solutions

Week 3
02/08

Fundamentals of Nano Materials (II)

-- Bonding and Crystal Structure

Quiz#1

Class Notes WW03

Learning Objective WW03

Quiz #1 Solutions

Week 4

02/15

Computational Nano Materials Science

-- First Principle calculation on Nano Materials

Dr. Tianshu Li

UC. Davis

Paper Abstract Due

Class Notes WW04

 

Week 5

02/22

Fundamentals of Nano Materials (III)

-- Surface Properties and Thermodynamics

Quiz #2

Class Notes WW05

Learning Objective WW05

Quiz #2 Solutions

Week 6

03/01

Nano Technology: Bottom Up Approaches -- Nano Particle Synthesis, Carbon Nano Tube, Self assembly

 

Class Notes WW06

Learning Objective WW06

 

Week 7

03/08

Nano Technology: Top Down Approaches -- Atomic Level Film Deposition, Nano Patterning

Quiz #3

Class Notes WW07

Learning Objective WW07

Quiz #3 Solutions

Week 8

03/15

Nano Materials Characterization

Dr. Andy Minor

NCEM, LBNL

Blue Sheet #3

Class Notes WW08

Learning Objective WW08

Blue Sheet #3

Week 9

03/22

Application (I) – Nano grained structural materials

Quiz #4

 

Class Notes WW09

Learning Objective WW09

Quiz #4 Solutions

Week 10

04/05

Application (II) – Nano Electric Materials: Quantum Computing Logic Device and Nano memory

1st Draft Due (3 copies)

See Term Paper requirement for details

Class Notes WW10

Learning Objective WW10

 

Week 11

04/12

Application (III) – Nano Materials and Renewable Energy source

Prof. David Mitlin

University of Alberta

Quiz #5 Solutions

Week 12

04/19

Application (IV) – Nano Magnetic Materials

Prof. Jiangyu Li

University of Washington

Peer review Due

Prof. Li's Presentation WW12

 

Week 13

04/26

Application (V) – Nano materials applications on Aerospace

Dr. Geetha Dholakia

NASA AMES Research Center

Dr. Dholakia's Presentation WW13

 

Week 14

05/03

Applications (VI) -- Biochemical Properties of Nano Materials

Dr. Jingwu Zhang and Mr. Lei Sun

Digital Health, Intel Corp.

Dr. Zhang's Presentation WW14

Mr. Sun's Presentation WW14

Week 15

05/10

Application (VII) – Nano Materials and Optical Device

Dr. Maozi Liu

Agilent Corp

Term Paper Final Due

Dr. Liu's Presentation WW15

 

Week 16

05/17

Final Review -- (Need to be there at 6:30pm)

 

Final Review WW4

Learning Objective All

Week 17

05/24

Final, Engineering 341

7:45PM10:00PM

 

Office Hour

6:30PM - 7:30PM

 

 

Term Paper Links

 

Category

Title

Authors

Carbon Nano Tube

Methane Absorption on Multi-walled Carbon Nano Tube

Arpanuthut, Doungporn

Application of Carbon Nano Tubes for Display

Cha, Jin Won

Introduction to Carbon Nanotubes and its Applications in Semiconductor Industry

Lo, Sio-On

Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes

Potnis, Siddharth

Remarkable Properties in Carbon Nano Tubes

Teng, Shiang

Nano Particles

Dye-SensitizedSolar Cells Based on TiO2 Nano Particles

Brook, Mitchell

Surface Attraction and Chemistry of Gold Nano Particles

Lin, Jonathan

Nano Powder

Reddy, K. Srinivas

Nano Wires

Microneedles -- An Overview of Processing and Applications

Barros, Chris

Synthesis of Anodic Alumina Templates

Endale, Rebka

Synthesis and Characterization of Nano Wires

Prasad, Roger

Enhancement of the Thermoeletric Figure of Merit Through One Dimensional Nano Wire Array Composite Devices

Scheffler, Raymond

Characterization

Applications of Angstrom Level Resolution in Nano Technology

Bonifacio, Cecile

Application on Structural Materials

The Use of Nano Particles to Enhance Mechanical Properties of Nano Composites

Poveromo, Scott

Application on Electronic Materials

Spintronics

Parekh, Nirav

Application on Clean Energy

Green Nano Technology

Peters, Christy

Nano Technology and Renewable Energy

Taneja, Ruchi

Application on Magnetic Materials

Functionalized Magnetic Nano Particles for Medical Applications

Calebotta, Gabe

Magnetic Nano Particles: Fabrication, Analysis and Application

Singh, Abhishek

Application on Bio Materials

Quantum Dots -- Application in Life Sciences

Busani, Sridhar

A Technical Review on Application of Nano Technology on Bio Technology

Lau, Yu Kei Kent

A Study of Nano Bio Materials in Medicine and Biomedical Applications

Parayandeh, Fatemeh

C-NEMS Applications in Biomedical

Ra, Michael

Nano Technologies: Applications in Medicine

Tsai, Eric

 

Course Prerequisites

MatE 297 is elective class for graduate students for MatE. Other Engineering or Science majors, such as ChemE, EE. ME with proper prerequisites are welcome to enroll.  Prerequisites (or equivalent at community college) are:

Chem 11A (or Chem 1A) General Chemistry

Math 133A Ordinary Differentiate Equation

Physics 51/71 (Elec. & Magn.) General Physics

MatE: 25: Introduction to Materials

EE98   Introduction to Circuit Analysis

MatE 153: Electric, Optical, Magnetic Properties of Materials

It will be helpful if you have already taken MatE 205 (Mechanical Behavior), 241 (Characterization) and 251 (Thermodynamics) but not required. We will go over some fundamentals again in the class

University / College Policy:

a) Academic integrity statement (from Office of Judicial Affairs):

“Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San José State University, and the University’s Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Judicial Affairs. The policy on academic integrity can be found at

 

b) Campus policy in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act:

“If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible, or see me during office hours. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires that students with disabilities requesting accommodations must register with DRC to establish a record of their disability.”

 

c) Academic Honesty.

Strict standards of academic honesty will be enforced in this class.  Students who plagiarize any portion of their term paper will receive an F (0) on that paper with no chance of make-up and be reported to the University.  Plagiarism constitutes copying any portion of your paper from textbooks, literature, and website. (See http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/bus91l/91L_univ_policy.htm for SJSU’s policy on academic dishonesty.) Any figures used from textbooks or literature must be properly quoted. For more information about how to avoid plagiarism, please see http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html.

Adding, Withdrawing or Dropping the Class

You are responsible for understanding the policies and procedures about add/drops academic renewal, withdrawal, etc.

 

Please be aware that the University Withdrawal schedule is as follows:

Monday February 6 is last day to drop the class without a “W” on transcript.

Monday February 13 is last day to add the course.

Withdrawals after the drop deadline are granted only for “serious and compelling reasons”; this usually refers to extreme personal or family problems. Registering for too many units is not considered a serious and compelling reason. 

If you stop coming to class without filing a withdrawal slip, or do not take examinations, you will receive a grade of “U” which reverts to an F on your transcript.

Course Website

http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/MatE297/

Check the MatE 297 Website frequently for homework and exam solutions and course updates. The site links to the presentations for each week. Please print it out prior to class as class notes. It will also contain link for in-class activities, such as quiz and blue sheets Some material will be posted as printable html files; others will be pdf files which must be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat Reader.  You can download Adobe for free from www.adobe.com.

Learning Objectives

A set of Learning Objectives will be posted on website each week to help you track of your progress in the course. All of the course assignments (which include lectures, assignments, in-class quiz and blue sheet activities, assigned readings) are designed to help you learn the material and master the learning objectives. We recommend that you review the LOs weekly and highlight the ones you have achieved that week.   

Examinations & Quizzes

There will be in-class quiz and blue sheet activities through out the semester to ensure your progress and participation in the class. Quiz will have to be completed by each individual and be turned back in during the class. No group discussion is allowed. Blue sheet activities are designed for problem solving exercise. It is a more flexible style which allows group discussion during and even after the class. It can be turned back either during the class or at the beginning of the next class. The answers will be posted on the course website.

The Final is in May 24th 7:45pm-10:00pm. It will cover all learning objectives discussed in this semester, including those from guest lectures

Term Paper

We will also have a term paper. Term Paper is an individual project and you can select one of the applications of Nano materials that you are most interested in. The abstract of your term paper will be due in WW04. I will look at your abstract and tell you my feedback in WW05. This is mainly to determine which area you want to cover. The 1st draft of your term paper will be due in WW10 (The week after spring break) with 3 copies. The paper has to be at least 4 pages in a letter size paper (excluding tables and figures) with single spacing and No. 12 font. I will keep one and the next two will be given to two of your classmates for peer review. As a reviewer, you will have to review two papers each in a two week period and give your comments. This will also count as your final grades. Once you received your peer review comments, you have another 4 weeks to finalize your paper and turn it in on WW15. You will have turn in both the peer review comments and your final version of term paper. You will also need to upload it to www.turnitin.com to check plagiarism (Class ID: 1452157, enrollment password: MatE297)


Grading Method

 

Course Element:

Percentage of Course Grade:

Quiz

20%

Class Participation / Blue Sheet

10%

Term paper + peer review

30% +10%

Final

30%

Total

100 %

Reference Textbooks

Rainer Waser: Nanoelectronics and Information Technology. Wiley-VCH, 2003

S. O. Kosap: Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002

Charles Kittle: Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1996

David J. Griffiths: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Prentice Hall, 1995

Vincent Rotello: Nano Particles, Building Blocks for Nanotechnology. Springer, 2004

Thomas H, Courtney: Mechanical Behavior of Materials, McGraw-Hill, 1990

W. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction 1985