ד"ר עמוס שרוני- מבוא לננו-טכנולוגיה 86-807

א. מטרות הקורס:

Nanoscience and nanotechnology involve the study, imaging, measuring, modeling, or manipulation of matter at the nanometer scale. The term nano is derived from the Greek word for “dwarf” and it means one billionth of a meter, 10^-9.

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (USA) defines nanotechnology as “the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 – 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications”.

Nanoscience is an interdisciplinary field at the interface between physics, chemistry, material science and biology. Nanotechnology is the application of Nanoscience and it already leads to new developments, including new optoelectronic devices, new materials and new biomedical applications. Nanoscience may have a large impact on computing.

ב. תוכן הקורס:

The course will provide the fundamentals of nanoscience and will include a list of selected topics that will be presented by different members of stuff.

מהלך השיעורים: הקורס יועבר בסדרת הרצאות המלווה גם בתרגילים. הקורס יועבר בעיקרו על ידי שני מרצים, מהמחלקות לפיזיקה ולכימיה, ובנוסף יוזמנו מרצים אורחים ללמד על נושאים נבחרים.

תכנית הוראה מפורטת לכל השיעורים: (רשימה או טבלה כדוגמת המצ"ב)

Week	Subject	Lecturer
1	Introduction to nanoscience What is nanoscience?, brief history, nano effects on energy, machinery miniaturization, nano manipulation, nano optics.	Yuval & Yitzhak
2	Electron properties – from single atoms to bulk. The infinite quantum well, hydrogen atom, bulk materials, 3D, 2D, 1D structures, density of states in all dimensions, quantum dots, excitons.	Yuval
3	Optical properties of nanostructures and Plasmons, photonic band gap, plasmons, near-field effect, hole-array	Yuval
4	The scope of nanomaterial chemistry. Nanoscale and colloidal systems. Fundamentals of surface and interfacial chemistry, monolayers and self assembly, micelles and microemulaions (structure and properties). Supramolecular chemistry , classification of nanomaterials	Yitzhak
	VACATION
5	Physical, chemical and regulatory risk aspects in nanotechnology	Tami Tennenbaum
6	Synthesis of nanostructured materials Bottom-up vs. top-down synthesis, template-based synthesis, Sol-gel chemistry, electrochemical synthesis, sonochemistry and solvothermal synthesis solutions techniques, CVD, metal nanoparticles synthesis, Core-Shell Nanocrystals, Nanospolymers, Lithography, Layer-by-layer synthesis, Chemical functionalization	Yitzhak
7	Specialized Techniques for Characterizing anomaterials Electron microcopy (TEM and SEM), X-ray diffraction, Infrared spectroscopy of nanoassemblies. Attenuated-total reflection (ATR) and grazing incidence angle techniques, Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). QCM, ellipsometry. Microcalorimetry methods (DSC and ITC ) for Nanomaterials Characterization tools: Scanning methods Scanning tunneling microscope, Atomic force microscopy, Near field microscopy	Yitzhak Yuval
8	Biological-related methods & Introduction to Biology	Yaron Shav-Tal
9	High resolution microscopy methods The diffraction limit of light, point spread function (PSF), optical transfer function (OTF), Improved methods including: confocal microscope, n-photon, structured illumination, saturation emission depletion (STED), photo activation light microscope (PALM).	Yuval
10	The physics of single magnetic domains: the Stoner-Wohlfarth model. Electric properties of nanostructures	Lior Klein Aviad Frydman
11	Chemistry applications: Solar energy harvesting, High Energy Density Batteries, High-Sensitivity Sensors, nanomaterials in catalysis	Yitzhak
12	Application of nanoparticles in biology & medicince	Rachela Popovetzer
13	Optical tweezers, TPM, Magnetic tweezers, Lab on a chip (LOC), Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), description of the methods, principles, capabilities and limitations	Yuval