Individual course details | ||||
Study programme | Theoretical and Experimental Physics | |||
Chosen research area (module) | - | |||
Nature and level of studies | Mater studies | |||
Name of the course | Selected topics in Nanophysics | |||
Professor (lectures) | Milan Damnjanovic, Ivanka Milosevic, Tatjana Vukovic, Sasa Dmitrovic | |||
Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Zoran Popovic | |||
Professor/associate (additional) | ||||
ECTS | 10 | Status (required/elective) | elective | |
Access requirements | Mathematical Physics 1, Quantum Mechanics | |||
Aims of the course | Learning about basic phenomenology and research techniques of nanostructures. | |||
Learning outcomes | Basic
knowledge in nanophysics, methods of studying
nanostructures and their
applications. |
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Contents of the course | ||||
Lectures | 1.
Definition of nanosystem and their configurations. 2. Confined systems: nanodots and fullerenes. 3. Confined systems: nanolayers and graphene. 4. Symmetry of layers; symmetry based properties. 5. Symmetry of quasi-one-dimensional systems and their symmetry based properties. 6. Nanotubes 6.1. Configuration and symmetry. 6.2. Electronic and phonon bands 6.3. Electro-optical properties 6.4. Characterisation methods for nanotubes 6.5. Raman and infra-red scattering 6.6. Mechanical properties 7.Graphene 7.1. Configuration and symmetry 7.2. Electronic bands: linear spectrum near the Fermi level 7.3. Phonon bands 7.4. Graphene bilayer |
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Examples/ practical classes | solving
various problems, discussions, homeworks, seminars. |
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Recommended books | ||||
1 | S. Reich, C. Thomsen and J. Maultzsch, Carbon Nanotubes, Wiley-VCH Weinheim, 2004. | |||
2 | G. Dresselhaus, P. C. Eklund, Science of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes, Academic Press, 1996 | |||
3 | S. M. Lindsay, Introduction to Nanoscience, Oxford University Press (2010). | |||
4 | А. H. Castro Neto, Electronic properties of graphene, Rev.Mod.Phys. 81 (2009) 109 | |||
5 | S. Datta, Lessons from Nanoelectronic, World Scientific Publishing Co.(2012). | |||
Number of classes (weekly) | ||||
Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |
6 | 4 | |||
Teaching and learning methods | lectures, practical classes, seminars, homeworks. | |||
Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||
assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |
coursework | 10 | written examination | 20 | |
practicals | 10 | oral examination | 20 | |
papers | ||||
presentations | 30 | |||