CROSS-DISCIPLINARY NANOSCIENCE (NTM 805)
Nanomaterials:
ceramics, glasses, polymers, fullerenes, graphene, carbon nanotubes, polymeric
and inorganic nanostructures, metal oxides, nano-powders, nanocomposites,
nano-alloys and quantum dots. Structural properties in nanochemistry: chemical
crystallography (introduction to bonding, crystal structures and properties),
reactivities of nanostructured materials, physical and chemical properties,
processing nanostructured materials. Quantum
mechanics: The fundamentals of nanophysics. The quantum nature and
construction of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles. Structural properties in
nanophysics. Crystallography of nanostructured materials, physical and chemical
properties of nanoparticles and interfaces, processing of nanostructured
materials. Biological
chemistry: Bonds, acids and bases, chemical reactions, enzymes. Macromolecules:
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids. Cells and house-keeping
functions: Cell structure and metabolic processes.