2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PHYS2240 Practical Nanotechnology 3

10 creditsClass Size: 26

Module manager: Dr S D A Connell
Email: s.d.a.connell@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to obtain useful data from a number of major surface and materials analytical techniques. These include scanning tunnelling microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray and electron diffraction methods. They should be able to analyse and interpret their data, with a full understanding of experimental errors, and be able to produce a concise write-up of each experiment at the end of each session.

Syllabus

The module will consist of 10 practical classes and lengthy formal writeup of one experiment.

Experiments:
1) Fundamentals of Imaging
2) Imaging Different Samples
3) Scanning tunneling microscopy 1
4) Scanning tunneling microscopy 2
5) Scanning tunneling microscopy 3
6) Atomic force microscopy 1
7) Atomic force microscopy 2
8) Scanning electron microscopy
9) Transmission electron microscopy
10) X-ray diffraction

Experiments include the characterisation of transition metal carbide nanorods; grain growth in sputtered metal flims; thermally activated oxidation of graphite following Arrhenius¿ rate law; determination of local barrier heights on various metals using I-V spectroscopy; micro contact printing of self-assembling molecular films, and characterisation of templates for nanofabrication.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	2	1.00	2.00
Practical	10	6.00	60.00
Private study hours			38.00
Total Contact hours			62.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

1 hour preparatory reading, 1 hour write up for each lab class
20 hours to write formal report

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be monitored weekly by class attendance, and submission of weekly short writeups at the end of each lab.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Practical	10 lab classes and writeups	77.00
Report	1 formal report	23.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 22/04/2013

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