2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
PHYS2330 Nanophysics and Nanotechnology
10 creditsClass Size: 70
Module manager: Dr Sally Peyman
Email: s.peyman@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Pre-requisite qualifications
This course is highly mathematical in parts and requires students to have taken Level One physics and maths (or equivalent).This module is approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module introduces students to the basic ideas and techniques in Nanoscale Physics.Objectives
To introduce students to the basic ideas and techniques in Nanoscale Physics.Skills outcomes
On completion the module you will be able to :
- Identify properties that emerge on the nanoscale;
- Explain the quantum nature of matter and its macroscopic realization;
- Describe experimental approaches to nanofabrication (bottom-up and top-down);
- Discuss in an informed way the current possibilities and limitation of nanotechnology.
Syllabus
Systematics of Making Things Smaller
- Limits of Smallness: learning from Biology
- Quantum Nature of the Nanoworld
- Quantum consequences for the Macroworld
- Self-Assembled Nanostructures
- Physics-based Experimental Approaches to Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology
- Carbon Based Electronics
- Looking into the Future
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 22 | 1.00 | 22.00 |
Private study hours | 78.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 22.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 |
Private study
- Reading lecture notes and books- Solving problems.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Assignment | continuous assessment | 20.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 |
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 websiteLast updated: 06/03/2019
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