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Nano physics(Phys 4190)

Dr. Abeer Kamal Abd El-AzizEmail : Abeer_kz@yahoo.comAbeer-kz@hotmail.comak.Ali@sau.edu.sa

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Course outlines:• Introduction, Update of solid state Physics

• Physics at surfaces: Overview of physical and chemical properties

that change when the materials considered are a few nanometres in

Size

• Discussion of different nanostructure fabrication methods

• Introduction to nano-scale materials imaging techniques: Physical

principle and operation.

• Non-magnetic materials- types – Application

• Introduction to superconductivity- Super conductivity in nano-scale

• Organic nano-layers: chemical and preparation, application in

surface chemistry and biological probe

• Quantum dot and electron transfer in nano-tubes

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Total Hours : 14 Lectures Credit hours: 4 hrs, 3(3,1,0)

Lecture: 42 hrTutorial: 28 hr

Teaching Pattern:

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Assessment

Assessment task (e.g., essay, test, group

project, examination etc.)

Week dueProportion

of Final Assessment

11st mid- Exam

5th week of the course

15 %

2 2nd mid-Exam

10th week of the course

15%

3 Mini-projects-oral presentation and

Activities

Through the course

10 %

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Final written Exam

After 14 weeks of the

course

60 %

5. Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During the Semester:

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ReferencesEssential References 1) R. Kelsall, I. W. Hamley and M. Geoghegan, “Nanoscale

Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, (2005). 2) J. Imry, Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics (Mesoscopic

Physics and Nanotechnology), oxford university press (1997). 3) Nanostructure Physics and Fabrication: Proceedings of the International Symposium, College Station, Texas, (1989). Electronic Materials, Web Sites etchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology http://nano.ksu.edu.sa/http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484/