NANO53 Course Overview

NANO 53

Foothill College

Overview

• Course goals• Instrument rubric• Industry scenario

based curriculum• Alphabet soup• PNPA integration• Assignments / grades• Your instructor

Course Goals

• Learn about characterization tools

• What tools for what types of materials?

• How does industry use these tools?

• Where can you get these services?

• Preparing yourself for integrated nanomaterials engineering (PNPA)

• Understanding nanomaterial safety issues

Instrument Rubric• What is the physics of the instrument?• What information is provided?• What types of materials are analyzed?• What industries use these tools?• To answer what types of questions?

Industry Scenarios

• Semiconductors and electronics

• Magnetic media / storage

• Biomaterials / biomedical devices

• Thin films / optics

• Advanced materials (composites etc.)

Alphabet Soup

• Image– AFM, SEM, TEM

• Surface– AES, XPS, SSIMS

• Organic– FTIR, GCMS,

HPLC, NMR

• Chemical/Elemental– ICP, XRF

• Structure– XRD, TEM, LEED

• Data management and safety– LIMS and MSDS

PNPA - Characterization

Processing (P)

Properties (P)

Characterization

(N)Nanostructure

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Assignments / Grades

• Weekly writing assignments

• Midterm / final writing / project

• In class participation

• Lab demonstrations

• Vocabulary (in class) quiz

Lab Tours

• Nanolab Technologies

• Stanford SNL (Gabelle)– TEM/AES

• NASA-ASL– FE-SEM– TTEM

Guest Speakers

• Lab scientist / analyst

• Failure analyst

• Authenticity testing

• Materials researcher

• Product development

In Class Projects

• Nanocarbon

• Carbon Nanotubes

• Quantum dots

• Biomedical devices

• CIGS/CIS/CdTe

• Your material?

Your Instructor

• Robert D. Cormia

• rdcormia@earthlink.net

• 650.949.7456

• Office is 4129 (next to the AFM lab)

• Office hours / lab demonstrations – Typically Monday afternoon (after senate)– TBA – arranged for NASA-ASL etc

• http://fgamedia.org/faculty/rdcormia/NANO53