NANOTECHNOLOGY SEMINAR
THE PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
CHEN 481-503
FALL 2011
Course Information
Instructor Information:
Name: Jorge M. Seminario
Research URL: http://research.che.tamu.edu/groups/Seminario/index-1.html
Office: 239 JEB
E-mail: seminario@tamu.edu
Class room: 112 Jack E. Brown, Chem. Eng. Bldg.
Class time: Tuesday 12:45 – 1:35 pm
Pre-requisite: None
Office hours: roughly 3:30-4:30, after class. However, you are free to see me at any time; just make sure
I see you if I am with some else in my office. The only times I am asking you to avoid looking for me is
before class. I need to prepare it carefully.
Virtual office hours: 24 hours a day, seven days per week. Just send me your question by e-mail and I
will respond in a matter of seconds (through the web site) most of the times or in a few hours in case I am
away or the question is difficult.
Course Goals
Basically the course has two main goals:
1) To introduce all students to the basics and tools of the exciting field of nanotechnology. This includes
a review of the state of the art as well as discussions of present research such that presently or after
graduation the student can be ready to work in this multidisciplinary field; and
2) Re-orient and re-tool students with nanotechnology approaches and algorithms to analyze, design, and
simulate systems of their own interest or of their own research. The effort will focus on developing,
modifying, adapting, and creating tools to solve specific problems in the field.
Grading
Midterm Exam Project 1
Final Exam Project 2
Presentation discussions
30%
30%
40%
The same formula is used for everyone. No student may obtain extra credit by special arrangement. Final
grades are assigned as indicated below. I am not committed to giving a certain percentage of A's or F's to
every class.
The following table will give you a precise idea of your grade:
From
90
80
to
100
89
A
B
70
60
Less than 60
79
69
C
D
F
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy Statement
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides
comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation
requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for
reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an
accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in
Room 126 of the Koldus Building or call 845-1637.
The Texas A&M University Academic Integrity Statement
“An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do”
The Aggie Honor Code provides a standard of conduct in which each student promises not to lie, cheat, or
steal and not to tolerate violations by others. I support the Aggie code and I assume the students do also.
Remember that the honor system can be effective only if everyone supports it! For further information,
please
see
the
Academic
Integrity
Task
Force,
2004
at
http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/FinalTaskForceReport.pdf. In summary, do not cheat on exams, test,
quizzes, or homework. Please spare me the difficulty of seeing those sorts of cases through the
prosecution system.
Bibliography
No textbook but current journal articles in the field and lecture notes will be used as well as the following
books as reference material
Here are two interesting books edited by the instructor:
Jorge M. Seminario, Molecular and Nano Electronics, Elsevier, 2006
P. B. Balbuena and J. M. Seminario, Nanomaterials: Design and Simulation, Elsevier 2006.
Other very important books are:
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Nanotechnology: Importance And Applicationsm, M.H. Fulekar, I. K. International Pvt Ltd , 2010
Nanotechnology in drug delivery, Melgardt M. de Villiers, Pornanong Aramwit, Glen S. Kwon,
Springer, 2009
Nanotechnology: an introduction to nanostructuring techniques, J. Michael Köhler, Dr. Wolfgang
Fritzsche, 2004
Nanotechnology: Fundamentals And Applications, Karkare, I. K. International Pvt Ltd, 2008
C. P. Poole and F. J. Owens, Introduction to Nanotechnology, Wiley, 2003.
Jorge Kohanoff, Electronic Structure Calculations for Solids and Molecules, Cambridge, 2006
G. L. Timp (ed.), Nanotechnology, Springer-Verlag, 1998.
Aviram, M. Ratner, and V. Mujica (ed.), Molecular Electronics II, NYAS, 2003.
Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics, Yoseph Imry, Oxford University Press (1997)
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Molecular Electronics, James M. Tour, World Scientific; (2003)
Modern Quantum Chemistry, A. Szabo and N. S. Ostlund, MacMillan, New York (1982)
Molecular Quantum Mechanics, P. W. Atkins, Second edition, Oxford University, (1983)
Silicon Quantum Integrated Circuits, E. Kasper and D.J. Paul, Springer
Atoms, Molecules and Clusters in Electric Fields, G. Maroulis, Imperial College Press (2006)
Gaussian 2009 Information
Crystal 2006 Information
VASP 2009 Information
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Program information
Artificial Intelligence Methods
Monte Carlo Methods
Review of Basic Stuff from Materials:
1) Atomic and molecular
2) Electrical properties
3) Magnetic properties
4) Optical properties
“Always read in advance the material for class”
Class Outline:
Paper Review, Presentations, and Discussions:
Paper Review
You must read each paper and turn in notes about each paper:
Presenting students will show the paper as a ppt presentation for 20 minutes
Discussion follows to help understanding of paper
Goal is to use the paper for further research
Presentations
For the presenters:
1) Chose one or more papers regarding applications of nanotechnology to your assigned topic
2) Prepare a ppt presentation of ~20 minutes.
a. Title slide (title of your presentation and names of participants)
b. Introduction (background, etc)
c. Basic principles
d. Work performed
e. Conclusions
f. Your assessment of the work (how to improve it, follow up, analysis)
g. Further research would you suggest
h. References
3) Send me the ppt in advance to get feedback
4) Decide who is (are) presenting for a total of 20 minutes
Discussion (for the Audience):
1) Listen and take notes on the prepared sheet (individually, attendance required, no make-ups)
2) Send me a one or two slides (ppt) of your review within one week (by groups)
Suggestion: Choose papers from recent issues in Science or Nature
Interesting Topics
Solar Energy (material collected from undergraduate class in petroleum engineering)
See the Nanotechnology Class: http://research.che.tamu.edu/orgs/groups/Seminario/nanotechnology/
See the nanoMaterials page: http://research.che.tamu.edu/groups/Seminario/materials/
Additional Information from the materials class is here: Materials
I strongly advise you to see the 14 topics prepared by the materials class of spring-2011. These
presentations will allow you to browse the diverse areas related to nanotechnology. I also included
important chapters from the material’s class that can help you further to refresh some basics stuff that I
am sure you learn before.
Class and Assignment Schedule
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1
Day
Date
Tue
30-Aug
2
Tue
6-Sep
3
Tue
13-Sep
4
Tue
5
6
7
8
9
Applications of technology to
group
No class (to be re-scheduled)
Introduction
G1-G2
20-Sep
TBA-Presentation
TBA-Presentation
Tue
27-Sep
TBA-Presentation
G5-G6
Tue
4-Oct
TBA-Presentation
G7-G8
11-Oct
TBA-Presentation
G9-G1
18-Oct
TBA-Presentation
G2-G3
21-Oct
TBA-Presentation
G4-G5
G6-G7
Tue
Tue
Tue
G3-G4
10
Tue
1-Nov
TBA-Presentation
11
Tue
8-Nov
TBA-Presentation
G8-G9
12
Tue
15-Nov
TBA-Presentation
G1-G2
13
Tue
22-Nov
TBA-Presentation
G3-G4
14
Tue
29-Nov
TBA-Presentation
G5-G6
15
Tue
6-Dec
Thursday Class
G# = groups of 2 people
G# = groups of 3 people
Example of Topics
Applications of Nanotechnology to
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Process to control nanotubes chirality
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Nanotech applic.: Oil, gas industry
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Solar Cells; Chemistry & Surface chemistry
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electromechanical oscillator
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Reservoir Engineering
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Nano-porous membranes in Gas separation
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Nano-Sensors; Microtubule dynamic instability
Biodegradable Polymer Nanoparticles for drug
Membranes
delivery
through
mucosal
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Deliver chemicals to a specific location
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biomedical sensing- biosensing
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Nano-robots
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Gas & oil industry
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Carbon-nanotubes
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Energy, Food production & sustainability
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Carbon-nanotubes
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Mechano-transduction; piezoelecctricity
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Nano-fabrics, Chemical Eng. Industry at IBM, Intel
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Industrial applications
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Nanowire photonics
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semiconductor manufacturing techniques
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Nanotech in Agriculture
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Molec. Circuits using NDR composites
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Solid state Chemistry
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NEMs
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Graphene technology
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Food/ beverages industry, Consumer products
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Thermal conductivity
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Metal organic frameworks
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Nanotechnology in Daily Life
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Quantum mechanical devices, tunnel FETs
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Nanotech applic. Mechanical
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Nanotechnology in Aerospace Applications
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Self-ordered devices
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Nanotech applic: Pharmaceuticals
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Zeolites in the Petrochemical Industry
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Applications to genomics
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Sequencing Cancer Genomes