310526 (v.1) Nanotechnology 201

Area:

Faculty of Science and Computing

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

6.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Laboratory:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

8024 (v.5) Analytical Chemistry 201 or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

7039 (v.5) Chemistry 101 or any previous version
AND
302804 (v.3) Physics 101 or any previous version
AND
305411 (v.3) Nanotechnology 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Carbon Chemistry: Fullerenes and Nanotubes. History of their discovery, methods of synthesis, properties and applications in Nanotechnology. Miniaturization in Electronics: Microelectronic fabrication, basics of photolithography, nanofabrication, ion beam techniques. Thin films: Chemical and physical deposition techniques, bottom-up and top-down preparation, applications of thin films in sensors and electronics. Miniaturization in Analytical Chemistry: Advantages and challenges of miniaturisation of analytical chemistry processes, microfluidics and flow analytical chemistry, micro-Total Analysis Systems.

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Field of Education:

010301 Physics

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External