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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

305411 (v.3) Nanotechnology 101

Area: School of Science
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 2.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit is designed for students with TEE Physics, TEE Calculus and TEE Chemistry. Historical perspectives. Review of the micro and nanoscale and associated properties of matter. Micro and very-large-scale integration (VLSI) electronics and micro-electromechanical systems. Optical and quantum computers. Molecular machines and devices. Self-assembly of complex molecular architectures. Controlled orientation of molecular components. Reversibility in self-assembly processes. Implications of thermal disordering. Experimental techniques for probing the nanoscale. Electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, especially scanning tunnelling and atomic force microscopies. X-ray and neutron analysis technologies. Applications of nanotechnology. Future developments and potential impact on society.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010301 Physics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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