511 NAN

Course Description
This course provides the basic principles needed for the students specializing in the field of nano-science.  It starts with a historical background of challenges facing small scale systems, and how the phenomena required different prospective to understand.  The course introduces the basic quantum mechanics a main tool to explain the observations of the small-scale systems' phenomena.  Moreover, it relates the fundamental properties as well to the atomic structure and increase of surface to volume ratios due to miniaturization.  Applications in both devices and bioscience are provided, ending with safety and ethics needed in the field of nanomaterials.

 Course Main Objective
The course aims to promote students from different relevant majors in bachelor degrees to the level of understanding the basic principles governing the nanoscience and its applications; this includes the basic required math, physics, and chemistry.