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Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena; Microscopic Pictures of Heat Carriers |
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| 2 |
Characteristic Time and Length, Simple Kinetic Theory, Characteristic |
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| 3 |
Schrödinger Equation |
Homework 1 due |
| 4 |
Quantum Wells, Harmonic Oscillators, Rigid Rotors, and Hydrogen Atoms |
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| 5 |
Rigid Rotors, Hydrogen Atom, Electronic Levels in One-dimensional Lattice Chain |
Homework 2 due |
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Electronic Energy Levels in Crystals |
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| 7 |
Phonon Energy Levels in Crystals, Crystal Structures |
Homework 3 due |
| 8 |
Reciprocal Lattice, X-ray |
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| 9 |
Energy Spectrum in Nanostructures, Density of States, Statistical Distributions |
Homework 4 due |
| 10 |
Specific Heat of Molecules, Electrons, Phonons; Blackbody Radiation |
Homework 5 due |
| 11 |
Effects of Nanostructures on Energy Storage, Energy Transfer by Waves, Electron Waves |
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| 12 |
Electromagnetic Waves, Reflection of Waves at a Single Interface |
Homework 6 due |
| 13 |
Acoustic Waves, Interference and Tunneling |
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| 14 |
Laudauer Formalism |
Homework 7 due |
| 15 |
Midterm 1 |
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| 16 |
Transport in Carbon Nanotubes (Guest Lecture by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT.) |
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| 17 |
Transition to Particle Description, Louiville Equation |
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| 18 |
Boltzmann Equation, Relaxation Time Approximation |
Homework 8 due |
| 19 |
Fourier Law and Newton's Shear Stress Law |
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| 20 |
Ohm's Law and Thermoelectric Effect |
Homework 9 due |
| 21 |
Nanostructured Thermoelectrics (Guest Lecture by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT.) |
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| 22 |
Take Home Exam 2 |
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| 23 |
Thermoelectric Effect |
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| 24 |
Classical Size Effects, Parallel Direction |
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| 25 |
Classical Size Effects, Perpendicular Direction |
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| 26 |
Liquid, Brownian Motion, Forces and Potentials, Electrokinetics, Surface Tension |
Homework 10 due
Final project due |