1. | Tools / Processes: Top-down and Bottom-up | 1. Overviet of Microscopy 2. Optical Microscopes 3. Schematic of a Simple Optical Microscope 4. Rayleigh Criterion for Resolution 5. The Electron Microscopes 6. TEM 7. Components of the TEM 8. Schematic of E Gun & EM lens 9. TEM Images 10. Schematic of E Gun & EM lens 11. TEM Images 12. Schematic of SEM 13. SEM 14. Electron Scattering from Specimen 15. Some SEM Images 16. Scanning Probe Microscopy 17. Scanning Tunneling Microscope 18. STM Operational Modes and Requirements 19. STM Electronics 20. STM Images 21. More Pictures 22. Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy 23. Scanning Tunneling Potentiometry 24. Atomic Force Microscope 25. AFM Modes of Operation 26. AFM Images 27. Acronyms Galore ! 1. Outline 2. Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Techniques 3. Deposition Techniques 4. Physical Deposition Approaches 5. Molecular Beam Epitaxy 6. MBE Apparatus 7. MBE Growth Conditions 8. MBE Growth Characteristics 9. Chemical Vapor Deposition 10. Various CVD Reactors 11. Atomic Layer Deposition |
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2. | Processes: Top-down and Bottom-up | 1. Atomic Layer Deposition 2. ALD Process and Equipment 3. Sequential Process Steps 4. Comparison of ALD and CVD 5. ALD Applications Summary 6. Plasma processes and basics 7. What is a Plasma? 8. Glow Discharges 9. Surface Chemistry 10. Some Key Characteristics 11. Plasma Processing Applications 12. Etching 13. Pattern Trasfer 14. Schematic of a Typical Plasma Reactor Setup 15. Various Plasma Reactors 16. Rf Capacitively Coupled Discharge 17. Inductively Coupled Plasma[ICP] Reactor 18. Microwave Discharge |
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3. | Processes: Top-down and Bottom-up / CNT Applications | 1. Sol-gel Process Sequence 2. Sol-gel Technology 3. Soft Lithography: Advantages, Issues 4. Sol-gel Technology [cont.] 5. 3D Printing 6. Soft Lithography 7. Dip Pin Nanolithography 8. Soft Assembly 1. Applications to be Discussed 2. CNT in Microscopy |
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4. | CNT Applications | 1. CNT in Microscopy 2. Fabrication of CNT Probes 3. AFM Imaging with Single Wall Nanotube Tips 4. High Resolution Imaging of Biological Materials 5. Imaging in Aquenous Environments 6. MWNT Scanning Probe: 7. CNT Interconnects 8. Motivation for Using Carbon Nanofibers [CNFs] 9. Cu Damascene Interconnects 10. CNT Interconnects? 11. Process Flow for PECVD-Grown CNFs 12. Mechanisms of End-Contact Resistance 13. I-V Charactericstics of a Pd-Catalyzed CNF 14. Copper vs CNF via 15. Temperature Dependant Conductance of CNF Array Via 16. Reliability Measurement of CNF via 17. Chip Cooling 18. Thermal Resistance Measurement Apparatus 19. Thermal Resistance Measurement 20. Comparison to Real Thermal Budget 21. Mechanical Stability of CNT/ Cu Film 22. Nanotubes: EMI Shielding 23. Automated Highways 24. CNT Composites 25. CNT-Based Composites 26. General Issues in Making CNT Composites 27. Conducting Polymers based on Carbon Nanotubes 28. Smart Materials, Special Coatings |
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5. | CNT Applications / Nanoelectronics: Nanoelectronic Devices | 1. Advantage of Nanomaterials in Purification, Waste Remediation 2. Hydrogen Storage in CNTs 3. Chemisorption based Hydrogen Storage in CNTs 4. Lithium Storage in CNTs 1. Silicon Nanoelectronics- Device Physics 2. Nonclassical CMOS 3. Emerging Logic Devices 4. Emerging Research Architectures 5. Too Hot To Handle 6. Switching Energy of Electron Devices and Brain Cells 7. Nanoelectronics: What is Expected from Alternative Technologies? 8. Nanoelectronics 9. Nanotube Electronics Devices:FETs 10. Carbon Nanotube Transistor Fabrication 11. From P-to n-Type Nanotube MOSFET Transistor 12. CNT-based Logic and Memory Devices 13. Comparison of CNT vs. Silicon Transistors 14. Wafer-Scale Aligned Nanotube Device Fabrication 15. CNT Multiple Transfer [crossbar structures] 16. Submicron Transistors 17. Multi-terminal Nanotube Junctions |
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6. | Nanoelectronics: Nanoelectronic Devices | 1. Submicron Transistors 2. Multi-terminal Nanotube Junctions 3. Multi-wall Y-junction Carbon Nanotubes 4. Transportin Y-junction Carbon Nanotubes 5. CVD Production of Y-Junctions 6. Four-level CNT Dentritic Neural Tree 7. Nanotube Electromechanical Devices 8. Nanotube Device: Proof of Concept 9. Towards Memory and Computation 10. Inorganic Nanowire Devices 11. Nanowire as Nano-Chip Component 12. Vertical Top-Gate Field Effect Transistor 13. Vertical Surround-Gate Field Effect Transistor 14. Nanowire FET-On-Insulator 15.Ge-NOI Field-Effect Transistor: Electrical Characteristics 16. Nanowire FET: Logic Functionality 17. Nanowire Transistors with Nanogates 18. Logic Gate "NOR" 19. Hierarchical Assembly of One Dimensional Nanostructures 20. Directed Assembly of Parallel Arrays 21. Silicon NW FET 22. Requirements for an Ideal Memory 23. Phase Change Materials 24. Phase-Change Random Access Memory 25. Why 1-D Phase-Change Nanowire? 26. VLS-grown Phase Change Nanowires 27. In2SE3 Nanowires: TEM and EDS Spectra 28. GeTe Nanowires: Melting Experiment and In-Situ Monitoring by TEM 29. PCM Nanowires: Melting Point |
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7. | Applications in Optoelectronics / Other Applications | 1. Optoelectronics Applications 2. Photodetectors 3. CdS Nanowire Photoconductor 4. Light Emitting Diodes 5. Gan Nanowire based LED 6. Nanoscale Lasers 7. Infrared Photoluminescence Layout 8. First IR Single NW Laser 1. The Earilist Chemical Sensor in Human History 2. What do you expect from a Well-Designed Sensor Systems? 3. Why Nanomaterials/Nanosensors? 4. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Chemical Sensors 5. Carbon Nanotube Chemical Force Sensor 6. Sensing via Monitoring Dielectric Properties of SWCNTs 7. SWCNT Capacitor as Chemical Sensor |
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8. | Other Applications | 1. SWCNT Capacitor as Chemical Sensor 2. Vapor/Gas Detection via Ionization from Nanotubes 3. Conductivity Change of CNTs upon Gas/Vapor Adsorption 4. SWCNT Chemiresistor 5. SWCNT Sensor Testing 6. Sensing Mechanisms 7. Nanosensing Approach:Selectivity 8. Indium Oxide Nanowires for Chemical Sensors 9. In2O3 Nanowire Sensor for NO2 10. Dependence of Sensitivity on Nanowire Radius 11. Biosensor Application 12. Some examples of Nano-biosensors 13. CNT based Biosensors 14. Electrochemical Biosensing of DNA Hybridization 15. Commonly used Carbon Electrodes 16. Nanoelectrode for Biosensors 17. Nanotube Array as High Sensitivity DNA Sensor 18. Nanoelectrode Array Fabrication 19. Carbon Nanotube Electrodes at Different Densities 20. Functionalization of DNA 21. Electrochemical Detection of DNA Hybridization |
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9. | Introduction | 1. Nanoelectronics and Computing 2. Expected Nanotechnology Benefits in Electronics and Computing 3. Health and Medicine 4. Energy Production and Utilization 5. Benefits of Nano in the Environment Sector 6. Benefits of Nanotechology in Transportation 7. National Security 8. Why Nanotechnology at NASA? 9. Assessment of Opportunities 10. Revolutionary Technology Waves |
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10. | IntroductionNanoscale Properties | 1. Some Nano Definitions 2. Percentage of Suface Atoms 3. Surface to Bulk Atom Ratio 4. Size Dependence of Properties 5. Some More Size-Dependent Properties 6. Color 7. Specific Heat 8. Melting Point 9. Melting Point Dependence of Particle Size: 10. Analytical Derivation 11. Electrical Conductivity 12. I-V of a Single Nanoparticle 13. Adsorption: Some Background 14. Physisorption 15. Chemisorption |
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11. | Nanomaterials reinforcement in compositesNanomaterials: Carbon NanotubesCNT Application: Structural, Mechanical | 1. Nano-Reinforced Composites 2. Benefits of Nanotechnology in Composite 3. Development 4. Multifunctionality in Materials 5. Multifunctional Materials with Sensing 6. Capability 7. Examples of Multifunctional Materials 8. Candidates for Multifuctional Composites 9. Fine Particle Technology 10. Carbon Nanotube 11. CNT Properties 12. CNT Applications |
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12. | CNT Application: Structural, Mechanical | 1. CNT Synthesis 2. Carbon Nanotubes: Some Examples 3. CVD Growth Mechanisms For Carbon 4. Nanotubes 5. Ion Beam Sputtering of Mult Catalysts for Nanotube Growth 6. Catalyst Characterization 7. Role of the Unter 8. SWNTs on Patterned Substrates 9. Raman Analysis of SWNTs 10. Multiwall Nanotube Towers 11. MWNTs by Thermal CVD: Summary |
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13. | CNT Application: Structural, Mechanical | 1. Why Plasma in Nanotube Growth? 2. Plasma Reactor for CNT Growth 3. MWNTs vs. CNFs 4. TEM Images of MWNTs and CNFs 5. Raman Spectra at 633nm 6. Excitation: Plasma CVD Samples 7. Low Temperature PECVD of CNFs 8. SWNT Growth by PECVD 9. High Volume Production of CNTs 10. Purification of CNTs 11. Functionalization 12. Funtionalization using a Glow Discharge 13. Atomic H Functionalization using a Plasma: FTIR Results |
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14. | GrapheneNanomaterials: Nanoparticles and others | 1. Graphene 2. Characterization 3. Graphene Synthesis 4. CVD of Graphene 5. PECVD of Graphene 6. Applications 7. Preparation of Nanoparticles 8. Desirable Attributes of Nanoparticles 9. Supercriticla Fluids background 10. Supercriticla Fluid Synthesis of Nanoparticles 11. Advantage of Supercritical Fluid technique in nanoparticles production 12. SCF Production of Amoxicillin NPs |