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Paper: Introduction to NanoTechnology                                                    3     1      4
INSTRUCTIONS TO PAPER SETTERS:                                                                               MAXIMUM MARKS: 75       
1.     Question No. 1 should be compulsory and cover the entire syllabus. This question should have objective or short answer type questions. It should be of 25 marks.
2.     Apart from Q. No. 1 rest of the paper shall consist of four units as per the syllabus. Every unit should have two questions. However, student may be asked to attempt only 1 question from each unit. Each question should be of 12.5 marks.
UNIT – I
Introduction to Modern Electronics and its Trends towards Nanoelectronics: International Technology roadmap characteristics: New Concepts in Electronics, From Microelectronics Towards Nanoelectronics.
Basic Concepts of Electromagnetic waves and Quantum Mechanics: Electromagnetic Waves and Maxwell’s Equations, Duality of Electron, Schrodinger Equation, Eigenvalue Problem and Electron in Quantum Well, Electrons in Multiple Quantum Wells, Superlattices, Artificial Atoms, Quantum Dots, Molecules, Energy Level Splitting, Chemical Bonds, Optical Transitions and Lasers.
[No. of Hrs.: 11]

UNIT – II
Pattern Formation in Nanoelectronics: High – Resolution Lithography, Dip-Pin Lithography, NEMS: Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Self-Assembly Structures: Chemically – Directed Self-Assembly, Surface-Layer Proteins in Nanolithography.                                                                      [No. of Hrs.: 11]

UNIT – III
Traditional Low-Dimensional Systems: Quantum Wells, Cascade Lasers and Other Quantum-Well Devices, Quantum Wires, Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Molecules, Quantum – Dot – Based Cellular Automata, Coulomb Effects: Single Electron Devices, Nanoscale Sensors and Actuators.
[No. of Hrs.: 11]

UNIT – IV
Newly Emerged Nanostructures and Applications: Applications of Inorganic-Organic Heterostructures, Quantum Dots Embedded in Organic Matrix: Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Quantum Wire Interconnects: DNA Computing, Carbons Nanotubes for Data Processing, Molecular Electronics Materials and Biomolecules, Future Integrated Circuits: Quantum Computing using super conductors.
                                                                                                            [No. of Hrs.: 11]

TEXT BOOKS:
1.         C. P. Poole and F. J. Owens, “Introduction to NanoTechnology”, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
2.         M. A. Ratner and D. Ratner, “Nanotechnology: A gentle introduction to the next big Idea”, PHI, 2003.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1.         Rainer Waser, “Nanoelectronics and INformation Technology: Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel Devices”, John Wiley & sons, 2005.
2.         Jurgen Schulte, “Nanotechnology: Global Strategies, Industry Trends and Applications”, John Wiley, 2004.
3.         Serge Luryi, Jimmy Xu, Alex Zaslavsky, “Future trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millenium”, John Wiley, 2004.
4.         S. E. Lyshevski, “Nano and Micro Electromechanical Systems Fundamentals of Nano and Micro-ENgineering”, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, 2004.

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