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Paper: Introduction to NanoTechnology 3 1
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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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