Nanotechnology EECS 217C Spring 2003

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NanotechnologyEECS 217C Spring 2003
Fabrication and characterization techniques of
electrical circuit elements at the nanometer scale

• Nanofabrication techniques
• Characterization techniques
• Single electron transistors, coulomb blockade
• Quantization of electrical resistance,
  Landauer-Buttiker formalism
• Molecular electronics
• Nanotubes, nanowires
• Bio-nano-electronics

Instructor Professor Peter Burke Time 2-320 pm
M W Place ICF 103
The image shown is a DNA molecule covalently
linked to a carbon nanotube. The nanotube can be
contacted with electrodes, providing an
electronic link to molecular biology. This simple
example illustrates how separations between
traditional academic boundaries become blurred at
the nanoscale. In this course students will be
prepared for the increasingly multidisciplinary
world of nanotechnology.
Undergraduates who meet the prerequisites
(Physics 51A and EECS 113A) may take this course.