Welcome to ChNE 515H 010 and Physics 452 048
Chemistry and Physics at the Nanoscale

Fall, 2006     Professor Robert Duncan
  Lecture: T Th 9:30 - 10:45 AM Mechanical Engineering Room 214  
  Office Hours: After class or by appointment PandA Room 1144  
 

Final Exam (Take-home, open-book, Includes Prof. Datye's Question) , Due 12/12/06 at noon.

Mid-Term take-home Exam , Due 10/26/06.

Mid-Term Take-home Exam Solutions

Revised Syllabus for the Chemistry section.

This is an interdisciplinary course taught at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. Do not worry if you do not have an extensive background in one particular topic, since we will cover all necessary background material. Our emphasis is on developing your intuition and knowledge of techniques at the nanoscale so that you can propose and conduct original research in this field in the years to come. The lecturers are experts in their respective disciplines from UNM, Los Alamos National Laboratory, or Sandia National Laboratories.

 

 

Instructor of Record: Prof. Robert Duncan

Student survey of prior experience

Feynman's Plenty of Room at the Bottom

Augmented Lecture #1 (Duncan, 8/22/06)

Augmented Lecture #2 (Duncan, 8/24/06)

Lecture #3 and #4 Slides (Duncan, 8/ 29 and 31 /06)

Augmented Lecture #3 and #4

Lecture #5, #6, and #7 Slides (Duncan, 9/ 5-12 /06)

Augmented Lecture #5 and #6

Augmented Lecture #7

Lecture #8 (Blagoev, 9/13/06)

Lecture #9 (Blagoev, 9/19/06)

Lecture #10 (Blagoev, 9/21/06)

Lecture #11 (Duncan / Malloy, 9/26/06 -- Coming Soon!)

Augmented Lecture #12 (Malloy, 9/28/06)

Lecture #13 (Evans, 10/3/06)

Augmented Lecture #13 (Evans, 10/3/06)

Lecture #14 (Evans, 10/5/06)

Lecture #15 (Fan, 10/10/06)

Lecture #16 (Evans, 10/17/06)

The lecture on 10/19/06 was actually a mid-term exam review lead by Prof. Duncan

Lecture #17 (Keller, 10/24/06)

Augmented Lecture #18 (Keller, 10/26/06)

Lecture #19 (Shreve, 10/31/06)

Lecture #20 (Shreve, 11/2/06)

Augmented Lectures #19 and #20 (Shreve)

Augmented Lecture #21 (Brozik, 11/7/06)

Augmented Lecture #22 (Brozik, 11/9/06)

Lecture #25 (Datye, 11/21/06)

Augmented Lecture #25 (Datye, 11/21/06)

Extended Lecture I #25 (Datye, 11/21/06)

Carbon Nanotubes Augmentation (Datye, 11/21/06)

Augmented Lecture: Ion Transport in Nanochannels

CdSe Nanoparticles

CdSe Nanoparticles References 1

CdSe Nanoparticles References 2

This class will become one of the four core courses in our new graduate degree program called Nanoscince and Microsystems. Once this new degree program is approved, this course will be listed as NSMS 510.
Please do not drop this course without first discussing your concerns with Prof. Duncan. The course is at a level which requires good skills with algebra and trigonometry, and some introduction to the calculus. We will introduce the scientific concepts as we go along, so an extensive background in science and engineering is not required. This class will require about four to six hours of effort per week out of class to study and prepare, but it will be exciting and intellectually engaging.