IDENTIFYING DATA 2015_16
Subject (*) NANOMATERIALS IN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING Code 17675208
Study programme
Engineering and Technology of Electronic Systems (2014)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Eng. Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica
Coordinator
MARSAL GARVÍ, LUIS FRANCISCO
E-mail lluis.marsal@urv.cat
josep.ferre@urv.cat
Lecturers
MARSAL GARVÍ, LUIS FRANCISCO
FERRÉ BORRULL, JOSÉ
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General description and relevant information

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A10 Integrar nous nanomaterials i tecnologies en dispositius electrònics i optoelectrònics (competència de l'especialitat Microsistemes Electrònics).
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B1 Learning to learn
 B6 Clear and effective communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in public or a specific technical field
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C3 Be able to manage information and knowledge
 C4 Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A10 Descriu els conceptes bàsics dels nanomaterials i dispositius fabricats mitjançant nanomaterials.
Descriu les aplicacions de la nanotecnologia i dels materials nano estructurats en nous dispositius electrònics i optoelectrònics.
Descriu les propietats elèctriques i fotòniques de nous materials.
Valora les principals tecnologies de nanofabricació i integració així com nous dispositius i aplicacions.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B1 Have an overview of the various theories and methodologies of a subject.
 B6 Draft documents with the appropriate format, content, structure, language accuracy and register, and illustrate concepts using the appropriate conventions: formats, titles, footnotes, captions, etc.
Prepare their presentations and use a variety of presentation strategies (audiovisual support, eye contact, voice, gesture, time, etc.).
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C3 Locate and access information effectively and efficiently.
 C4 Produce oral texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation.

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Introduction: nanotechnology and nanomaterials Definitions, standards and perspectives.
Nanofabrication Top-down procedures: lithography (optical, electron-beam or ion-beam), pattern transfer.


Bottom-up procedures: self-assembly, bio-assembly.
Nanophotonics and advanced photonic devices Photonic crystals.

Nanoparticle optics.

Plasmonics.

Metamaterials.
Nanoelectronics Electronic phenomena at the nanoscale.

Carbon-nanotube-based devices.

Nanostructure-based devices.


Nanobiotechnology Nanobiomaterials.

Biophotonics.

Bioelectronics.
Organic and molecular electronics Organic semiconductor materials.

Electronic and opto-electronic devices.

Applications.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
A10
B1
14 17.5 31.5
Seminars
A10
B1
C3
10 27.5 37.5
Presentations / expositions
B6
C3
C4
2 0 2
Personal tuition
2 0 2
 
Mixed tests
A10
1 0 1
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities An overview on the methodologies to be used in the course, the contents, the learning objectives, the grading methods and the reference bibliography will be given.
Lecture The theoretical contents of the course as well as representative examples will be explained.
Seminars Conference series given by internationally recognized experts in the course subjects.
Presentations / expositions The students will have to make a presentation individually and in front of their classmates of a research work on an advanced subject related to the course.
Personal tuition Students will have the opportunity to solve any doubts they may have individually at the corresponding teacher’s office.

Personalized attention
Description
Students will have the opportunity to solve any doubts they may have, both in the course of the theoretical lectures and in the practical laboratory experiments, by having personal individual appointments with the professors at their office.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Presentations / expositions
B6
C3
C4
The students will have to perform an oral presentation in front of their classmates of a research work on an advanced related subject and completed during the course. The order, the clarity, the correctness and the abilities to communicate the new concepts related with nano materials and the related devices will be evaluated. 50
Mixed tests
A10
The students will have to complete an exam where they will have to answer in a reasoned way short questions and multiple-choice question related with the course contents to proof the achievement of the corresponding capabilities.
50 %
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

In the second call, the same tests will be conducted.


Sources of information

Basic Gabor L. Hornyak ... [et al.], Fundamentals of nanotechnology, , CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
Marc J. Madou, Fundamentals of microfabrication and nanotechnology, 3rd, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group
John D. Joannopoulos, Robert D. Meade, Joshua N. Winn, Photonic crystals : molding the flow of light, , Princenton University Press

Complementary Zheng Cui, Nanofabrication : principles, capabilities and limits, , Springer
David S. Goodsell, Bionanotechnology : lessons from nature, , Wiley-Liss
Paras N. Prasad, Nanophotonics, , John D. Joannopoulos, Robert D. Meade, Joshua N.

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
RADIOFREQUENCY AND OPTICAL ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY/17675209

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
MICRO AND NANO SENSOR SYSTEMS/17675210
MICRO AND NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES/17675102

(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.