NAN 242 - THIN FILM FABRICATION - 2009 SPRING

Syllabus

Instructor
Dr. K. Burak Ucer
Office
Wake Forest University, Reynolda Campus, Olin Hall, 305D - 758-4989
Lab
Olin 209 - 758-5515
E-Mail
ucerkb@wfu.edu
Office Hours
By appointment
Lectures
Hours
Mo 8:00 am - 10:00 am, Th 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Notes
Online
Locations
WFU Center for Nanotechnology (Nanotech)
Labs
Hours
Schedule TBD
Locations

WFU Nanotech, FTCC, WFU Optics Lab (Olin 209)

Attendance
Mandatory
Grading
3 Quizzes
10% each
Final
30%
Lab
25%
Attendance and Participation
15%

Lecture Notes

Lecture Subject  

Lecture 1

Introduction  
Lecture 2 Solid State Physics  
Lecture 3 Vacuum Technology  
Lecture 4 Vacuum Technology (cont.)  
Lecture 5 Vacuum Evaporation  
Lecture 6 Sputtering  
Lecture 7 Sputtering (cont.)  
Lecture 8 Chemical Vapor Deposition  
Lecture 9 Chemical Vapor Deposition (cont.)  
Lecture 10 Thin Film Formation and Morphology  
Lecture 11 Electricity, Magnetism and Optics  
Lecture 12 Optics (cont.)  
Lecture 13 Optical Components  
Lecture 14 Optical Processes and Methods  
Lecture 15 Other Spectroscopic Techniques  
Lecture 16 Electrical, Magnetic and Mechanical Tests  
Lecture 17 Special Topics - Focused Ion Beam / Si Nanotubes / Colloidal NP Thin Films  
Lecture 18 Special Topics - Photolithography (RB Darling's (UW) lecture on photolithography)  
Lecture 19 Special Topics - Nanotechnology in Thin Film Solar Cells  
Lecture 20 Special Topics - Nanotechnology in Thin Film Batteries  

Links

CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition This is a more basic site with some external links.
  Fundamentals of Chemical Vapor Deposition This site has detailed information both on the basics of CVD and on the specific reactions used in common film depositions.
Optics FSU Microscopy Has a lot of Java applets and tutorials about basic properties of light and imaging

Sample Questions for the Tests

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Final