Fall 2007:
NPSE 8001: Intro to Nanoparticle Science and Engineering
Instructor: Steven Girshick, coordinator (MechE; slg@umn.edu)
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Location: Rapson Hall 58
Prerequisites: IT graduate student, or consent of instructor Credits: 3 Grading: A-F, or audit
Course Objective:
The course is intended to present students with a broad, interdisciplinary overview of the emerging field of nanoparticle science and engineering. Nanoparticles are widely considered the building blocks of many new materials and devices that are a major thrust area of nanotechnology. More recently nanoparticles find increasing usage in biology and medicine. The course is explicitly designed as an introductory course that will take into account the diversity of backgrounds of students from different areas of science and engineering.
Course Topics:
Nanoparticle synthesis
Nanoparticle growth & transport
Nanoparticle-based electronic, photovoltaic, and light-emitting devices
Characterization techniques for nanoparticles
Nanoparticle structural and mechanical properties
Nanoparticles for imaging in bio-system
Nanoparticles for therapeutics