Computational Electronics

Courses | 02 Jun 2006 | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

Scaling of CMOS devices into the nanometer regime leads to increased processing cost. In this regard, the field of Computational Electronics is becoming more and more important because device simulation offers unique possibility to test hypothetical devices which have not been fabricated yet...

Solar Cell Fundamentals

Courses | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam

A new version of the course has been posted here.  The modern solar cell was invented at Bell Labs in 1954 and is currently receiving renewed attention as a potential contribution to addressing the world's energy challenge. This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar...

Nanoelectronics and the Meaning of Resistance

Courses | 20 Aug 2008 | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

The purpose of this series of lectures is to introduce the "bottom-up" approach to nanoelectronics using concrete examples. No prior knowledge of quantum mechanics or statistical mechanics is assumed; however, familiarity with matrix algebra will be helpful for some topics. Day 1: What...

ME 597/PHYS 570: Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy (Fall 2009)

Courses | 03 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s): Ron Reifenberger, Arvind Raman

A course for students interested in learning the fundamentals underlying Atomic Force Microscopy.

ECE 695S: Nanophotonics and Metamaterials

Courses | 10 Sep 2013 | Contributor(s): Vladimir M. Shalaev

An Introduction to BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology

Courses | 07 Feb 2005 | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir

This lecture series introduces the basic concepts and key topics underlying the interdisciplinary areas of BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology. Advances in this field require the knowledge of polymer processing and soft lithography in addition to knowledge of silicon-inspired fabrication. Since the...

ECE 695A Reliability Physics of Nanotransistors

Courses | 17 Jan 2013 | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

This course will focus on the physics of reliability of small semiconductor devices. In traditional courses on device physics, the students learn how to compute current through a device when a voltage is applied.

ME 597/PHYS 570: Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy (Fall 2010)

Courses | 31 Aug 2010 | Contributor(s): Ron Reifenberger, Arvind Raman

Fall 2010 A course for students interested in learning the fundamentals underlying Atomic Force Microscopy.

ECE 616: Ultrafast Optics

Courses | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s): Andrew M Weiner

Topics:Introduction and reviewUltrashort pulse generation techniquesMode-locking: overviewActive mode lockingPassive mode lockingMeasurement techniquesCorrelation techniquesTime-frequency methodsNoise and jitterDispersion and its compensationMaterial dispersionAngular dispersion devicesDispersion...

ECE 606 Solid State Devices - new version here https://nanohub.org/courses/ECE606/2020x/outline

Courses | 30 Aug 2012 | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

I newer version of this course is released herehttps://nanohub.org/courses/ECE606/2020x/outline ------- Note: to access these lectures please login or create an account.This course provides the graduate-level introduction to understand, analyze, characterize and...

ECET 499N: Introduction to Nanotechnology

Courses | 30 Mar 2009 | Contributor(s): Helen McNally

An introduction to the emerging area of nanotechnology will be studied. The primary focus will be on the technologies of nanotechnology, with specific emphasis on electronics and electrical measurements. Instruments and techniques used in nanotechnology will be described and explored which...

Short Course on Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Courses | 11 Oct 2009 | Contributor(s): Ashlie Martini

This set of ten presentations accompanied a graduate level course on Molecular Dynamics simulation. The specific objective of the course (and the presentations) is to provide: 1. Awareness of the opportunities and limitations of Molecular Dynamics as a tool for scientific and engineering...

Nanoelectronic Modeling: From Quantum Mechanics and Atoms to Realistic Devices

Courses | 30 Dec 2009 | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

The goal of this series of lectures is to explain the critical concepts in the understanding of the state-of-the-art modeling of nanoelectronic devices such as resonant tunneling diodes, quantum wells, quantum dots, nanowires, and ultra-scaled transistors. Three fundamental concepts critical to...

ME 592: Fundamentals of Particle Image Velocimetry

Courses | 07 Feb 2014

MSE 597G An Introduction to Molecular Dynamics

Courses | 13 Nov 2008 | Contributor(s): Alejandro Strachan

The goal of this short course is to provide an introduction to the theory and algorithms behind MD simulations, describe some of the most exciting recent developments in the field and exemplify with a few applications applications. The series also includes a tutorial on the nanoMATERIALS...

Illinois Physics 498: Introduction to Biological Physics

Courses | 07 Apr 2008 | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin

We will apply simple yet powerful ideas of physics to gain some understanding of biology. (What is the inertia of a bacteria and how does this affect its behavior?) We will begin with atoms, move to molecules, then macromolecules, then cells, and finally whole systems. For example, how do we...

Physics of Nanoscale MOSFETs

Courses | 26 Aug 2008 | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Transistor scaling has pushed channel lengths to the nanometer regime where traditional approaches to MOSFET device physics are less and less suitable This short course describes a way of understanding MOSFETs that is much more suitable than traditional approaches when the channel lengths are of...

Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices

Courses | 18 Aug 2008 | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

The goals of this course are to give the student an understanding of the elements of semiconductor physics and principles of semiconductor devices that (a) constitute the foundation required for an electrical engineering major to take follow-on courses, and (b) represent the essential basic...

BME 695L: Engineering Nanomedical Systems

Courses | 31 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s): James Leary

This course will cover the basic concepts of design of integrated nanomedical systems for diagnostics and therapeutics. Topics to be covered include: why nanomedical approaches are needed, cell targeting strategies, choice of core nanomaterials, technologies for testing composition and structure...

Percolation Theory

Courses | 03 Nov 2008 | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

The electronic devices these days have become so small that the number of dopant atoms in the channel of a MOFET transistor, the number of oxide atoms in its gate dielectric, the number silicon- or metal crystals in nanocrystal Flash memory, the number of Nanowires in a flexible nanoNET...