BMEG 561 - Instrumental Analysis of Nanomaterials

3 Credit(s)

The course will give an over view on several important analytical tools for nano materials characterization. Mechanical, electrical and electronic and biological property testing of the nano materials such as carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanowires conformable nanoelectronics materials, polymer nanoparticles and biomedical nanomaterials will be discussed. Process and product evaluation by physical, chemical and microscopic methods for materials in nano-regime will be highlighted. Modern materials science depends on the use of a battery of analytical methods carried normally in specialized laboratories. This course explains the fundamental principles associated with the various methods and familiarize the students with them, their range of applicability and reliability especially when materials are of nanoscopic dimension.