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Summer
2006
June
26 - August 18
Chemistry
(CH 410/510) or Physics
(PH 410/510)
4 credits
Faculty Contact: Andres LaRosa ( andres@pdx.edu
, 503-725-8397
)
Website:
http://www.physics.pdx.edu/~larosaa
The course
includes both lecture and laboratory components. The lecture section introduces
current top-down and
bottom-up approaches
employed in contemporary microfabrication and
nanotechnology, aiming to
provide
familiarity with modern methods for
fabrication and characterization of
functional materials, e.g., sensors or
computer chips. The laboratory section
provides hands-on training in creating and evaluating nanostructures,
e.g., in
polymers, using lithography and self assembly
methods, on silicon
wafers, using
electron beam evaporator and
focused ion beam techniques. Nanometrology
characterizations will include atomic force and electron microscopies.
07-07 X-Ray diffraction: Nanoparticle Size bt Debye Scherrer Method
Section 01
M
and W 11
am – 2 pm Lori and Juan
Ledesma
Section 02
M
and W 4 pm – 7 pm Poormina,
and S. Christianson
Section 03
T
and Th
11 am – 2 pm Keith
and Yaminini
Section 04
T
and Th
4 pm – 7
pm K
Mazzio, D. Gunter and D. Pierce
Section 05
W
and F
11 am – 2 pm Suji and Kai
Section 06
W
and F
4 pm – 7
pm Jeff D , Vijay and Tadepalli
Section 07
M
and Th 11
am – 2 pm Tugore, Deepak
Section 08
M
and Th 4 pm – 7
pm Parker and Guirish
Section 09
T
and F
11 am – 2 pm Cassandra Sharp, Ravi. and Kofi
Section 10
T
and F
4 pm – 7
pm Vindhya
and Harideep
Course
requirements
Students are expected to attend all lectures,
perform all 12
lab experiments, and keep a lab notebook (where data from all
experiments
should be recorded).
For students registering in the 400:
§
Seven write-up reports
will
be required.
§
The write-ups must
include, at least, the following sections: Abstract, Description,
Apparatus,
Results, and Conclusions sections. It must contain the appropriate
measurement
units
§
The write-ups should be
typed and neat.
§
Expect additional
specific requirements about the write-ups from the corresponding
Teaching
Assistant.
§
The write-up is due two
weeks after the day the experiment was performed. (Note: This does not apply
for the last two experiments,
since the grades have to be handed-in the week after the final
week).
If a write-up is not turned-in by the end of the
second
week, it will be assumed that the student has decided not to do a
write-up in
that topic.
The TA will return the graded report to the
student the
third week (counted from the time the experiment was performed) and
submit the
grades to Professor La Rosa.
For students registering in the 500 level:
In addition to six
write-ups, student select one lab topic for a journal-style
report.
For the journal style report:
Students should
start working on the subject right away.
Identify the journal you
would be
attempting to submit your manuscript. Your report should
follow the format
specified by that journal (attach a copy of the journal format).
Grade system
A 96-100
A- 91-95
B+
81-90
B
76-80
B- 71-75
C+ 66-70
C 61-65 C-
56-60
Suggested prerequisites