NSMS 510/CHEM 471/PHYC 410 Chemistry and Physics at the Nanoscale

Instructor: Debi Evans (Chemistry) and Kevin Malloy (Physics) Time: Tuesday and Thursday @ 9 !"am #$" %& 'm in (ood)ard *all +u,,ested -eadin, (relevant cha'ters and 'a,es )ill be 'osted online): + M .indsay/ Introduction to 0anoscience 1D 2ahlman/ Materials Chemistry

ONLINE MATERIALS: A DROPBOX folder will be created for the class to iew !o"rse Lear#i#$ %oals:

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!o"rse Lear#i#$ Ob1ecti es - Beco&e fa&iliar with #a#oscie#ce a#d #a#otech#olo$( as scie#tific a#d e#$i#eeri#$ fields - I#te$rate 2#owled$e fro& all s"bfields of che&istr( a#d 'h(sics i#to sol i#$ #a#oscale 'roble&s - Search for articles "si#$ i#ter#et search tools a#d databases - Read scie#tific 'a'ers criticall( - 3or2 as a $ro"' to sol e 'roble&s related to #a#oscale &aterials - Research a 'artic"lar to'ic i#de'e#de#tl( "si#$ te4tboo2s5 webtools a#d ori$i#al 1o"r#al articles
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