NANOTECHNOLOGY

HOMEWORK 4 - NANOSCALE PHYSICS

Objective: To practice some laws of physics in the nanoscale

Individual review/ study (3 h)

Source: Slides, Rogers chapter 3

Problems and numerical solutions (3 h)

Rogers et al., Nanotechnology. Understanding Small Systems, chapter 3

3.9 1,08x1034 photons/h
3.10 a) 7,27 nm; b) 1,3x10-14 m; c) 1,98x10-10 m; d) 1,14x10-34 m
3.13 4900 0C
3.16
Workfunction a) Maximum b) Maximum c) Maximum
Metal  (eV) kinetic energy kinetic energy wavelength
KE max (eV) KE max (J) max (nm)
Cs 1.90 4,99 7.98*10-19 654
Na 2.46
Cu 4.70
Zn 4.31
Ag 4.73
Pb 4.14
Fe 4.50

d) To discuss in class
3.17 a) 9.44 x1044 photons/s, b) 5796 K, c) 1305 W/ m2
3.23 964000 m/s

* The wavefunctions of an electron in a quantum well (QW) of width L are given by

 n  , for n  1,3,... and  n  , for n  2,4,...
( x )  A cos x ( x )  A sin  x
 L   L 
a) Taken into account that their amplitudes are zero at the walls of the well, determine the
possible wavelengths of the electron. Calculate the wavelength for the electron in the 4 th
level of a QW of width L=10 nm.
b) Determine the energies of the electrons confined in the quantum levels n. (Use the
relation between the momentum of a particle and its wavelength, and between the
momentum and the kinetic energy).
c) Estimate which is the wavelength of the photon emitted when an electron jumps from
the 5th to the 4th energy level.
h2 2
a) 5 nm, b) n , c) 3.67 x10-5 m
8mL2