| lec # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena; Microscopic Pictures of Heat Carriers | |
| 2 | Characteristic Time and Length, Simple Kinetic Theory, Characteristic | |
| 3 | Schrödinger Equation | Homework 1 due |
| 4 | Quantum Wells, Harmonic Oscillators, Rigid Rotors, and Hydrogen Atoms | |
| 5 | Rigid Rotors, Hydrogen Atom, Electronic Levels in One-dimensional Lattice Chain | Homework 2 due |
| 6 | Electronic Energy Levels in Crystals | |
| 7 | Phonon Energy Levels in Crystals, Crystal Structures | Homework 3 due |
| 8 | Reciprocal Lattice, X-ray | |
| 9 | Energy Spectrum in Nanostructures, Density of States, Statistical Distributions | Homework 4 due |
| 10 | Specific Heat of Molecules, Electrons, Phonons; Blackbody Radiation | Homework 5 due |
| 11 | Effects of Nanostructures on Energy Storage, Energy Transfer by Waves, Electron Waves | |
| 12 | Electromagnetic Waves, Reflection of Waves at a Single Interface | Homework 6 due |
| 13 | Acoustic Waves, Interference and Tunneling | |
| 14 | Laudauer Formalism | Homework 7 due |
| 15 | Midterm 1 | |
| 16 | Transport in Carbon Nanotubes (Guest Lecture by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT.) | |
| 17 | Transition to Particle Description, Louiville Equation | |
| 18 | Boltzmann Equation, Relaxation Time Approximation | Homework 8 due |
| 19 | Fourier Law and Newton's Shear Stress Law | |
| 20 | Ohm's Law and Thermoelectric Effect | Homework 9 due |
| 21 | Nanostructured Thermoelectrics (Guest Lecture by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT.) | |
| 22 | Take Home Exam 2 | |
| 23 | Thermoelectric Effect | |
| 24 | Classical Size Effects, Parallel Direction | |
| 25 | Classical Size Effects, Perpendicular Direction | |
| 26 | Liquid, Brownian Motion, Forces and Potentials, Electrokinetics, Surface Tension | Homework 10 due Final project due |