Experimental Nanoscience 0800-M-EXNAN

General introduction – the Caveman
Fabrication of nanostructures, structural and chemical
characterization
Optical characterization of nanostructures: absorption,
luminescence, related topics
Detection of light, fluorescence microscopy
Single-molecule microscopy and spectroscopy
Interactions at the nanoscale: energy transfer and
plasmonic interactions – examples and optical signatures
Plasmonic photosynthesis
Graphene-based hybrid nanostructures
Propagation of energy in plasmonic networks

Total student workload

- time of teaching: 30 h - individual student work required for succesful completion: 20 h

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Student - has comprehensive knowledge of nanoscience and nanotechnology (K_W01) - knows advanced experimental techniques of spectroscopy and optical microscopy (K_W03) - has deep and detailed knowledge of interactions at the nanoscale (K_W05)

Learning outcomes - skills

Student is able to implement knowledge regarding nanoscience and nanotechnology, as well as experimental techniques applied to solve problems of other fields of natural science

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Student - knows limitations of knowledge and capabilities, can formulate questions, understands the need for further education (K_K01) - understands the need for popularizing science, in particular in physics, including the most recent developments in science and technology (K_K04)

Expository teaching methods

- informative (conventional) lecture
- problem-based lecture

Type of course

elective course

Prerequisites

the results of education achieved during the first level studies

Course coordinators

Sebastian Maćkowski

Assessment criteria

Oral examination

Bibliography

Lecture materials and research papers will form the base for the lecture. Extended discussions can be found in the following monographs:

C. Weisbuch, B. Vinter, Quantum Semiconductor Structures: Fundamentals and Applications, Academic Press, Boston, 1991.
G. Bastard, Wave Mechanics Applied to Semiconductor Heterostructures, Les Editions de Physique, Les Ulis, 1988.
D. Bimberg, M. Grundmann, N. N. Ledentsov, Quantum Dot Heterostructures, John Willey & Sons, 1999.
J. R. Lakowicz, Principles Of Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 1999.
R. Rigler, M. Orrit, Th. Basché (Eds.) Single Molecule Spectroscopy-Nobel Conference Lectures, Springer, Berlin, 2001.
Th. Basche, W. E. Moerner, M. Orrit, U. P. Wild (Eds.) Single Molecule Optical Detection, Imaging and Spectroscopy, VCH: Weinheim, 1997.
S. A. Maier, Plasmonics: Fundamentals And Applications, Springer Berlin, 2007.
L. Novotny, B. Hecht, Principles of Nano-Optics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006

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