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NANO-3016: Nanoscale Synthesis, Fabrication, and Characterization

Description: Tools for synthesis, fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructures including organic and polymer synthesis, self-assembly, and top-down fabrication as well as methods for identifying their structure and electronic, optical, and thermal properties. 3015: Multiphase macromolecules; electron and scanning probe microscopies; fullerenes, graphene, and nanotubes; optical and electron spectroscopies, thermal analysis; quantum dots and metallic nanoparticles. 3016: Nucleic acid self-assembly; polyelectrolyte complexes; dynamic light scattering and zeta potential; electrostatic self-assembly; self-assembled monolayers; photolithography; electron and ion beam lithography; microcontact printing and nanoimprint lithography.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 4 credits

Prerequisites: (CHEM-2514 or CHEM-2536 or CHEM-2566) and NANO-3015

Required By: NANO-4314, NANO-4124

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.46 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 55.33%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Brenden A Magill202363.4%17.5%7.8%6.6%4.8%0.0%3.203
Chenggang Tao201988.9%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.862
Chixia Tian202470.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%3.431

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