Ae 244. Mechanics of Nanomaterials

Instructor
    Professor Chiara Daraio 113 Firestone, (626) 395-4479, daraio@caltech.edu
    Professor Julia R. Greer 221 Steele, (626) 395-4127, jrgreer@caltech.edu

Teaching Assistant
    Min Seok Jang msjang@caltech.edu

Schedule
    TR 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, 308 Firestone

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Announcements

• Lab tour plan[11/29]
  2:00 Meet at classroom: 308 Firestone
  2:05~2:20 CNT (Carbon Nanotube) growth facility: Firestone
  2:25~2:40 TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope): 042 Keck Lab
  2:45~3:00 FIB (Focused Ion Beam), ESEM (Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope): Steele, sub-basement
  3:05~3:20 MTS nanoindenter: 235 Steele
• [11/07] HW3 due date is changed to Monday 11/12
• [11/05] Midterm exam has been cancelled
• [11/05] HW3 is posted. (Due on 11/09 noon)
• [10/19] HW1 solution and HW2 are posted. (Due on 10/26 noon)
• [10/11] Lecture4 is uploaded.
• [10/06] HW1 is posted. (Due on 10/12 noon)
• [10/04] 2nd lecture note  is uploaded. Reading list is updated.
• [10/02] First lecture note is uploaded.
• [10/02] Currently there are 2 books on reserve in the SFL CIRC-RESERVE library:
  -Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, ed. A. S. Edelstein and R. C. Cammarata, IoP (UK), 1996
  -Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology, ed. W.A.Goddard III, D.W. Brenner, S. E. Lyshevski, G.J. Iafrate, CRC Press, 2007
  The students can find these reference available there on a 3-hours check out base.
• [10/01] First version of webpage is posted.

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Class Requirements and Grading Scheme

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Class Policies

• Zero tolerance on late homework assignments (no credit given for late HWs)
• 4 homework assignments (due every other Friday starting Oct. 12th)
• Collaborative HWs solutions are NOT an option, though students are welcome and encouraged to discuss among themselves.
• Midterm is a take-home, open books and notes.
• Provisional patent application exercise to be completed individually.
• Final project (Mini Proposal) to be prepared in small groups (2-3 students max).

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Master Schedule and Lecture Notes

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Suggested Reading Materials

    Books

• Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, ed. A. S. Edelstein and R. C. Cammarata, IoP (UK), 1996
• Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology, ed. W.A.Goddard III, D.W. Brenner, S. E. Lyshevski, G.J. Iafrate, CRC Press, 2007

• Fundamentals of Microfabrication, M. J. Madou, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2002.

• Silicon VLSI Technology: Fundamentals, Practice, and Modeling by James D. Plummer, Michael D. Deal, and Peter B. Griffin (Hardcover - Jul 14, 2000)

• Nano/Microscale heat transfer by Z.M. Zhang, McGraw-Hill, 2007

    Articles

• M.A. Meyers, A. Mishra, D.J. Benson, "Mechanical properties of nanocrystalline materials", Progress in Materials Science 51 (2006) 427–556.

• H.J. Qi, K.B.K. Teo, K.K.S. Lau, M.C. Boyce, W.I. Milne, J. Robertson, K.K. Gleason, “Determination of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests using Nanoindentation,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 51 (2003) 2213-2237.

• A. Sears and R. C. Batra, "Buckling of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Under Axial Compression", Physical Reviews B, 73, Art. No. 085410, 2006.

• A. Sears and R. C. Batra, "Macroscopic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes from Molecular-Mechanics Simulations", Physical Reviews B, 69, Art. No. 235406, 2004.

• J.U. Lee, “Photovoltaic Effect in Ideal Carbon Nanotube Diodes,” Applied Physics Letters 87, 073101 (2005).

• B.M. Kayes, H.A. Atwater, N.S. Lewis, “Comparison of the Device Physics Principles of Planar and Radial p-n Junction Nanorod Solar Cells,” Journal of Applied Physics 97, 114302 (2005).

• N.S. Lewis “Toward Cost-Effective Solar Energy Use,” Science 315 (2007).

• W.J. MoberlyChan, D.P. Adams, M.J. Aziz, G.Hobler, T. Schenkel “Fundamentals of Focused Ion Beam Nanostructural Processing: Below, At, and Above the Surface.” MRS Bulletin 32 (May 2007)

• D.H. Kim, J.T. Han, Y.D. Park, Y. Jank, J.H. Cho, M. Hwang, K. Cho, “Single-Crystal Polythiophene Microwires Grown by Self-Assembly.” Advanced Materials 18 (2006) 719-723.

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