| Class | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 31 | Introduction (pdf) | ||
| 2 | Sept 2 | Feynman's Lecture (pdf) | Feynman's lecture | Review of Feynman's Lecture |
| 3 | Sept 9 | Forces at the Nanoscale | Chapter 1 | |
| 4 | Sept 14 | More on Forces | ||
| 5 | Sept 21 | Microscopy (SEM, TEM, AFM, STM) / Manipuation (pdf) | Chapter 2 | |
| 6 | Sept 23 | Nanomaterials (pdf) | Chapter 3 | |
| 7 | Sept 28 | Guest Lecture (materials) | Gecko Paper | Review of Gecko Paper |
| 8 | Sept 30 | CNT (pdf) | Chapter 4 | |
| 9 | Oct 5 | Nanocomputing (pdf) | Article | Send a review to Seth |
| 10 | Oct 7 | Nanoelectronics (devices) | Chapter 5, and this recommended article | |
| 11 | Oct 12 | Design Space 1 | Read 10 articles | Create a webpage of your articles, describing where they fall in the design-space mentioned in class |
| 12 | Oct 14 | Design Space 2 | ||
| 13 | Oct 19 | Nano/Bio | Chapter 6, Reading on Molecular Motors | Send Seth & Brent a review of the motor article, update article webpage |
| 14 | Oct 26 | Nanoelectronics (wires & assembly) | Chapter 8 | |
| 15 | Oct 28 | Bottom-Up/Self-Assembly | Fabricating Nanostructures | Send a review to Seth & Brent |
| 16 | Nov 2 | Design Space Part 3 | Preliminary Revisions for Design Space | |
| 17 | Nov 4 | Design Space Part 4 | Final Revisions for Design Space | |
| 18 | Nov 11 | Design Space Part 5 Lecture | Read these articles | Review the articles, classify the 20 papers you read earlier. |
| 19 | Nov 16 | Design Space 6 | ||
| 20 | Nov 18 | Design Space 7 | ||
| 21 | Nov 23 | Design Space 8 | ||
| 22 | Nov 30 | Design Space 9 | ||
| 23 | Dec 2 | Design Space 10 | ||
| 24 | Dec 7 | Design Space 11 | ||
| 25 | Dec 9 | Design Space 12 |