- Docente: Cristiano Albonetti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/02
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Cristiano Albonetti (Modulo 1) Francesco Valle (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Photochemistry and molecular materials (cod. 8026)
Learning outcomes
The student will acquire the knowledge on: Scanning Probe
Microscopy; Electron Microscopy; Image Analysis; Micro- and
nanofabrication techniques; Thin Film Growth Techniques (especially
molecular and polymeric materials); Fabrication of nanostructures
by means of microfludics. The course includes 15 hours of
laboratory exercises.
Course contents
1. Introduction to Nanotechnologies; 2. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM); 3. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); 4. Non-equilibrium growth phenomena and morphological and fractal analysis; 5. Micro- and nanofabrication technqiues (serial and parallel; top-down and bottom-up) with unconventional fabrication techniques; 7. Exercises of image analysis; 8. AFM/STM laboratory: morphological characterization of nanometric structures by means of scanning probe microscopy techniques (STM and AFM) 9. Growth laboratory: Organic thin-film growth for fabricating electronic devices. They will be characterized morphologically and electrically; 10. Fabrication laboratory (I): Fabrication of micro and nano-structures by means of Electron Beam Lithography e Photo-Lithography; 11. Fabrication laboratory (II): Fabrication of micro and nano-structures by means of unconventional techniques, i.e. Soft Lithography e Nano Imprinting Lithography.
Readings/Bibliography
Tutorial reviews and feature articles will be supplied, together with selected book chapters.
Teaching methods
Front lectures, followed by discussion, with laboratory exercises supported by researchers.
Assessment methods
Final oral exam (45-60 min). The final mark is based on three questions: i) description of a scanning probe microscopy technique; ii) how functionalise surfaces with unconventional fabrication technique (in case with original approach); iii) test of image analysis.
Teaching tools
Theoretical/Experimental lectures will be carried out at the Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Material (ISMN) - CNR Bologna (Via Gobetti 101). Projector and blackboard are provided by the institute in a classroom with about 30 seats. In addition, ISMN gives 3 laboratories for experimental exercises.
Office hours
See the website of Cristiano Albonetti
See the website of Francesco Valle