- 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; 6. Introduction to the X-ray diffraction on organic
structures 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: Fabrication of micro and
nano-structures by means of Photo-Lithography and Soft Lithography;
11. Theory and characterization experiments by means of Scanning
Electron Microscopy; 12. Invited lecture on advanced and innovative
scientific fields (2 hours).
Readings/Bibliography
Tutorial reviews and feature articles will be supplied, together
with selected book chapters. Educational material will be updated
online.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures, followed by discussion, with laboratory exercises supported by researchers and scientific specialists.
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 an "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