15-398 Fall 2004 Schedule



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