Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4314939 Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | OT | 0 | 1 |
Basic notions of quantum mechanics will be required for the ab-initio part of the course.
Introduction to the use of software devoted to the calculation of physical and chemical properties at the nanoscale, and overview of the underlying formalisms.
About 2/5 of the lectures will be traditional lectures, and the remaining 3/5 will be practical sessions using the different software packages. Out-of-class activities will include reading of journal articles, and carrying out small works/simulations expanding what has been explained in class.
Traditional lectures and practical sessions may be online depending on the public health status at the time.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Traditional lecture | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 5, 4, 6, 9, 10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 22 | 0.88 | 1, 4, 6, 3, 11, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous work | 43 | 1.72 | 7, 9, 3, 11 |
A final exam may be required in very specific cases.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation in class | 5%-10% | 0 | 0 | 8, 2 |
Exposition of a paper | 10%-15% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 7, 8, 5, 6, 2, 3 |
Lab reports - Continuum methods | 25%-30% | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 7, 8, 5, 4, 6, 9, 2, 3, 11, 10 |
Lab reports - First principles | 30%-35% | 25 | 1 | 1, 7, 8, 5, 4, 6, 9, 2, 3, 11, 10 |
Lab reports - Molecular Dynamics | 20%-25% | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 7, 8, 5, 4, 6, 9, 2, 3, 11, 10 |
J. M. Thijssen. Computational Physics (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
R. M. Martin. Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
S. Datta, Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
D. C. Rapaport, The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulations (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
D. Frenkel, B. Smit, Understanding Molecular Simulations: from algorithms to applications, Academic Press (1996).
O.C. Zienkiewicz, R.L. Taylor and J.Z. Zhu, The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals (6th Ed, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005) Sections 3.1-3.3
A computer configured for ssh access to remote machines with graphical capabilities will be needed. Help will be offerred for configuration.