Note: PHY913 (301) is listed as a two-credit course. With 3 hours of lectures per week, the course topic will be covered in half a semester, as intended for a "Special Topics" course. The course schedule, with a rough description of topics, is listed below.
| Date | Topic | Slides | |
| L1 | August 29 | Syllabus; Introduction to Nanotechnology I | S1-S12 F1-F35 |
| L2 | September 5 | Introduction to Nanotechnology II; Questions about Clusters |
F36-F91 |
| L3 | September 10 | Fullerene Synthesis; Graphene and Graphite; Theoretical Techniques | F92-F127 |
| L4 | September 12 | Chemical Functionalization; Collisions; Melting; Superconductivity; Optical Properties; Surprises in Nanostructures | F128-F151 |
| L5 | September 17 | Synthesis, Morphology and Stability of Nanotubes; Growth of single-wall and multi-wall nanotubes | NTA1-NTA57 |
| L6 | September 19 | Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal Stability of Nanotubes; Excited-state dynamics; Structural Transitions in Nanotubes; Energy cost of morphology changes; Electronic structure of straight and twisted nanotubes | NTA58-NTA113, NTB-1-NTB11 |
| L7 | September 24 | Electronic structure and transport; Optical properties; Magnetism in nanocarbons; Basics of quantum transport | NTB12-NTB62 |
| L8 | September 26 | Quantum transport in Nanotubes; Applications of Nanotubes | NTB63-NTB98, NTC1-NTC21 |
| L9 | October 1 | Applications and outlook for nanostructured carbon materials | NTC22-NTC140, NTD1-NTD80 |
| L10 | October 3 | Review of nanoparticles, review of nanotubes | NTE1-88, NTF1-46 |
| L11 | October 8 | Review of nanotube growth and nanotube separation | NTF47-86,NTG1-37 |
| L12 | October 10 | 2D nanostructures: from graphene to 2D transition metal dichalcogenides to phosphorene | 2DA1-74 |
| L13 | October 15 | From phosphorene to IV-VI 2D compounds and more | 2DB1-69 |
| L14 | October 17 | Student Presentations |
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