Study programme 2015 - 2016
Activité d'apprentissage à la Faculty of Engineering
CodeLecturer(s)Associate Lecturer(s)Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)
I-META-025
  • DELAUNOIS Fabienne
  • OLIVIER Marie-Georges
  • SNYDERS Rony
  • DEBLIQUY Marc
  • VITRY Véronique
Language
of instruction
Language
of assessment
HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term
AnglaisAnglais2814000Q1

Contents

Description of the plasma environment, characteristics of cold plasma, magnetron sputtering (reactive), pulsed methods, PECVD processes, plasma polymerization, thin film growth. Synthesis of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials. Characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials. Mechanical properties of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials. Explanations of the physical properties specifically linked to the systems at nanometric scale (quantization, superparamagnetism, Coulomb blocade de Coulomb, plasmon, etc...). Introduction to molecular and plastic electronics.

Required Reading

Required Learning Resources/Tools

Slides containing the figures are available

Recommended Reading

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

Not applicable

Other Recommended Reading

B. Chapman, Glow Discharge Processes: Sputtering and Plasma Etching, Wiley & Sons D. L. Smith, Thin Films Deposition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. M. Ohring, Materials Sciences of Thin Films, Academic Press Les nanotechnologies, M. Wautelet, Dunod, 2007 G. L. Horniak, J. Dutta, H. F. Tibals and A. K. Rao, Introduction to nanoscience, CRC Press, 2008.

Mode of delivery

  • Face to face

Term 1 Assessment - type

  • Oral examination

Term 1 Assessment - comments

Written exam using the course notes. Reading and discussion around a research paper related to the course.

Term 2 Assessment - type

  • N/A

Term 2 Assessment - comments

Not applicable

Term 3 Assessment - type

  • Oral examination

Term 3 Assessment - comments

Written exam using the course notes. Reading and discussion around a research paper related to the course.

Resit Assessment - Term 1 (B1BA1) - type

  • N/A

Resit Assessment - Term 1 (B1BA1) - Comments

Not applicable

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

  • Cours (cours magistraux; conférences)
  • Travaux pratiques / travaux de laboratoire / exercices de création et recherche en atelier / projet sur ordinateur /études de cas
UE : Programme component - AA : Teaching activity
(*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term