LABORATORY OF STRUCTURE OF MATTER

Fisica LABORATORY OF STRUCTURE OF MATTER

0522600014
DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
EQF7
PHYSICS
2016/2017

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
432LESSONS
224LAB
Objectives
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MODULES AND AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS TO ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS, AND IN PARTICULAR TO NANOTECHNOLOGIES BASED ON GRAPHENE AND CARBON NANOTUBES, AND TO SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTRONICS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NANOMATERIALS AND NANODEVICES (MODULE 1) AND ON SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTRONICS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE DEVICE PHYSICS AND OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (MODULE 2).

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO FABRICATE AND CHARACTERIZE NANOSIZED MATERIALS AND DEVICES AND TO USE ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION BOTH FOR THE FABRICATION AND THE ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT OF NANODEVICES (MODULE 1). THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CARRY ON SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS WITH SUPERCONDUCTIVE DEVICES, USING ADVANCED ELECTRONIC AND CRYOGENIC INSTRUMENTATION (MODULE 2).
Prerequisites
ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL PHYSICS AND CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
Contents
MODULE 1 GRAPHENE AND CARBON NANOTUBES DEVICE PHYSICS (3 CFU)

GRAPHENE AND CARBON NANOTUBES: CARBON ALLOTROPES. SP2 HYBRIDS: FULLERENES, GRAPHENE, CARBON NANOTUBES, GRAPHITE. THE DIRECT LATTICE. THE RECIPROCAL LATTICE. ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE. LINEAR ENERGY DISPERSION AND CARRIER DENSITY. ISOSPIN. KLEIN TUNNELING. SCATTERING MECHANISMS. GRAPHENE-LIKE 2D MATERIALS.

PRODUCTION METHODS: EXFOLIATION OF GRAPHITE. EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE. GRAPHENE GROWTH BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) METHODS. CHEMICAL APPROACHES TO PRODUCE GRAPHENE OXIDE AND REDUCTION TECHNIQUES. PRODUCTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES: ELECTRIC-ARC DISCHARGE,  LASER ABLATION, CVD.

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS: ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY. OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION. RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY. SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY. TEM AND SEM ANALYSIS.

GRAPHENE AND CNT FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS: DIGITAL AND RF FETS. IMPORTANT TRANSISTOR FIGURES OF MERIT. LENGTH AND WIDTH SCALING. RELEVANT GRAPHENE PROPERTIES. CLASSIFICATION AND BASIC TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES. CONVENTIONAL GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS. VERTICAL GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS. GRAPHENE SCHOTTKY DIODES AND BARRISTORS. CNT FET DEVICE GEOMETRIES. CNT FETS WITH OHMIC AND SCHOTTKY CONTACTS. FROM TRANSISTORS TO CIRCUITS. SOLAR CELLS. CHEMICAL SENSORS AND BIOSENSORS.

MODULE 2 SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTRONICS (3 CFU)

BASICS OF JOSEPHSON EFFECT: TUNNELING AMONG SUPERCONDUCTORS, JOSEPHSON EQUATIONS, DC AND AC JOSEPHSON EFFECT, MICROSCOPIC THEORY, ELECTRODYNAMICS OF A JOSEPHSON JUNCTION, MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS, RF FIELDS EFFECTS, NONLINEAR WAVES IN JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS

FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY:
LOW TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
SOFT MATERIALS, HARD MATERIALS, MULTILAYERS,
HIGH TC SUPERCONDUCTORS;
GRAIN BOUNDARY, BICRYSTALS, PLANAR, MULTILAYER JUNCTIONS

APPLICATIONS: SQUIDS, VOLTAGE STANDARDS, DIGITAL CIRCUITS, RADIATION DETECTORS
Teaching Methods
LECTURES ON THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE COURSE. (3CFU)
LABORATORY EXERCISES ORIENTED TO THE FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND DEVICES, AND TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPERCONDUCTIVE DEVICES. (3CFU)

PRESENCE AT THE LECTURES IN NOT COMPULSORY, WHILE IT IS REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE TO AT LEAST 2/3 OF THE LABORATORY EXERCISES.
Verification of learning
TO PASS THE EXAM THE STUDENT MUST PERFORM AT LEAST 2/3 OF THE LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND PRODUCE THE TECHNICAL REPORTS.
THE EXAM IS IN ORAL FORM IN WHICH THE STUDENT
- EXPLAINS THE WORK DONE IN THE LABORATORY,
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SUBJECTS OF THE LECTURES

THE MARK WILL DEPEND ON THE OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE EXPERIMENT REPORTS AND ON THE QUALITY AND COMPLETENESS OF THE ORAL REPORT.
Texts
SUGGESTED READINGS
MODULE 1:
H.-S. PHILIP WONG AND DEJI AKINWANDE CARBON NANOTUBE AND GRAPHENE DEVICE PHYSICS CAMBRIDGE 2011

ABDUL RASHID BIN M. YUSOFF (EDITOR) GRAPHENE OPTOELECTRONICS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS WILEY 2014

REVIEW ARTICLES:
FRANK SCHWIERZ - GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS: STATUS, PROSPECTS, AND PROBLEMS - PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE 101 (2013) 1567
FRANK SCHWIERZ - GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS - NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 5 (2010) 487.
ANKUR GUPTA, TAMILSELVAN SAKTHIVEL, SUDIPTA SEAL - RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN 2D MATERIALS BEYOND GRAPHENE PROGRESS IN MATERIALS - SCIENCE 73 (2015) 44
CATERINA SOLDANO, ATHER MAHMOOD , ERIK DUJARDIN - PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND POTENTIAL OF GRAPHENE - CARBON 48 (2010) 2127
WEI-WEN LIU, SIANG-PIAO CHAI, ABDUL RAHMAN MOHAMED, U. HASHIM - SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAPHENE AND CARBON NANOTUBES: A REVIEW ON THE PAST AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS - JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY 20 (2014) 1171

MODULE 2:
PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE JOSEPHSON EFFECT BY A. BARONE AND G. PATERNÒ 1982 BY JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., NY

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