NT4010 Semiconductor Nanostructures Syllabus:
NT4010 Semiconductor Nanostructures Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To gain knowledge about basic semiconductor metals & its characteristics
To know the physical & quantum aspects of semiconductor
To obtain a basic idea about energizing material & its effects
UNIT I SEMICONDUCTOR FUNDAMENTALS
Introduction to Semiconductor physics – Fabrication techniques – Semiconductor nanostructures – Electronic structure and physical process – Principles of semiconductor nanostructures based electronic and electro-optical devices – Semiconductor Quantum Dots – Quantum Lasers – Quantum Cascade Lasers – Quantum Dot Optical Memory.
UNIT II SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS
Cluster compounds, quantum-dots from MBE and CVD, wet chemical methods, reverse micelles, electro-deposition, pyrolytic synthesis, self-assembly strategies.
UNIT III PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Melting point, solid-state phase transformations, excitons, band-gap variations-quantum confinement, effect of strain on band-gap in epitaxial quantum dots, single particle conductance.
UNIT IV SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES – APPLICATIONS
Optical luminescence and fluorescence from direct band gap semiconductor nanoparticles, surface-trap passivation in core-shell nanoparticles, carrier injection, polymer-nanoparticle, LED and solar cells, electroluminescence, barriers to nanoparticle lasers, doping nanoparticles, Mn-Zn-Se phosphors, light emission from indirect semiconductors, light emission form Si nanodots.
UNIT V SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES
Fabrication strategies, quantum conductance effects in semiconductor nanowires, porous Silicon, nanobelts, nanoribbons, nanosprings.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: Overall the students will get idea about basic and advanced concepts in electronics and quantum physics
CO2: Will acquire knowledge about the physical and quantum aspects of semiconductors
CO3: Students will acquire the ideas about optical applications of semiconductor nanostructures
REFERENCES:
1. Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology- Hari Singh Nalwa, 2004.
2. Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology – Bharat Bhusan, 2004.
3. Handbook of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanodevices Vol 1-5- A.
A.Balandin, K. L. Wang 2006.
4. Nanostructures and Nanomaterials – Synthesis, Properties and Applications – Cao,Guozhong, 2011.