Course syllabus
Course-PM
MCC130 Graphene science and technology; lp3 VT22 (7.5 hp)
Course is offered by the department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience
Contact details
Examiner: A. Yurgens (AY); tel. 070 929 69 56; e-mail: yurgens@chalmers.se
Course purpose
Graphene and other two-dimensional materials are a group of new nanomaterials that hold high potential in future electronics. They are also highly interesting for fundamental physics. The aim is thus to familiarize students with graphene science and technology, ranging from graphene material properties, physics, synthesis to device fabrication/application, and obtain insights for future nanotechnology.
Schedule
Course literature
Lecture notes and handouts.
Graphene: Important Results and Applications
Author: George Wypych
Hardcover ISBN: 9781927885512
eBook ISBN: 9781927885529
Imprint: ChemTec Publishing
Published Date: 13th March 2019
Page Count: 320
(available as e-book through Chalmers library)
Course design
The major part of the course will be based on functionalities included in Canvas.
- lectures (notes should be available at Canvas before each lecture)
- on-spot quizzes (via smart phone app called Socrative)
- home assignments (quizzes in Canvas, 3-4 in total)
- laboratory work & demo (the clean room in MC2)
- projects (either posters or oral presentations about recent advances in graphene research)
Communication between teacher(s) and students takes place both via Canvas and e-mail.
All deadlines e.g. those of home assignments are hard, which will be made sure by Canvas.
Changes made since the last occasion
The lecture notes will be slightly revised to reflect the developments in the field.
Learning objectives and syllabus
Following the course, you should be able to
- describe the basic graphene properties such as high mobility, transparency, and understand why it is important for future electronics;
- describe major synthesis technologies (chemical vapor deposition, epitaxy on SiC, exfoliation, chemical methods) and their advantages/disadvantages, and get hand-on clean room experiences on chemical vapor deposition;
- describe the characterization technologies of graphene material, and can properly choose the appropriate method according to various needs, as well as judge the quality of graphene based on the measurements;
- describe the mechanism of graphene transistors, including advantages/drawbacks in high frequency and logic applications;
- describe graphene transparent electrodes, especially in GaN optoelectronics and flexible electronics; understand the environmental issues in transparent electronics and analyze the possible solutions based on graphene;
- describe the basics for the application of low cost, chemically derived graphene in printed electronics;
- describe other applications of graphene (e.g. bio, mechanical)
- understand and describe the sp2 hybridized electronic structure/energy bands of graphene and do some simple analysis;
- understand and describe the quantum Hall effect and do some calculation. Know several other quantum phenomena in graphene;
- describe some basics of other related two-dimensional materials such as hBN and MoS2: why they are interesting, what the potential applications are.
Examination form
Written exam (70%). Written reports of students' group work with laboratory exercises, home assignments, project work (30%).