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MCC130 Graphene science and technology; lp2 HT19 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience

Contact details

Examiner: A. Yurgens (AY); tel. 070 92 96 956; 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

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Course literature

Lecture notes and handouts.

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

New examiner and main lecturer (AY).  All lecture notes will be revised.

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.

Study plan

Examination form

Written exam (70%). Written reports of students' group work with laboratory exercises, home assignments, project work (30%).

Course summary:

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