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Instruction is in the form of lectures, seminars, project and laboratory work.

Areas treated in the course:
- Foundations of Nanoscience: What is nano? Basic physical properties and phenomena in nanometer-sized and lowdimensional structures.
- Tools of Nanoscience: Experimental methods for the characterization of nanostructures; spectroscopy, microscopy and manipulation.
- Nano particles: metals, semi-conductors and molecular materials.
- Nanomaterials: Carbon-based: fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, grapheme and organic molecules and polymers.
- Nanomaterials: Ordered and unordered composites: Modifying material by adding nanoparticles to change properties; mechanical, electronical, optical and magnetical.
- Synthesis of isolated nanoparticles and nanomaterials: quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, with top-down and bottom-up methods.
- Nanoelectronics and nanooptics: single-electron electronics, MRAM, quantum computers, photonic crystals, nanolasers, NEMS.
- Nanotechnology and energy applications: solar cells and fuel cells.
- Nanotechnology and environment applications: catalysis and purification.
- Nanoscience and medical applications: lab-on-a-chip, biosensors, nanoparticles for diagnosis and drug dosage.
- Applications of nanotechnology, e.g. single-electron transistor, catalysis, NEMS, solar cells, molecular electronics, functional materials, medical diagnosis and therapy.
- Market for nanoscience inventions and companies.

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Secondary Education Programme: Upper Secondary Education Programme: Mathematics - Physics (studied during year 5)