XVIII International Materials Reseach Congress - Cancun 2009
16-20 August 2008, Cancún, México

Tutorial Course: Nanotechnology

Instructor:

Topics:

           1.	Brief introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology:
                1.1. The size influence on the materials properties. 
                1.2. The structure influence on the materials at the nanometric scale.
                
           2.	Types of nanomaterials: 
                2.1. Dimensions (Quantum dots and fulleren like structures). 
                2.2. Dimensions (Nanotubes, nanorods and linear arrays). 
                2.3. Dimensions (Thin films, planar arrays and nanostructured materials). 
                2.4. Dimensions (Arrays and nanocomposites).
                
           3.	The synthesis of materials: Principles and conventional methods. 
                3.1. The importance of the boundaries control. 
                3.2. Chemical methods. 
                3.3. Physical Methods.
                
           4.	Main characterization methods for nanostructured materials: 
                4.1. High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy. 
                4.2. Scanning probe microscopy. 
                4.3. Optical spectroscopy.
                
           5.	Basis for the nanostructured materials application and examples: 
                5.1. In Nanobiotechnology 
                5.2. In Optics. 
                5.3. In Data storage. 
                5.4. In energy sources. 
                5.5. In tribology. 
                5.6. In medicine.
                
           6.	Conclusions and evaluation.