This course focuses on the definition, history, scope, impacts, and challenges within the rapidly emerging and revolutionary field of nanotechnology. The course discusses techniques of the production of various nanomaterials such as graphenes, silicenes, nanotubes, nanorods, colloids, dots, clusters, wires, thin films etc. The pros and cons of the “top down” and “bottom up” approach in the nanotechnology will be discussed. The state-of-the-art instruments such as spectroscopy, radiation scattering, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction etc. that are important for the characterization of nanomaterial and nanotechnology will be discussed too.

This course focuses on the application of physical chemistry to functional materials, state-of-the-art instrument, industrial chemical processes and manufacturing of chemical products. Besides, this course requires students to discuss the importance physical chemistry in some selected analytical and production process through different approaches, such as in the forms of project report and presentation.