Band Theory

Nanoelectronics & NanoOptic
Category General
Difficulty Level Normal
Audience Level General
Description The term nanoelectronics refers to the use of nanotechnology in electronic components. These components are often only a few nanometers in size. This course is allocated to nanoelectronics.
Overview
Nanoelectronics consist of a diverse set of devices and materials in small size. Physical effects alter materials' properties in nanoscale – inter-atomic interactions and quantum mechanical properties play a significant role in the function of these devices. Quantum effects such as tunneling and atomistic disorder dominate the characteristics of these nanoscale devices.

On the other hand, researches on improvements of electronics such as display, size, and power consumption of the device for practical use is known as nanoelectronics. This includes research on memory chips and physical surface modifications on electronic devices.


Booklet
Description
 It talks about lattice planes which repeat in the space. It goes through planes in FCC, and explains how all of the stacking is the same in all of planes with the same Miller indices. Then it goes through the three numbers of a crystalline plane and how they are defined. It gives some examples. Then it talks about the electron energy in the lattice and reciprocal space. It goes through more details and talks about the structure on properties.
Mental Challenge
 What is reciprocal space? Is it an inverse sphere?
Quizzes and Activities
 Activity: Compare electronic and optic properties of FCC and BCC metals based on their lattice structure.
Further Reading Sources
 1.https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3117504