Carbon Properties

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
 This lesson talks about carbon. It goes through the history of carbon. It then talks about diverse carbon structures. It talks about graphite, fullerene, and graphene. Then it goes through the synthesis of graphene including mechanical exploration. Then it goes through graphene properties including mechanical properties, including flexibility and mechanical tension. Then it then talks about effective mass approximation.
Mental Challenge
 Is graphene a synthetic material?
Quizzes and Activities
 Activity: Compare different carbon structures in a table. Five items would be enough
Further Reading Sources
 1.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702112700445