Hours:
20 hours (5 credits)

Room:

Aula Riunioni del Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Via G. Caruso 16, Pisa - Ground Floor

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Short Abstract:

The course will present an overview of nano(bio)technology strategies in the assembly, nanofabrication and chracterisation of nanomaterials for the fabrication of functional nanoscale systems and devices . Bioinspired and biomimetic approaches will be discussed including an overview of the field of structural DNA nanotechnology. We will examine optoelectronic, (bio)sensing and biomedical applications of nanostructures of different dimensions (0D, 1D and 2D) and their assemblies, organized from solution to/on surfaces in device configurations via covalent and supramolecular strategies.

Course Contents in brief:

1. Nanofabrication and nanoscale characterization
   • Nanofabrication: from photolithography to Electron-beam lithography and nanoimprint lithography
   • Imaging nanoscale materials surfaces: electron microscopy (SEM , TEM) and focus on scanning probe microscopy based techniques (STM, AFM, Conductive-AFM, Kelvin-Probe AFM, and Dip Pen Nanolithography)
   • Surface functionalization and introduction to the bottom up approach: linking molecular-level structures to macroscopic interfacial phenomena via Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)
2. Supramolecular strategies in materials science
   • Supramolecular chemistry : from self-assembled materials to molecular motors
   • Merging top-down lithography and bottom up strategies : research examples in materials science and biomimicking surfaces
3. NanoBiotechnology
   • Bioinspired assembly and nanofabrication
   • Static and dynamic structural DNA nanotechnology: from materials science to biological investigations
4. Low dimensional materials, their nanohybrids and applications
   • 0D, 1D and 2D nanomaterials: quantum dots, nanotubes and 2D nanosheets
   • Nanohybrids of low dimensional materials including mixed dimensional heterostructures : from van der Waals to covalent and supramolecular approaches
   • Optoelectronic, (bio)sensing and biomedical applications of low dimensional materials nanohybrids

 Schedule:

1. Monday 8, September – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
2. Tuesday 9, September  – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
3. Wednesday 10, September  – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
4. Thursday 11, September – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
5. Friday 12, September – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

6. Monday 15, September – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
7. Tuesday 16, September  – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
8. Wednesday 17, September  – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
9. Thursday 18, September – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
10. Friday 19, September – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.