Study Programmes 2015-2016
| PHYS0950-1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nanoparticles and low-dimensional systems | |||||||||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 20h Th, 10h Pr | |||||||||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Jean-Yves Raty | |||||||||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language | |||||||||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| 1. Fundamental properties
2. Simulation techniques : Molecular dynamics - Monte Carlo sampling 3. Potentials : Classical - Semi-empirical - Pseudopotentials 4. Application to : Carbon nanotubes, Graphene, Semiconductor and Metal nanoparticles, Alloy nanoparticles |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Knowledge of the basics of simulation methods that can be used to simulate nanomaterials. | |||||||||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Physics of materials | |||||||||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures (20hrs) and exercises (10hrs) | |||||||||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face | |||||||||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| No documents are distributed.
Suggested reading include : D.C Rapaport : The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation (Cambridge University Press) P. Harrison : Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots (Wiley) A. Mansoori : Principle of Nanotechnology (World Scientific) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral presentation of a personal work dealing with one of the course topics. | |||||||||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| jyraty@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||||||||