MIT 2.57 Nano-to-Micro Transport Processes, Spring 2012
This course aims at a fundamental understanding of descriptive tools for energy and heat transport processes, from nanoscale to macroscale. Student will further learn the applications in nanotechnology and microtechnology. Created by MIT OpenCourseWare.
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1: Intro to Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Transport Phenomena
2: Characteristic Time and Length, Simple Kinetic Theory
3: Schrödinger Equation and Material Waves
4: Solutions to Schrödinger Equation, Energy Quantization
5: Electronic Levels in One-Dimensional Lattice Chain
6: Crystal Bonding & Electronic Energy Levels in Crystals
7: Phonon Energy Levels in Crystal and Crystal Structures
8: Density of States and Statistical Distributions
9: Specific Heat and Planck's Law
10: Fundamental of Statistical Thermodynamics
11: Energy Transfer by Waves: Plane Waves
12: EM Waves: Reflection at a Single Interface
13: EM Wave Propagation Through Thin Films & Multilayers
14: Wave Phenomena and Landauer Formalism
15: Particle Description, Liouville & Boltzmann Equations
16: Fermi Golden Rule and Relaxation Time Approximation
17: Solutions to Boltzmann Equation: Diffusion Laws
18: Electron Transport and Thermoelectric Effects
19: Classical Size Effects, Parallel Direction
20: Classical Size Effects, Perpendicular Direction
21: Slip Condition, Coupled Energy Transport & Conversion
22: PN Junction, Diode and Photovoltaic Cells
23: Liquids: Brownian Motion and Forces in Liquids
24: Electrical Double Layer, Size Effects in Phase Change
25: Statistical Foundation for Molecular Dynamics Simulation