Knowledge of the basic principles of nanomaterial preparation and investigation is the key to designing new materials with specified properties. The course is devoted both to the topics connected to the basic principles of nanomaterial preparation and investigation and to the frontier of nanomaterial studies.
Program major areas of expertise:
- controlled preparation of nanosize objects;
- modern methods of nanosize objects study;
- surface science;
- "size effects";
- nanotechnology;
- nanodiagnostics.
The principal classification of nanomaterials (clusters, particles, films and so on) as well as approaches of the controlled preparation of nanosize objects will be discussed. Special attention will be devoted to the modern methods of nanosize objects study (microscopy, spectroscopy, structure, etc). The modern views on the origins of the specific properties of the objects, appearing in nanoscale range (so called "size effects"), based on crystal structure and electron properties of the nanosize objects will be presented.