Table of Contens

PROGRAM OF MASTER ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Table of Contens

Introduction: Master Degree “Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology” 2

DESCRIPTION OF TEACHING UNITS 4

MASTER 1 4

SEMESTER 1 4

SEMESTER 2 15

MASTER 2 26

SEMESTER 3 26

SEMESTER 4 38

Introduction: Master Degree “Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology”

		Common Courses
		Materials Devices and Nanotechnology Track
		Materials and Nanochemistry Track
M1 Level	Semester 1	Human, Economic and Juridical Sciences (45 h, 5 ECTS)
		Microscopic Technics (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Spectroscopic Technics (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Micro and Nanofabrication (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Synthesis technics of nanomaterials and nanodevices (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Nanochemistry, Self-assembling and Synthesis (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Silicon Photovoltaic Devices (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Cristallography/ Solid State Physics and Surfaces (33h, 4 ECTS)
		Nanophysics (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Organic and Organometallic Chemistry for Application in Nanoscience (22 h, 4 ECTS)
		Advanced Microscopy (22 h, 3 ECTS)
	Semester 2	Pratical Training on Nanotopics (Microscopy, Carbon Nanotubes…) (33h, 7 ECTS)
		Organic, Inorganic Materials and Interfaces (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Physics of Semiconductors (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Magnetism and Nanomagnetism (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Photonics and Microwaves 1 (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Photonics and Microwaves 2 (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Organic Thin Layers / Biomolecular Systems (22 h, 1.5 ECTS)
		Polymerisation Processes and Macromolecular Engineering (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Optical and Magnetic Properties of Molecular Coordination for Therapy Applications (22 h, ECTS)
		Lab Work (3 months) (9 ECTS)
M2 Level	Semester 3	Human, Economic and Juridicial Science (45 h, 5 ECTS)
		Mesoscopic Materials and Interfaces (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Nanobiotechnologies (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Biosensors and DNA biochip (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Organic Electronic (22 h, 2 ECTS)
		Photocatalysis (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Technical Work in Clean Rooms (22 h, 5 ECTS)
		Non Linear Optics(33h, 2 ECTS)
		Nanomagnetism and Spintronics (22 h, 4 ECTS)
		Chemical Fonctionalization and Conducting Polymers (22 h, 2 ECTS)
		Molecular Magnetism (22 h, 2 ECTS)
		Physico-Chemistry of Surfaces (12 h, 2 ECTS)
	Semester 4	Nanostructured Materials Based on Natural Polymers (12 h, 2 ECTS)
		Nanophotonics (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Physics of Electronic Devices (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Quantum Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Ultra Short Phenomena /Numerical Simulation (22 h, 1.5 ECTS)
		Mechanical Properties (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		MEMS - NEMS (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Nanostructured Polymers (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Technics for Analysis of Supra and Macromolecular (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Molecular Modelisation of Organic Materials (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Nanoelectrochemistry/ Bioelectrochemistry (22 h, 3 ECTS)
		Microscopy for Biological Applications (22 h, 3.5 ECTS)
		Master Thesis (6 months) (12 ECTS)

DESCRIPTION OF TEACHING UNITS

MASTER 1

SEMESTER 1

Teaching form: lectures (Lect), problem solving sessions (PSS), labworks (LW)

1. 
   B101: Microscopic Technics
   

Main Professors: Dr. Yann Girard & Dr. Damien Alloyeau (Department of Physics, University Paris Diderot Paris 7)

Dr. Yann Girard

Dr. Damien Alloyeau

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the main methods of microscopic analysis for application in nanosciences

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Electron microscopy far field and near field. Electron microscopy. Scanning electron microscope. Interaction electron/material. Images formation Applications. Transmission electron microscope. Image formation-diffraction. High resolution imaging for single nanoparticle. Quantitative characterization of chemically ordered nanostructures. 3D morphology of clusters. Spectroscopy EDX and EELS. New generation of microscopes: dynamical process at high resolution with single atom sensitivity	4h
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) principle and instrumentation. Theoretical interpretation of images. Application in surface, growth of nanostructues. Ad-atom or molecule adsorbed. Beyond topographic images, local spectroscopy.	3h	4h
Applications to graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes and molecular electronic applications Single electron devices. Coulomb blockade. SP-ST: Nanomagnetism and spintronic. Kondo effect and Fano resonance	3h	2h
Atomic force microscopy (AFM): principles, the forces involved. Imagery modes: contact, non-cotact, tapping. Resolution, amplitude and phase imaging. Scanning friction microscopy, adhesion, indenter.	3h	2h	6h
Scanning magnetic force microscopy (MFM) and applications. Near field optical microscopy.	1,5h

Prerequisites: Quantum mechanics, solid states physics: atoms, molecules, solid: structures and electronic properties.

Evaluation: Written examination + practical training

Total number of hours: 22.5h + 6h of practical training (3 ECTS)

2. 
   B102: Micro and Nanofabrication
   

Main Professor: Dr. Minh Phan Ngoc (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology)

Dr. Phan Ngoc Minh

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the contemporary technologies dedicated to fabrication of nanomaterials and nanodevices

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
• General Introduction about SC technologies • Materials used in SC/MEMS/NEMS technologies • Film growth and deposition techniques • Lithography and patterning technics • Etching processes • Wafer bonding and assembly technics • Fabrication processes • Packaging • Characterization technics	22.5

Prerequisites: Bachelor Level in Physics or Chemistry

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 22.5 h (3 ECTS)

3. 
   B103: Spectroscopic Technics
   

Main professor: Philippe Daniel (Department of Physics, University of Maine, LeMans)

Dr. Philippe Daniel

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present a review of the main vibrational spectroscopic techniques (Raman, InfraRed) from a theoretical point of view up to the description to advances applications. Numerous examples in nanomaterials will be described. Additionally absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopic techniques will be also described.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Introduction: General consideration about molecular dynamics and lattice dynamics in crystals. Group theory: application to molecules and crystals Infra-red spectroscopy: theory and principles, technics, applications Raman Scattering: theory and principles, techniques, applications New methods for Raman investigation in nanostructured samples: SERS technique, nanoRaman Application of optical spectroscopy to nanomaterials: Carbons nanotubes, nanoceramics, nanocomposites, glassy materials, relaxor ferroelectrics… Vibrational spectra of nanomaterials: phase identification, amorphous nanodomains, size determination. Absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopic technics	2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2	4.5

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in solid state physics. Basics of crystallography.

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 22.5 h (3 ECTS)

4. 
   B104 : Synthesis technics of nanomaterials and nanodevices
   

Main professor: Dr. Vinh Le Thanh (Aix-Marseille University)

Dr. Le Thanh Vinh

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Objectives: The aim of this course is to present review of fundamental background of synthesis technics of nanomaterials and nanodevices.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
• Scaling law for nanomaterials and nanodevices • Growth mechanisms of nanomaterials and thin films • Phenomena of surface reconstructions and wetting criteria • Growth technics and driving forces for nanomaterials formation • Nanodevices	22.5

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge at bachelor level of mathematics and solid state physics

Evaluation: Written examination

Number of hours: 22.5h (3 ECTS)

5. 
   B105: Nanochemistry, Self-assembling, Synthesis
   

Main professor: Dr. Jérôme Durand (Ecole Nationale supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques Et Technologique in Toulouse)

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the general concepts underlying the synthesis of nanoparticles, their supramolecular assembly and applications thereof (from microelectronics, to biology and catalysis)

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
• Introduction : main definitions, main fields of application (2h) • How a nanoparticle is built: nucleation and growth, size control (2h) • Stability of colloidal solutions (kinetics, thermodynamics, spectrocospic tools to characterize the molecules at the surface)(4h) • Description of the different synthesis routes (reduction of salts, organometallic chemistry, sonochemistry, electrosynthesis…)(2h) • Shape control (2h) • Self-assembly( in solution or onto substrates, directed assembly)(2h) • Magnetic properties specific at this scale and applications thereof (data storage, cell labeling, hyperthermia…)(4h) • Optical properties specific at this scale and application thereof (pigments, tracking of biological material…) (2h) • Catalytic properties and applications thereof (2h) 30 mn PSS is included in each LECT session	22.5

Prerequisites: General knowledge in physical chemistry

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3 ECTS)

6. 
   B106: Photovoltatic Devices (Solar Cells)
   

Main Professor: Dr. Tran Dinh Phong (Department of Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi)

Dr. Tran Dinh Phong

Objectives : This course provides knowledge on design and function of solar cells. Current trenchs in research and development of Si, thin film solid, dye-sensitized (Gratzel) and organic solar cells will be discussed.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
• Global energy demand and challenges for renewable energy  • Overview of solar cell technology • Basic principles of solar cell • Inorganic solar cels • Organic solar cell • Dye sensitized solar cell : conventional Gratzel cell and emerging perovskite solar cell • Technical discussion : Solar cell application in Vietnam and ASIAN	18	4.5

Prerequisites: General knowledge in physics, chemistry and chemistry of materials

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3 ECTS)

7. 
   B109: Human, Economic, Social and Juridicial Sciences 1
   

Main professor: Ngan Ha To, Van Dung Nguyen, Thai Phong Le

Outlines:

• 
  English: 200 hours
  
• 
  French: 40 hours
  
• 
  MS – S&T Management: 30 hours
  

Total number of hours: 45h (5 ECTS)

8. 
   P101: Cristallography/ Solid-state physics and Surfaces
   

Main professor: Dr. Suzanne Giorgio (Aix-Marseille University), Dr. Alain Mermet (University of Lyon 1), Dr. Mourad Cherif

Dr. Suzanne Giorgio

Dr. Alain Mermet

Objectives: The lecture treats some aspects of crystalline structures in bulk materials and describes the features of surface relaxation and reconstruction. Electronic and Vibrational properties will be described to introduce briefly the electronic band structures and to analyze the VDOS. Collective excitations are defined including surface and bulk plasmons, excitons and polarons.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Cristallography	11.25
Structural Properties Bravais Lattice, reciprocal lattice, examples of selected structures (NaCl, ZnS, CsCl) – Brillouin zone - Surface structures – relaxation and reconstruction of surface Electronic structure Drude model - Ideal Fermi gas – Electronic density of states - Electrons in periodic potential- Bloch theorem- introduction to band structure – Tight binding approximation – Near free electrons approximation Lattice vibrations – Phonons Potential energy in periodic media - Lattice vibrations in the harmonic approximation ( linear chain) – Generalization to 2D and 3D lattices– Normal modes – phonons – Dispersion curves ^Thermal^properties^of^Solids^:^Debye^and^Einstein^model^of heat capacities Collective excitation in condensed matter: Dielectric function of electronic gaz- Volume and surface plasmons – Polaritons-phonons –Polarons – Excitons	4 5 3 2 3	1.5 2 2 3

Prerequisites: Basics of quantum mechanics, electromagnetism

Total number of hours: 11.25h + 22.5h (4 ECTS)

9. 
   P102: Nanophysics
   

Main professor: Dr. Adi Kassiba (University of Maine, LeMans)

Dr. Adi Kassiba

Objectives: The lecture is dedicated to selective topics in quantum physics and an introduction to the physics at the nanoscale with a particular focus on the electronic properties toward nanoelectronics devices. Model systems will be described in lectures and tutorials. This includes quantum confinement in nanodots, electronic structure of carbon nanotubes, Coulomb blockade and single electron transistor.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	SSP	LW
Quantum Physics : Quantum wells, harmonic oscillator, perturbations theory, Introduction to nanosciences – characteristic scales in physics, nanomaterials and nanotechnology, examples of physical properties at the nanoscale Electronic Properties of nanostructures: quantum confinement – transport at the mesoscopic scale, a few examples: Nanodots, carbon nanotubes, coulomb blockade and single electron transistor	6 2.5 8	6

Prerequisites: Crystallography, Electronic band structure

Total number of hours: 22.5 (3 ECTS)

10. 
    C101: Organic and Organometallic Chemistry for Nanosciences
    

Main professor: Dr. Bernd Schöllhorn (Department of Chemistry, University Paris Diderot, Paris 7)

Dr. Bernd Schollhorn

Objectives: This teaching unit treats organic and organometallic chemistry in the field of nanoscience. Selected organic and transition metal catalyzed reactions as well as their mechanisms are discussed. Important and topic applications of these reactions will be presented including original properties of molecular assemblies of organic compounds and organometallic complexes.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Organic chemistry for nanoscience Basic Principles of Organic Synthesis (Nucleophilic displacement reactions, nucleophilic addition reactions, electrophilic reactions, reactions of aromatic compounds....) Further Aspects of Organic Synthesis - Application in Nanoscience (selected examples) (Carbon - carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation, Oxidation and Reduction in organic chemistry, Control in organic chemistry) Organometallic chemistry for nanoscience Transition metal catalyzed reactions Applications of organometallics and metal complexes in nanochemistry	7.5 7	4 4

Prerequisites: Basic reaction mechanisms in organic and organometallic Chemistry

Total number of hours: 22.5h (4 ECTS)

11. 
    C102: Advanced Microscopy
    

Main professor: Dr. Nordin Felidj (University Paris Diderot, Paris 7)

Dr. Nordin Felidj

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3 ECTS)