Table of Contens

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

http://www.cinam.univ-mrs.fr/cinam/spip.php?article94

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)

SEMESTER 2

12. 
    B107: Practical Training on Nano topics
    

Main professor: Dr. Philippe Lecoeur (University of Paris 11, Orsay)

Dr. Philippe Lecoeur

Objectives: This unit is designed to provide students opportunities to work on high technological equipments used in contemporary nanotechnology.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Synthesis and characterisation of nanoparticules, fabrication of nanodevices type microfluidics, PDMS technics for development of devices for biomedical application, characterisation of nanostructures by AFM, STM technics etc			33.75

Prerequisites: General knowledge in physical chemistry

Evaluation: Reports for each session of practical training

Total number of hours: 33.75h (7 ECTS)

13. 
    B108: Lab work
    

Main professor: Dr. Minh Chau Pham (University Paris Diderot, Paris 7)

Dr. Pham Minh Chau

Objectives: This unit aims to provide skills to student to innitiate and develop a research project so they can actively involve within a research laboratory.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Litterature analysis to get understanding about the current state of the art of the research field (or research project) Conception of ideas Conducting research Results analysis and interpretation			3 month

Prerequisites: General knowledge in physics and chemistry

Evaluation: Scientific report submission and oral defend

Total number of hours: 3 months (9 ECTS)

14. 
    P103: Physics of Semiconductors
    

Main professor: Dr. Jérôme Saint-Martin (Department of Physics, University of Paris 11, Orsay)

Dr. Jérôme Saint-Martin

http://computational-electronics.ief.u-psud.fr/?page_id=670

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the study thanks to the solid-state physics of the materials used because of their semiconducting properties.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
• Introduction: standard materials, crystallographic lattices, real and reciprocal spaces • Vibrational properties of a semiconductor lattice: phonon dispersion, electron/phonon scattering • Electronic energy band structure: description with LCAO approach, nearly-free electron approach, k.p method, spin-orbit coupling, effective masses and dynamics of electrons and holes • Energy levels due to impurities, shallow levels, deep levels • Carrier density in a semiconductor: Fermi statistics, non degenerate semiconductors, quasi-Fermi levels, Shockley diagram • Transport and non equilibrium phenomena: Boltzmann equation, drift-diffusion approach and its limitations, continuity equations, Gunn effect in GaAs, strained Si, non stationary transport, high field transport (impact ionization, band to band tunneling) • Drift-diffusion model from ideal gas law, Debye length and dielectric relaxation time

Prerequisites: P101 course

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3.5 ECTS)

15. 
    P104: Photonic and Microwave 1
    

Main professor: Dr. Bernard Journet (Ecole Norman Superieur de Cachan)

Dr. Bernard Journet

http://intrawww.satie.ens-cachan.fr/php/cherchdet.php?id=36

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the basic of propagation effects in a waveguide for both aspects of metallic and dielectric guides. Microwave properties, measurement techniques and analysis methods will be developed for circuits design. Optical fibers will be Different components working in both domains will be also presented from the fundamental and applied point of view. Some simulations will be performed. The system aspect will also be concerned by this course.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
I. Electromagnetic fields and waves	4	3
II. Metallic waveguides - transmission lines - circuits TE, TM and TEM modes Line modeling S parameters Impedance matching technics	9	6.5

Prerequisites: Optics and Basic Electronics

Evaluation: Written Examination + Lab report + Personal report

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3.5 ECTS)

16. 
    P105: Photonics and Microwave 2
    

Main professor: Dr. Bernard Journet (Ecole Norman Superieur de Cachan)

Dr. Bernard Journet

http://intrawww.satie.ens-cachan.fr/php/cherchdet.php?id=36

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the basic of propagation effects in a waveguide for both aspects of metallic and dielectric guides. Microwave properties, measurement techniques and analysis methods will be developed for circuits design. Optical fibers will be Different components working in both domains will be also presented from the fundamental and applied point of view. Some simulations will be performed. The system aspect will also be concerned by this course.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
II. Metallic waveguides - transmission lines - circuits Design of microwave circuits	2.5
III. Dielectric wave guides - optical fibers properties TE and TM modes Step index circular dielectric waveguides Effective index theory Rectangular waveguide Dispersion effects	10	6	4

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3.5 ECTS)

17. 
    P106: Magnetism and Nanomagnetism
    

Main professor: Dr. Philippe Lecoeur (Department of Physics, University of Paris 11, Orsay)

Dr. Philippe Lecoeur

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the understanding of the rapid development of magnetic nanostrucutures and their related applications (such as giant magnetoresistance for magnetic recording) requires solid basis in magnetism. Aim of this master course is to provide an insight in fundamental concepts illustrated with related magnetic materials. Some generic applications will be presented as examples of applications.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
1- Introduction to magnetism and recent evolutions	1h
Macroscopic description of magnetic metals Magnetic field and induction, susceptibility, units Diamagnetism and paramagnetism	3h	1.5h
Microscopic origin of magnetism Orbital magnetic moment Spin moment L-S coupling Application to the paramagnetism	3h	2h
Ferromagnetism Free electrons and Fermi gas Itinerant ferromagnetism (case of 3D materials), Stoner criterion Antiferromagnetism, Ferrimagnetism and other kinds of magnetic order Transport properties in 3D metals	3h	1.5h
Hysteresis in ferromagnetism Definitions of key parameters of the hysteresis (coercitive field, loses...) Introduction to the domain structures (Bloch and Neel domain wall) Characteristic length for nanomagnetism	3h	2h
6- Overview of some applications in nanomagnetism	2.5h

Prerequisites: Magnetostatic and Electrostatic Basis

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3.5 ECTS)

18. 
    C103: Polymerisation processes and macromolecular engineering
    

Main professor: Dr. Véronique Montembault (University of Maine, LeMans)

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present fundamental chemical information (structures, mechanisms, and kinetics) on the synthesis of polymers.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Introduction: General considerations about polymers and polymer synthesis Ionic polymerization: anionic and cationic polymerizations Free radical chain polymerization Copolymerization Ziegler-Natta polymerization Chemical reactions on polymers Macromolecular engineering: from conventional polymerization to controlled/living polymerization methods. Macromolecular engineering: strategies and methods (functional polymers, block and graft copolymers).	15	7.5

Prerequisites: Organic chemistry – structures and nomenclature, Chemical reaction kinetics

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 22.5 (3.5 ECTS)

19. 
    C104: Organic thin layers
    

Objectives: The aim of the course is to present various techniques for fabricating and depositing thin films from vapor or solutions. The first part is devoted to vapor phase deposition techniques (PVD and CVD). After introducing some bases on statistical thermodynamics (kinetic theory of gases) and nucleation and growth theories, the various deposition techniques are discussed.

Outline (with number of hours per part)	LECT	PSS	LW
Theoretical bases Kinetic theory of gases Nucleation and growth Physical vapor deposition Vacuum evaporation Sputtering Pulsed laser deposition Chemical vapor deposition Deposition from the solution Spin-coating Molecular beam deposition	3 6 1.25 1

Prerequisites: Thermodynamics, organic and inorganic chemistry

Evaluation: Written examination

Total number of hours: 11.25 (1.5 ECTS)

20. 
    C105: Optical and magnetic properties
    

Main professor: Dr. Gilles Lemercier (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne)

Dr. Gilles Lemercier

http://www.univ-reims.fr/rubrique-cachee/laboratoires-labelises/icmr/les-groupes-de-recherche/groupe-chimie-de-coordination,9951.html

Objectives: The aim of this course is to present the use of physical properties (magnetic and optical) of coordination complexes in biology (imagery and therapy). This course will also focus on the interests of the related nanoparticles, for a fundamental point of view but also for applications leading to confined effect and targeting.

Outlines:

1. 
   Physical properties and biological applications of molecular compounds
   
   1. 
      Optical properties of coordination complexes
      
   2. 
      Magnetic properties of coordination complexes
      
   3. 
      Applications in optical and/or magnetic imagery
      
   4. 
      Applications in therapy
      
2. 
   Hybrid materials and nano-cargos : from vectorisation of a chemical molecule to a physical strength
   
   1. 
      Physical properties
      
   2. 
      Interests in biology
      
   3. 
      Fonctionnalization of nanoparticles
      
   4. 
      Internal surface fonctionnalization of silica nanoparticles – MOF
      
   5. 
      Hyperthermy and iron oxides
      

Prerequisites: Coordination chemistry ò the transition metals – ligand field theory – UV-vis spectroscopy

Total number of hours: 22.5 (3.5 ECTS)

21. 
    C106: Bimolecular Systems
    

Main professor: Dr. Thanh Ha Duong (University Paris Diderot, Paris 7)

Dr. Thanh Ha Duong

http://www.chimie.univ-paris-diderot.fr/en/directory/itodys/nguyet-thanh-aka-thanh-ha-duong-en

Objectives: The physicochemical aspect of the structure of biological macromolecules (DNA, protein, membrane ...) will be studied, focusing on the interactions responsible for the 3D organization of these biomolecules. Based on the properties of these molecules, some tools and techniques will be described. The techniques of extraction, purification and characterization of proteins will be more developed.

Outlines:

• 
  Lecture: 6 hours
  
• 
  PSS: 6 hours:
  
• 
  LW: 4 hours
  

Prerequisites: Fundamental Biology and Biochemistry

Total number of hours: 11.25 h (2 ECTS)

22. 
    C107: Organic and inorganic Materials and Interfaces
    

Main professor: Dr. Lidgi Guigui (University of Paris 13)

Dr. Lidgi Guigui

http://nathalie.lidgi.guigui.fr/

Objectives: To provide students an introduction to surface chemistry in interfacial systems and to colloid chemistry in dispersed systems

To understand and apply basic and advanced principles of powder metallurgy processing, surface electrochemistry, colloid and surface science, ceramic forming and sintering, surface functionalisation and applications. Processing property relationships

Outline (with number of hours per part)	Lect	PSS	LW
Chemistry of solid surface Surface energy Kinetic of surface reaction (gas adsorption, protein adsorption, ionic adsorption) Electrostatic stabilization ( surface charge density, electric potential, van der Waals attraction potential, interaction between two particles :dlvo theory) Steric stabilization ( solvent and polymer, interaction between polymer layers, mixed steric and electric interactions) Processing Powder consolidation and forming , colloidal forming methods(drained techniques, direct casting and solid freeform fabrication) Sintering of nanomaterials Rapid Prototyping Electrochemistry of nanoassemblies Surface modification technics Applications Functionalisation : biomedical applications Tribological applications Biosensor Surface degradation	4 h 6 h 5 h	2h 5 h 4 h

Prerequisites: Solid State Chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry

Total number of hours: 22.5h (3.5 ECTS)