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PHYS 2401 - Nanotechnology: An Overview


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
This course provides a general introduction to nanotechnology and its applications. It places nanotechnology in the context of earlier advances in the area of atomic-scale devices and introduces the physical principles governing them. It discusses the fundamental role that quantum laws of nature play in the advances now transforming our way of life. This course is intended for a general audience.

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 1104  or PHYS 1201  with a grade of C or higher.
General Science Option