Workshop1 (W1) Material Properties and Applications
• 2D Materials including Graphene
• Nanobiotechnology
• Nanomedicine
• Nanocatalysis
• Nanocomposites
• Nanofluids
• Nanoparticles/Nanofibers/Nanowires/Nanotubes/Nanosheets
• Nanophotonics
• Nanoelectronics
• Nanomagnetics
• Nanorobotics
• Nanoenergy
• Functional Nanomaterials
• Computational Nanotechnology
Workshop2 (W2) Nanofabrication
Top-Down
Thin film Deposition Techniques
Physical vapor deposition (PVD)
• Vacuum thermal evaporation.
• Electron beam evaporation.
• Laser beam evaporation.
• Arc evaporation.
• Molecular beam epitaxy.
• Ion plating evaporation.
• Direct current sputtering (DC sputtering).
• Radio frequency sputtering (RF sputtering).
Chemical deposition
• Sol-gel technique
• Chemical bath deposition
• Spray pyrolysis technique
• Plating
• Electroplating technique.
• Electroless deposition.
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
• Low pressure (LPCVD)
• Plasma enhanced (PECVD)
• Atomic layer deposition (ALD)
Lithographic Techniques
• Optical (i.e. Photo, X-ray, laser, EUV,…) lithography
• Electron-beam lithography
• Scanning probe lithography
• Nanoimprint lithography
• Magnetolithography
• Nanosphere lithography
• Proton beam writing
• Charged-particle lithography
• Neutral particle lithography (NPL)tral particle lithography (NPL)
Etching techniques
• Wet Etching
• Dry Etching
Bottom-Up
• Sol-Gel Process
• Aerosol-Based Processes
• Chemical Vapor Deposition
• Atomic or Molecular Condensation
• Gas-Phase Condensation
• Supercritical Fluid Synthesis
• Spinning Fibers
• Self-Assembly
Workshop3 (W3) Nanochacterization
• Electron probe methods
• Scanning probe microscopy methods
• Spectroscopic Methods
• Nonradiative and Nonelectron characterization methods (i.e. BET, BJH, QCM…)