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Lec 1 Lec 2 Lec 3 Lec 4 Lec 5 Lec 6 Lec 7 Lec 8 Lec 9 Lec 10 Lec 11 Lec 12 Lec 13 Lec 14 Lec 15 Lec 16 Lec 17 Lec 18 Lec 19 Lec 20 Lec 21 Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena. Microscopic Pictures of Heat Carriers Characteristic Time and Length, Simple Kinetic Theory, Characteristic Schrödinger Equation Quantum Wells, Harmonic Oscillators, Rigid Rotors, and Hydrogen Atoms Rigid Rotors, Hydrogen Atom, Electronic Levels in One-Dimensional Lattice Chain Electronic Energy Levels in Crystals Phonon Energy Levels in Crystals, Crystal Structures Reciprocal Lattice, X-ray Energy Spectrum in Nanostructures, Density of States, Statistical Distributions Specific Heat of Molecules, Electrons, Phonons; Blackbody Radiation Effects of Nanostructures on E nergy Storage, Energy Transfer by Waves, Electron Waves Electromagnetic Waves, Reflection of Waves at a Single Interface Acoustic Waves, Interference and Tunneling Laudauer Formalism Transport in Carbon Nanotubes (Guest lecture) Transition to Particle Description, Louiville Equation Boltzmann Equation, Relaxation Time Approximation Fourier Law and Newton’s Shear Stress Law Ohm’s Law and Thermoelectric Effect Nanostructured Thermoelectrics (Guest lecture) Thermoelectric Effect

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Classical Size Effects, Parallel Direction Classical Size Effects, Perpendicular Direction Liquid, Brownian Motion, Forces and Potentials, Electrokinetics, Surface Tension

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2.57 Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes Fall 2004 Lecture 1 1. Overview for nano sciences 1.1 Length scale 1.2 Examples in microtechnology 1.3 Examples in nanotechnology 1.4 Nano for energy (phonon, phonon, electron; wavelength, mean free path) 1.5 Nanoscale heat transfer in devices (e.g., CMOS) 1.6 Nano and microfabrication 1.7 Transport regimes 1.8 Overview of the book chapters and chapters to be covered 2. Classical Laws related to transport 2.1 Heat transfer 2.1.1 Conduction Fourier’s law:

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