Nanoelectronics

The course will focus on current trends in nanoelectronics with special focus on functional electronic and magnetic properties in nanostructured materials. The academic focus is: one-electron transistors and one-electron electronics, effect of 1 and d-dimensional structures on transport properties, magnetoelectronics and spintronics. Emerging fields, including molecular electronics, and memory technology will be introduced.

The course shall give the student a thorough introduction to modern trends in nanoelectronics, with focus on functional electronic and magnetic effects in nanostructures. Single electronic devices and spintronics are of special interest.
The curriculum will enable the student to analyze applications within ICT with focus on nanoelectronics.

Knowledge:
- Understand how electronic properties is effected by nanostructuring
- Understand basic terminology and results from theory of single electron systems and spintronics.
- Knowledge about architecture of simple nanoscale devices based on single electron systems and spintronics.
- Knowledge about typical applications of such systems.

Skills:
- Combine previous obtained knowledge in mathematics, solid-state-physics and semiconductor physics to analyze electronic devices at the nm level.
- Use basic theory for single electron systems and nanoscale magnetic systems to solve problems within nanoelectronics.

General competence:
- Collaborate to solve exercises.
- Orally present results of own studies.

Lectures, excercises, student seminars (mandatory student presentation in order to be able to take the exam), and self-study. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral. The course may be held in English.