PHY 523: Nanosystems & Laboratory

Serves as a hands-on capstone experience for the Graduate Certificate in Nanotechnology program and provides opportunities for experimentation using advanced methods specific to synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials. Atomic Force and Electron Microscopy are emphasized as characterization techniques suitable to studying materials on the nanoscale. Students will submit a formal written report and oral presentation of their experimental work.

PHY523 is a core course for both the SCSU MS in applied Physics and CT State University System (CSUS) Graduate Certificate in Nanotechnology

Prerequisites: one upper-division or graduate level course (of at least 3 credits) in an appropriate scientific area