General description
Physics and Nanotechnology is a Masters program focusing on physics as the basis of modern technology. The gap between scientific research and technological breakthroughs is narrowing and in fields like nanotechnology there is a growing need for engineers who combine good scientific understanding with state-of-the-art engineering skills. The program covers advanced and technologically relevant theoretical and experimental techniques in modern physics.
The applications cover a wide range of topics including development of nanostructured materials with tailored electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical and chemical properties; fabrication and integration of nano- and micro-components in systems design; modeling of complex biological systems; optical information transfer and data storage; and nanotechnology for sustainable energy technologies such as fuel cells and solar power applications.
The main subject areas are atomic-scale physics: understanding, designing and manipulating atomic-scale systems; Nanosystems engineering: design and fabrication of nano- nd microsystems; Optics and photonics: photonic devices and the quantum theory of light-matter interaction; and Biophysics and complex systems: the physics of biological systems from biomolecules to organs.
Four study lines reflect these subject areas. Students enrolled in the program are not limited to one of these subject areas but are able to combine topics.
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