The request to create CHEM 6102 and 6103 and cross-list with NANO 8102 and 8103

Date: May 28, 2013
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: May 23, 2013
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Fall 2013

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CHEM 6102. Nanoscale Phenomena (3) Topics include, but are not limited to, scaling phenomena; nano-opitcs (near-field optics, limits of lithography masks, nano-dots and nanoscale optical interactions); nanoscale mechanics; nanotribology; biological and biologically-inspired machines. (Fall)

CHEM 6103. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials. (3) Prerequisites: NANO8101 and 8102 or approval from instructor. Topics include, but are not limited to, quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, carbon nanostructured materials and nanotubes, zeolites, organic-inorganic polymers, composite materials, solution-phase colloids, sol-gel process, silica spheres porous silicon, photonic crystals. (Spring)

NANO 8103. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials. (3) Prerequisites: NANO8101 and 8102 or approval from instructor . Topics include, but are not limited to, quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, carbon nanostructured materials and nanotubes, zeolites, organic-inorganic polymers, composite materials, solution-phase colloids, sol-gel process, silica spheres porous silicon, photonic crystals. (Spring)