Programme

Day 1

• Introduction to nanotechnology
• Nanofabrication and nanocharacterisation - the tools of the trade
• Biomimetics
• High resolution microscopy
• Social, economic and ethical aspects of nanotechnology

Day 2

• Self-assembly and the principles of soft and polymer-based nanotechnology
• Soft nanotechnology at surfaces
• Manufacture of semiconductor nano-devices - epitaxy and nanofabrication
• Applications of semiconductor quantum dot devices in the macroscopic world
• Tour of Kroto Research Centre

Day 3

• Plastic electronics and molecular electronics
• Environmental and regulatory aspects of nanotechnology
• Nanoparticles - Fundamentals and applications
• Carbon nanotubes - Fundamentals and applications
• Future opportunities in nanotechnology looking forward