1) Organic semiconductors and conductors for molecular electronics – concepts and choice of suitable organic molecules
2) Charge injection and transport in mesoscopic systems
3) Dynamic redox systems: Towards realisation of unimolecular memory
4) Device fabrication methods including Langmuir-Blodget Films
5) Semiconductor and molecular assembly nanowires
6) Making contacts to single molecules
7) Biology inspired concepts + Biochemical and quantum computing
8) Charge transport in DNA based devices
9) Sensing and manipulating molecules – SPM technologies for characterisation and manipulation
10) “CMOL”(hybrid semiconductor/nanowire/molecular) devices, circuits and architecture
11) Lab-on-chip concepts
12) Nanophotonics
The course treats the emerging field of molecular electronics from basics. Organic semiconductors will be an important introductory part of this course. The theory and practice of fabricating discrete and integrated molecular electronic devices and their applications in diverse fields will be covered. Means of achieving various electronics functionalities such as memory, logic etc. by the molecules will be treated. Lessons from biological molecular behaviour for molecular electronics will be addressed. Nanophotonics is also introduced as an integral part of molecular electronics.
After the course the student should be able to:
Understand the physics behind organic semiconductors
Calculate transport properties in the mesoscopic systemsIdentify the molecules that can be used for different functions in molecular electronics
Choose a proper method or combined several methods for fabricating a particular componentExploit the behaviour of the biomolecules for molecular electronic
Gain an introductory knowledge on nanophotonics