• Fundamentals: Precision & Accuracy, Data Analysis, Errors, Bias, S/N ratio.
• Overview of Nanostructures and their developments.
• Dimensionality of the nanostructure: 3D to 0D (Nanoparticle, Nanocube, Nanowire and nanodot etc.).
• Effect of dimensionality on the properties of nanostructures: Optoelectronic and catalytic properties.
• Physics of Nanostructures: Band gap, Fermi levels, Electrochemistry, electrified interface, structure, electrochemical kinetics, Butler-Volmer equation, etc.
• Spectroscopic methods for identifying Nanostructures: Absorptions, Photoluminescence, Surface Plasmon Resonance, etc.
• Nanotechnology: Light emitting diodes (LEDs), Sensors, lab-on-a-chip concept.
• Nanobiotechnology: Overview, Bio-imaging, Microscopic methods for locating nanostructures in a cell: Dark-field microscopy, Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence microscopy, Confocal microscopy, plasmon imaging scatterometry, etc.

Text Books

1. T. Pradeep, Nano: The Essentials Understanding nanoscience and nanotechnology, Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing Company Limited NEW DELHI, 2007.

2. Motoichi Ohtsu, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tadashi Kawazoe, Takashi Yatsui and Makoto Naruse, Principles of Nanophotonics. New York, USA: CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.

3. Nanobiotechnology: Concepts, Applications and Perspectives (2004), Christof M.Niemeyer (Editor), Chad A. Mirkin (Editor), Wiley VCH.