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Each of the lecture topics below is accompanied by lecture notes in PDF format. Audio recordings of the original lectures are also included in both MP3 and RealAudio™ streaming audio formats. Note: Lectures 1 and 2 were recorded at a lower fidelity than the subsequent lectures.
These files are also available for download from iTunes®.
| LEC # | TOPICS | MP3 AUDIO | STREAMING AUDIO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena; Microscopic Pictures of Heat Carriers (PDF) | (MP3 - 38MB) | |
| 2 | Characteristic Time and Length, Simple Kinetic Theory, Characteristic (PDF) | (MP3 - 40.1MB) | |
| 3 | Schrödinger Equation (PDF) | (MP3 - 39.1MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 4 | Quantum Wells, Harmonic Oscillators, Rigid Rotors, and Hydrogen Atoms (PDF) | (MP3 - 38.8MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 5 | Rigid Rotors, Hydrogen Atom, Electronic Levels in One-dimensional Lattice Chain (PDF) | (MP3 - 38.9MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 6 | Electronic Energy Levels in Crystals (PDF) | (MP3 - 39.1MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 7 | Phonon Energy Levels in Crystals, Crystal Structures (PDF) | (MP3 - 39.2MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 8 | Reciprocal Lattice, X-ray (PDF) | (MP3 - 36.9MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 9 | Energy Spectrum in Nanostructures, Density of States, Statistical Distributions (PDF) | (MP3 - 33.8MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 10 | Specific Heat of Molecules, Electrons, Phonons; Blackbody Radiation (PDF) | (MP3 - 38.5MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 11 | Effects of Nanostructures on Energy Storage, Energy Transfer by Waves, Electron Waves (PDF) | (MP3 - 39.2MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 12 | Electromagnetic Waves, Reflection of Waves at a Single Interface (PDF) | (MP3 - 40.5MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 13 | Acoustic Waves, Interference and Tunneling (PDF) | (MP3 - 39.3MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 14 | Laudauer Formalism (PDF) | (MP3 - 38.5MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 15 | Midterm 1 | ||
| 16 | Transport in Carbon Nanotubes (Guest Lecture Courtesy of Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT. Used with permission.) (PDF) | (MP3 - 39.9MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 17 | Transition to Particle Description, Louiville Equation (PDF) | (MP3 - 37.9MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 18 | Boltzmann Equation, Relaxation Time Approximation (PDF) | (MP3 - 27.5MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 19 | Fourier Law and Newton's Shear Stress Law (PDF) | (MP3 - 38.1MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 20 | Ohm's Law and Thermoelectric Effect (PDF) | (MP3 - 39.1MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 21 | Nanostructured Thermoelectrics (Guest Lecture Courtesy of Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT. Used with permission.) (PDF) | (MP3 - 38.3MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 22 | Take Home Exam 2 | ||
| 23 | Thermoelectric Effect (PDF) | (MP3 - 35.6MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 24 | Classical Size Effects, Parallel Direction (PDF) | (MP3 - 38.7MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 25 | Classical Size Effects, Perpendicular Direction (PDF) | (MP3 - 6.1MB) | (RM - 16K) |
| 26 | Liquid, Brownian Motion, Forces and Potentials, Electrokinetics, Surface Tension (PDF) | (MP3 - 34MB) | (RM - 16K) |