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PHYS 461Nanophysics

Units
0.50
Faculty
Science
Subject
Physics

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Fundamentals of nanotechnology. Applications of nanotechnology in biology and medicine. Nanotechnology and society. Physical foundations of nanodevices. Conduction at the nanoscale. Modern nanodevices.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • ECE231 - Semiconductor Physics and Devices (0.50)
      • PHYS335 - Condensed Matter Physics (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 4A or higher

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • NE471 - Nano-Electronics (0.50)

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

50% liked it13% easy38% useful

From 2 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • In order to succeed in this course, you must have an interest in condensed matter physics, primarily in electron transport of semiconductors. Although there were no lecture videos, the notes+additional resources provided all the material you needed to succeed. In comparison to assignments, they were carbon copies of the notes with 2-3 additional tricks/steps. In essence, I felt this course was more conceptually challenging rather than mathematically challenging.
    Truthfully, when I read the other(negative)review about this course, I felt the need to create an account to write my opinion of this course because I didn't want that review to deter students from taking this course. Yes, it was…

    Jan 2022 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • This is useless course, don't take it unless you need to! The professor posts only lecture notes with references to like 20 different textbooks but NO VIDEO LECTURES. It's honestly a very discouraging course and getting marks back takes very long. Got A1 Marks in nov. I was very excited for this course but it was a very disappointing and stressful experience to learn everything by ourselves. Phys 335 is a must for this and prof expects you to know everything even if we didn't learn it.

    Nov 2021 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

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Spring 2022

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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