COURSES AND MODULES:

1) Basic Nanostructures

 Atomic structure
 Microstructures and transformation
 Diffusion in solids
 Nanocrystals

2) Classes of Materials

 Ceramics
 Glasses
 Polymers
 Graphite, fullerens, nanotubes 
 Metals
 Catalysts and catalysis

3) Physical Properties of Materials

 Mechanical and thermal properties
 Electric, magnetic and optical properties

4) Chemical Analysis and Electrochemistry

 Micro analysis characterization
 Electrochemistry

5) Thin Film Deposition Methods

 Thin film SOL GEL
 PE-CVD
 Deposition methods

6) Nanopowders

 Mechanical alloying and ball milling
 Powder preparations
 Processing of nanocomposites
 Sinterization Techniques
 Chemical nanopowder preparation

7) Physical microanalytical techniques

 XPS
 Nuclear techniques
 X-Ray techniques
 SIMS

8) Nanostructural Analysis

 Electronic microscopy
 Microstructure using synchrotron radiation
 Microstructural diffraction

9) Micro and Nanoprobing

 AFM/STM
 Surface area porosity
 Nano indentazione
 Properties of surfaces
 Mechanical & thermal characterization

10) Supermolecular chemistry

 Super-molecular machines
 Molecular Recognition
 Self-assembly

11) Photonics

Microanalytic luminescence
Microanalytic absorption
Application to photonics

12) Electronics

Basic Electronics
Experiments from ST Micro

13) Nanobiotech

 Nanoparticles
 Microfluidics
 Sensor, silicon, biosensor
 Bio MEMS
 Biosensors and nano

14) Fundamentals of economics

Budgeting & Cost analysis
Corporate finance

15) Entrepreneurship

 Technology Startup
 Entrepreneurship & Business Planning
 Intellectual property issues

16) Management Tools

Marketing
Project management
Strategy

17) Management Skills

  Leadership
  Communications
  Inteview/negotiation skills