ECE 721 · also ME 711
Nanotechnology Materials Lab
Holly Leddy
Description from DukeHub
This course provides an introduction to advanced methods for the characterization and fabrication of materials, nanostructures, and devices. Cleanroom methods to be covered include lithography, evaporation, and etching. Characterization methods include electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and optical spectroscopy. Students will receive an overview of the techniques in the Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility through lectures and demonstrations. In the lab section, each student will engage in a project that focuses on those capabilities that are needed for their research, and will receive training and certification on that equipment.
Skills
- programmingdepartment: ECE
- lab workhas a lab component
- makingAI review: "Cleanroom methods to be covered include lithography, evaporation, and etching"
- research methodsAI review: "a project that focuses on those capabilities that are needed for their research"
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "lab"
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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