- Motivation and potential of nanocomposites
- Importance interface and filler/matrix interactions
- Examples of nanocomposite fabrication and properties
*Mixing
*Templating
-*Nanostructures fibers and yarns

- Nanostructure networks: concapts and architectures
- Percolation theory
- Electrical transport in networks
- Methods of making networks
- Thermal transport in networks
- Mechanical properties in networks
- Methods of joining nanostructures

- Formation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)
- Deposition of SAMs by Langmuir-Blodgett methods
- Layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly

- Purifikation: chemical etching
- Funktionalization : approaches
- Separation and sorting: methods

- Formation of aggregates in solution
- Micelle techniques for nanoparticle synthesis
- Block copolymers

- General methods of making 1D structures
- Synthesis of nanotubes and nanowires by high temperature (CVD) methods:
- mechanisms
- furnace systems
- film growth; effects of basic process parameters
- methods for and limitations to structural control
- VLS precipitation model

- Thermodynamic model of cluster growth in solution
(gas/liquid, liquid/solid)
- Diffusion-limited and reaction-limited growth regimes
- Theory of size broadening and focusing
- Examples

- Surface plasmon resonance (SPR): basic theory and
effects of particle size and shape
- Example applications of SPR and surface-enhanced
spectroscopy
- Plasmon-induced heating of metal nanoparticles

- Important effects on fluid flows at micro/nano scales :
Surface effects and rarefaction
- Modeling slip flows in micro/nanopipes
- Experimental measurements of slip for gas and liquid flows