Thermodynamik und Energieumwandlung in Mikro- und Nanotechnologien

Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion in Micro- and Nanoscale Technologies

Lecturer(s)

D. Poulikakos, N. R. Bieri, T. Y. Choi

Hour(s) of lecture(s), exercise(s) and credit points

2L
1E
4CP

Teaching goals

The lecture deals both with the thermodynamics in nano- and microscale systems and the thermodynamics of ultra fast phenomena. Typical areas of applications are microelectronics manufacturing and cooling, laser technology, manufacturing of novel materials and coatings, surface technologies, wetting phenomena and related technologies, and micro- and nanosystems and devices.

Summary and outline

Introduction; Thermodynamic aspects of intermolecular forces; Strong intermolecular forces; Coulomb force; Van der Waals forces; Repulsive forces; Total intermolecular potential; Molecular dynamics; Interfacial phenomena; Surface tension, Wetting and dewetting; Contact angle; thin films; Thermodynamic aspects of nucleation; Thermodynamic aspects of evaporation in a wide medium; Thermodynamics of nanoparticle technology.

This course will be taught in German!

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