MPhil in Nano Science and Technology
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
DURATION
2 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
HKD 42,100 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
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Introduction
Nanoscience and technology are perceived as one of the most important areas affecting mankind in the 21st century. Nanoscience and technology are inherently interdisciplinary in nature. By being able to tailor material properties at the most fundamental level, nanotechnology is envisioned to impact virtually everything, from communications to energy production, environmental management, medicine, computing, and education. The scope of nanoscience and technology research may range from nanomaterials to computer electronics, medicine, and health care, aeronautics, and space, environmental studies and energy, biotechnology and agriculture, national security, and education.
Pearl River Delta is well-organized to be one of the manufacturing centers of the world for a very diversified range of products. As the leading city in this region, it is imperative that Hong Kong plays the leading role in research as well as personal training for the coming wave of the nanotechnology revolution.
While diversified in their applications, nanoscience and technology have three well-defined core elements that define the basis of our teaching/research program. These three elements are sample fabrication, characterization-experimentation, and theory simulations.
The Nano Science and Technology (NSNT) Program, defined on the basis of the three above elements, aims to educate students with the necessary interdisciplinary knowledge to contribute to the long-term nanoscale research and development, which will lead to potential breakthroughs in areas such as materials and manufacturing, nanoelectronics, medicine and healthcare, environment, energy, chemicals, and biotechnology. This program allows students to apply the knowledge in physical science to their study of nanoscience and technology.
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Research Foci
The Department concentrates its resources on condensed matter physics with potential relevance to the technological industry. Faculty and postgraduate research focuses on optical, condensed matter, and statistical physics, and includes the physics of lasers, solid-state, mesoscopic systems, devices, nanomaterials, thin films, surfaces, interfaces, liquid crystals, polymers, and composites.
An area of interdisciplinary collaboration that has emerged over the years is that of nanomaterials and nanotechnology and the Department is closely linked with HKUST’s front-running William Mong Institute of Nano Science and Technology. The followings are the main research areas that the Department is presently focusing on:
- First Principles Studies of Material Properties
- Information Physics
- Nano Materials
- Physics of Semiconductors
- Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics
- Soft Condensed Matter Physics
- Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
- Surface Physics
- Ultrafast Photonics and Nonlinear Optics
- Wave Phenomena and Wave Functional Materials
- Particle Theory and Cosmology
- Biophysics