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Lecture 3

Quantum Nature of the


NanoWorld
Instructor: Dr. Majid Khan
Quantum mechanics milestones –
The Bohr atomic model
Quantum Mechanics Basics
What is Quantum Mechanics
Good For?
Exclusion Principle
How Many Quantum Numbers?
Quantum Numbers
Shells & Sub-shells of Orbitals
Electron States
Electron Configurations
The Schrodinger Equation
Schrodinger Equation
Classification of Nanomaterials
Quantum Effect
Electron Confinement
Quantum Size Effects
• For example let’s consider electrons in a 2D material
(thin film)
• They can be approximated as standing waves inside a
potential well. The condition for the formation of such
a standing wave is that the wavelength, l, satisfies the
following relation:

• where D is the width of the potential well (thickness of


the film). According to the de Broglie relation, the
wavelength is:
Quantum Size Effects
2D Nanomaterials: 1D Potential
Well
2D Nanomaterials: 1D Potential
Well
1D and 0D Nanomaterials:
Energy Level
Energies

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