i) Background and Fundamentals -Electrical and chemical properties of nanoparticles, nanotubes, biomolecules, and self-assembled monolayers -Mechanical properties of nanotubes and thin films -Intermolecular Forces ii) Micro- and Nano- Fabrication -Optical lithography -Scanning Probe Lithography -Electron Beam Lithography -X-ray lithography -Nano-imprinting -Self-assembly and self-organization - DNA Lithography -Extreme UV Lithography Page 2 of 6 iii) Nanoscale Characterization -Scanning probe microscopy (contact, intermittent-contact and other modes) -Scanning probes for measuring magnetism and chemical spectroscopy -Near Field Scanning Optical Microscopy -High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy -Principles of Nanoindentation iv) Nanoscale Electronics, Photonics and Bio-Photonics -Quantum Wires and Dots -Field Effect Transistors -Nanoelectromechanical Systems -Carbon Nanotubes -Protein Folding Process -Role of DNA in Nanotechnology v) Carbon Nanomaterials -Multi-walled and single-walled nanotubes -Buckyballs -Graphene materials -Other 2D materials vi) Materials Synthesis from the Botttom Up -Nanocomposites -Self assembled monolayers -Synthetic Macromolecules - Biomimetic Approaches for Novel Design