CEC339-FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOELECTRONICS
QUESTION BANK
UNIT 1
1. What are the limitations of microelectronics compared to nanoelectronics?
2. What is quantum confinement effect?
3. What is quantum confinement?
4. What are the different types of nanowires?
5. What are nanomaterials?
6. What are the applications of quantum dots?
7. What do you mean by multiple quantum well?
8. Write note on various type of nanowires with mechanical properties.
9. Explain the Quantum Confinement in Semiconductor Nanostructures.
OR
Explain quantum confinement and quantum structures in Nano material.
10.Explain parabolic & triangular quantum wells with neat diagrams.
11.Explain Quantum wells, wires & dots & compare each.
12.Describe the concepts of quantum wells, wires and dots.
13.Explain the different types of quantum wells.
14.Explain the principle behind the quantum dot. What are the applications of
quantum dots?
UNIT 2
1. Explain de-Broglie wavelength & Screening length in mesoscopic systems.
UNIT 3
1. Explain the concept of coulomb blockade.
2. What is coulomb blockade?
3. Write note on coulomb blockade
4. Explain Coulomb blockade in nanostructures.
5. Draw the schematic diagram of Single Electron transistor.
6. Illustrate the single Electron Transistor with a neat sketch.
OR
Describe construction and working of single electron transistor.
7. Explain the structure of Single electron transistor with neat diagrams.
OR
Explain the formation and working of a single electron transistor?
8. Derive the conditions to be fulfilled to observe single electron effect?
9. Explain the principle of operation resonant tunneling transistor and single
electron transistor with structure and energy band diagrams.
10.Explain the principle of operation of a quantum dot based single electron
transistor.
11.Explain the following single electron devices with necessary diagrams.
a) Single Electron Transistor
b) Resonant Tunneling Transistor
12.Explain the concept of coulomb blockade. Obtain the conditions to be
fulfilled to observe single electron effect.
UNIT 4
1. What are the advantages of Resonant Tunneling Transistors?
2. Explain the different types of multiple quantum well.
3. Explain Multiple Quantum Wells and its different types with neat diagrams.
4. Explain the resonant tunnelling effect with neat diagrams.
5. Illustrate the principle of operation of Resonant tunnelling diode.
OR
Explain the working of a resonant tunnelling transistor?
6. Draw the schematic representation of the conduction band of a resonant
tunnel diode for (i) no voltage applied (ii) increasing applied voltages.
Explain its I-V characteristics.
UNIT 5
1. What are the applications of carbon nano tubes?
2. What is graphene?
3. Write note on graphene. Mention its applications?
4. How many carbon atoms are there in a fullerene molecule?
5. Who invented carbon nanotubes?
6. Write any two novel properties of carbon nanotubes.
7. What is multi-walled nanotube (MWNT)?
8. Mention few important properties of CNT.
9. Write short notes on: i) Carbon nanotubes
10.Explain the applications of carbon nanotubes.
11.Describe the basic structure of carbon nanotubes.
12.Explain any three techniques to produce carbon nanotubes?
13.Describe armchair, zig-zag and helical structure of nanotubes?
14.Design experiment to synthesis Carbon nanotubes using Chemical Vapor
deposition technique and discuss.
15.Explain the various steps involved in chemical vapour deposition technique.
16.Classify different types of Carbon nanotubes and evaluate their properties.
17.What are the different types of single wall carbon nano tubes? Explain.
18.Discuss the significance of multiwall carbon nano tubes in different
applications.
19.Explain laser ablation.
OR
Briefly explain laser ablation
OR
Explain Laser ablation technique for synthesis of metal nanoparticle.
20.Explain the principle of carbon nano tube transistors and its three different
types.
21.Explain the arc discharge method of synthesis of nanotubes with a neat
sketch.
