Modeling in nanosciences UGA - WPMNMIN7

Goals

Scaling devices down the nanoscale allows generating new physical properties and functionalities thanks to the discretization of electronic
and/or photonic density of states. Modeling the physics at this intermediate scale between atoms and macroscopic world is therefore a
prerequisite as it strongly deviates from that of bulk material: size, shape, composition and environment are as many parameters which have
to be controlled in order to taylor their properties. The aim of the course is therefore to introduce concepts, methods and tools required to
simulate the physical properties of nanoscopic systems and to describe their coupling to the environment. The course will be illustrated by
examples in optics, transport, mechanics and magnetism and numerical simulations