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Engineering

Nanotechnology – Sustainability Challenges and Social Impact

When:

27 June - 26 July 2025

School:

Linköping University Summer Academy

Institution:

Linköping University

City:

Linköping

Country:

Sweden

Language:

English

Credits:

7.5 EC

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About

Nanotechnology allows people to control and engineer matter atom-by-atom to build microscopic materials and devices at nanometer size (1 billionth of a meter), far smaller than the human eye can see, with unique properties desired for advanced technological products. Nanotechnology has emerged as a versatile platform that can provide efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally acceptable solutions to the global sustainability challenges that are crucial for society and human life.

This is an introductory course to acquaint students with the concept of nanoscience and nanotechnology, but will not involve much detail in complicated mathematics, physics, and biology. Emerging applications of nanotechnology in the fields of energy, environment, and health care will be demonstrated, together with benefits and risks of relevant nano-products. Furthermore, the course will deal with the issues related to business chances, innovation, entrepreneurship, intellectual property, public perceptions, and the commercialization of nano-products, etc., especially the support of thetechnological value chain, thereby, provide an outlook how nanotechnology may have a significant impact on the sustainable development of society.

Course leader

Wei-Xin Ni

Target group

The course is given within the framework of the Linköping University Summer Academy and is only open to students from Linköping University's partner universities. The course is on bachelor level and is offered in English.

To meet the general entry requirements, students must have completed one year of full-time studies upon application (passed 60 ECTS credits or equivalent) and be nominated by one of LiU’s partner universities.

Course aim

The overall aim of this course is to give students an introduction how the advanced technology can be realized at nanometer-scale, and nanotechnology's impact on the global market and a sustainable societal development.

On completing the course, the student should be able to:

- describe the recent development of nanotechnology in several emerging fields for sustainability.
- discuss particular societal and business perspectives as well as the nanotechnology value chain, related to entrepreneurship, commercialization, challenges and the translation from early innovation stage to market.
- analyze the benefits and risks of nano-products, explain how nanotechnology may have a significant impact on the sustainable development of society.

Interested?

When:

27 June - 26 July 2025

School:

Linköping University Summer Academy

Institution:

Linköping University

Language:

English

Credits:

7.5 EC

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