About INT
At the beginning of its establishment, the Master and Doctoral Program in Nanotechnology, Department of Materials, School of Engineering, Yangming Jiaotong University, invited Professor He Zhiming, Vice President of UCLA, USA (also the Chief Moderator of UCLA System Nanoproject and American Engineering Academician and Academician of Academia Sinica), Professor Du Jingning, Director of the Department of Materials at UCLA (also an Academician of Academia Sinica), Professor Cheng Haidong, Director of the Department of Physics & Materials, City University of Hong Kong (formerly Director of the University of Illinois, now President of Tunghai University), Hong Kong Shen Ping, director of the University of Science and Technology (the first person in the world to develop carbon nanotube), Luo Yingcong, deputy general manager of Lianhua Electronics, director of the Nano Center of ITRI, and more than 20 professors from Jiaotong University, etc., after three days of seminars , and formulated three major directions for the future research and development of the master's class: (1) nanobiology, (2) nanomaterials, and (3) nanoelectronics.
The master class was established in August 1991, and in the 1992 academic year, the first batch of master class students was recruited.
After enrolling master students, our institute deeply felt the need of teachers, students and the industry for doctoral classes to conduct more in-depth nanoscale research. In addition, the Institute is positioned to carry out cross-disciplinary research, and will coordinate and cooperate with researchers from different backgrounds to integrate relevant research and academic units of Jiaotong University and achieve the purpose of research. Cooperate with the government to promote the development of nanotechnology education and application technology, combined with the National Nanodevice Laboratory, the Nanotechnology Center of Jiaotong University and related institutes, including the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Biotechnology Departments, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Optoelectronic Engineering, Department of Electronic Physics, Institute of Electronics, etc., established a doctoral class at the Institute of Nanotechnology in the 1996 academic year by means of cross-disciplinary talents, resource integration and cooperation.
Introduction and Importance of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology refers to the manipulation of nano-sized matter such as atomic, molecular and macromolecular structures to create and utilize new materials, devices and systems. The most important connotation of this technology is to generate entirely new tissues at these levels to grow into large structures for human use. These nanostructures made of atomic and molecular building blocks are the smallest things man-made, and exhibit completely new physical, chemical and biological properties and phenomena.
All natural materials and systems are based on the nanometer or molecular level; the ability to manipulate material units at this level can bring innovative properties, which means that the macroscopic properties, phenomena and processes of all materials can be controlled by It is determined by the basic properties of the molecular level. Therefore, all man-made objects, from car tires and computer circuits to advanced medicine and biological tissues, will be improved by the impact of this new technology. Nobel laureate Heinrich Rohrer said: "Countries that valued micron technology in the 1970s are now developed countries, and countries that value nanotechnology now are likely to become the next century (21st century). Therefore, the importance of this technology to the future academic, industrial and economic development of the world and Taiwan cannot be understated, and it is a very critical challenge for all Taiwanese university academic circles, that is, how to With a proud micron technology foundation, we have developed courses related to nanotechnology and cultivated talents in this area to catch up with the development of nanotechnology in advanced countries.
Opportunities for Nanotechnology Development in my country
1. Since many materials and technologies in biotechnology are of nanometer size, the development of emerging biotechnology is closely related to the progress of nanotechnology. Nanobiotechnology will be one of the most important areas of development.
2. Information, electronics, communications and other high-tech industries related to the integrated circuit industry are currently indispensable and important industries in my country. Under the potential to face the trend of replacing silicon, it is urgent to respond with nanotechnology.
3. my country's traditional industries are facing a critical moment of transformation or disappearance, and use nanotechnology to transform and regenerate them.
Therefore, using nanotechnology as a platform to renew industries and create more high-tech industries to establish a sustainable green technology island will be the best vision for the development of nanotechnology in my country.v
Development Direction
The development direction of our institute is nano-biotechnology, nano-materials and nano-electronics. Nanobiotechnology has had a significant impact on the biotechnology industry and the pharmaceutical industry, especially in the development of biomedical chips and new drug development. In addition to complementing the traditional development of microelectronics and even nano-inorganic electronics in our school, our institute also combines the national promotion of biomedical parks, the Industrial Technology Research Institute to focus on the application of nanotechnology and the National Science Association to actively promote nanotechnology. The plan is to integrate talents, systematically teach and introduce nanotechnology, and train talents needed for national development. In the part of nanoelectronics, emerging materials and technologies that may replace silicon applications, such as polymer materials and organic molecular materials, have recently made significant progress, and have an unparalleled impact on the next-generation optoelectronic display industry and electronics industry. In addition, since the size of organic molecular electronic components is comparable to that of biomolecules, it is also very important to modify the organic molecular electronic components and use them for biomedical sensing.
Research and development focus and direction:
1. Nanobiotechnology: Biotechnology is the virgin field of nanosystem research and development. It combines nanoelectromechanical systems, nanomaterials and nanoprobing technologies to study life phenomena, the interaction between molecules, cell activities, and the development of new The nanobiomaterials are collectively referred to as nanobiotechnology. The scope of biotechnology is vast, its applications are endless, and it is closely related to our lives. For example: new drug development, vaccine, disease detection, gene transfer, cancer, virus, environmental protection...etc. Nanobiotechnology can directly improve our lives in a faster, more efficient, cheaper, and waste-free way, and can avoid pollution to the external environment. It is the hope of biotechnology tomorrow. Therefore, nano-biotechnology and micro-nano manufacturing process complement each other, gradually surfaced, and has gradually become one of the mainstream of biotechnology in the 21st century. It can be subdivided into two fine directions: nano-biofabrication and nano-bio-optics. The research expertise required in these two directions is the analysis and modification of nanomaterials, micro/nano thermofluidics and surface chemistry, and nanobiotechnology such as self-arrangement of proteins and gene molecules into periodic structures and molecular motors. In addition, the fabrication of optoelectronic devices with high quantum efficiency and photochemically reactive biomolecules is also an important topic.
2. Nanomaterials technology: carbon nanotubes, biomedical materials, nanopolymer composite materials, nanomechanical application technology, nanostructure and characteristic analysis technology, etc. For example, the electronic properties of nanomaterials and the development of nanodevices using these properties are one of the mainstream research.
3. Nanoelectronics: Electronic components based on silicon materials have the following problems with the development of Moore's Law: First, the size of materials and components gradually encounter physical limits, and it becomes very difficult to find new materials and new component structures. important and difficult. Second, the current method of controlling the electrical properties of electronic components in a doping manner will become more and more difficult under the condition that electronic components are getting smaller and smaller. In addition to the research on traditional quantum components, the use of small organic molecules as electronic components is in full swing in the world's leading countries, so molecular electronics research will be one of the focuses of the Institute. In addition to the application of electronic components, the research on organic molecules is also very important for the research of organic light-emitting devices, organic driving devices, organic biomedical sensing devices and organic solar energy devices.
Purpose and Educational Goals
- To develop students' skills in teamwork, communication, integration and leadership
- Cultivating a healthy personality, learning to care for the society and cherishing the earth's environmental resources
- Technology leader with macro vision
- Develop students' basic subject knowledge and interdisciplinary learning ability in the field of materials engineering
- Cultivate the basic ability to engage in research and become a high-tech outstanding talent
- Cultivate students' international outlook and foreign language listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills