MS&E 581 Chemistry of Materials
Provides a molecular understanding of materials properties: quantum chemistry, symmetry aspects of chemical bonding, solid state reactions, and electrochemistry. Materials include polymers, organic semiconductors, organic-inorganic hybrids, and biomaterials.
MS&E 582 Mechanical Property of Materials Processing & Design
Relationship between microscopic mechanisms and macroscopic mechanical behavior of engineering materials, how mechanical properties can be modified, and criteria for selection and use of materials in design. Stress, strain, and elastic constants as tensor quantities, viscoelasticity and damping, plastic deformation, creep deformation, fracture, and fatigue.
MS&E 583 Thermodynamics of Condensed Systems
Introduces the three laws of thermodynamics as the fundamental basis for thermal and chemical equilibrium, coupled with statistical mechanical interpretations for entropy and specific heat capacities. Applies these principles to understanding phase equilibria and phase diagrams, heterogeneous reactions, solutions, surfaces, and defects. Introduces electrochemistry and fuel/power cells.
MS&E 584 Kinetics, Diffusion & Phase Transfer
Phenomenological and atomistic theories of diffusion in metals, alloys, and non-metals, including polymers; diffusion in the presence of driving forces; fast diffusion paths; thermo - and electrotransport; interfaces and microstructure; nucleation and growth; growth of product layers (parabolic and linear kinetics); solidification of alloys; diffusional and diffusionless transformations in solids; glass transition.
MS&E 585 Electronic, Magnetic & Dielectical Properties of Materials
Electronic structure of materials and connection to transport, magnetic and dielectric properties. Wave and particle nature of electrons, wave packets, potential wells, barriers, tunneling. Valence electron behavior in crystals, density of states for metals, Fermi level, field and thermionic emission, Schottky barriers. Periodic potentials and band structure of crystals. Intrinsic and doped semiconductors, junction electronic and optical devices. Physical origin of magnetic behavior, ferromagnetic domains, magneto-resistance. Materials for data storage and manipulation. Polarization in dielectric materials; frequency dependence of dielectric constants and refractive indices. Ferroelectric domains. Dielectric components in devices. The close connection between fundamental concepts and current technology will be emphasized.