Sections
PHYS 3042 - Structure and Properties of Crystalline Solids
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Teaching Pattern
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Duration of course: about 14 weeks
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Lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3
Content
- Lattice and crystal structures
- Defects (point defect, dislocation, stacking fault, twins, grain boundary)
- Methods to determine crystal structures (X-ray, electron diffraction, SEM, TEM)
- Mechanical property (deformation, strain, glide, failure, work hardening)
- Phase diagram
- Diffusion
- Ceramic, composite materials
- Electrical property
- Optical property
- Magnetic property
- Materials selection
- Nanomaterials (nanotube, nanowires, graphene, 2D semiconductors)