Course info:
Instructor Prof. Nicola
Hill, Room 2007 MRL x7920, nahill@mrl.ucsb.edu
Office Hours Tuesday 4.45-5.45 pm.
Thursday 2.30-3.30 pm.
TAs
Seth Boeshore, sethb@engineering.ucsb.edu and Garrett Cole, gcole@engineering.ucsb.edu.
EII 2145 and 2133
Office Hours M 11-1.30, 4-4.30. W 10.30 - 11.30.
EII 2133.
Course outline:
Introduction to Materials in Modern Technology. Materials as
an enabling element of technological progress. Functions that materials
perform. The properties-structure-processing connection.
The Structure of Materials. Atomic structure, atomic bonding
in solids, molecular structures. The arrangement of atoms and
molecules in liquids and solids. Crystals, amorphous solids,
mesoporous materials, liquid crystals, quasicrystals, self-assembling
systems. Crystal structures, directions and planes.
Imperfections in Solids. Point, line and interfacial defects.
Vacancies, self-intersitials, impurities/solute atoms. Entropy effects.
Dislocations, grain boundaries and interfaces. Microstructure.
Electrical Properties of Materials I. Electrical conduction,
energy band structures and relationship to bonding. Semiconductors,
intrinsic/extrinsic semiconduction and temperature effects.
Hall effect. Semiconductor devices.
MIDTERM EXAM - Tuesday October 30th in class
Electrical Properties of Materials II. Conduction in ceramics
and
polymers. Dielectric behavior and capacitance. Ferroelectrics and
piezoelectrics.
Magnetic Properties. Basic concepts of magnetism. Types of
magnetic behavior. Magnetic domains, soft and hard magnetic materials.
Magnetic devices. Superconductivity.
Optical Properties. Basic concepts. Refraction and reflection.
Absorption and transmissions, color. Luminescence. Photoconductivity
and photovoltaic devices. Lasers and light emitting diodes.
Extra Notes:
Click here
to
download the sample problem on vacancies in Cu that we worked through in
class
Here
is a good picture of the kaolinite structure that isn't in your lecture
notes.