printer friendly pageMATSCI 164: Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices Laboratory
Lab course. Current electronic and photonic materials and devices. Device physics and micro-fabrication techniques. Students design, fabricate, and perform physical characterization on the devices they have fabricated. Established techniques and materials such as photolithography, metal evaporation, and Si technology; and novel ones such as soft lithography and organic semiconductors. Prerequisite: 152 or 199 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Salleo, A. (PI)
MATSCI 171: Nanocharacterization Laboratory (MATSCI 161)
The development of standard lab procedures for materials scientists emphasizing microscopy, metallography, and technical writing. Techniques: optical, scanning-electron, atomic-force microscopy; and metallographic specimen preparation. The relationships among microscopic observation, material properties, and processing. Prerequisite:
ENGR 50 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
McGehee, M. (PI)
MATSCI 172: X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory (MATSCI 162)
Experimental x-ray diffraction techniques for microstructural analysis of materials, emphasizing powder and single-crystal techniques. Diffraction from epitaxial and polycrystalline thin films, multilayers, and amorphorous materials using medium and high resolution configurations. Determination of phase purity, crystallinity, relaxation, stress, and texture in the materials. Advanced experimental x-ray diffraction techniques: reciprocal lattice mapping, reflectivity, and grazing incidence diffraction. Enrollment limited to 20.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Vailionis, A. (PI)
MATSCI 173: Mechanical Behavior Laboratory (MATSCI 163)
Experimental techniques for the study of the mechanical behavior of engineering materials in bulk and thin film form, including tension testing, nanoindentation, and wafer curvature stress analysis. Metallic and polymeric systems. Prerequisite:
ENGR 50.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Han, S. (PI)
MATSCI 190: Organic and Biological Materials (MATSCI 210)
Unique physical and chemical properties of organic materials and their uses.The relationship between structure and physical properties, and techniques to determine chemical structure and molecular ordering. Examples include liquid crystals, dendrimers, carbon nanotubes, hydrogels, and biopolymers such as lipids, protein, and DNA. Prerequisite: Thermodynamics and
ENGR 50 or equivalent.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA, WAY-AQR, GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Heilshorn, S. (PI)
MATSCI 192: Materials Chemistry (MATSCI 202)
Chemical principles of materials: atomic and molecular bonding; acid and base chemistry; redox and electrochemistry; colloidal and surface chemistry; materials synthesis; and nanoscale chemistry.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Cui, Y. (PI)
MATSCI 193: Atomic Arrangements in Solids (MATSCI 203)
Atomic arrangements in perfect and imperfect solids, especially important metals, ceramics, and semiconductors. Elements of formal crystallography, including development of point groups and space groups.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Sinclair, R. (PI)
MATSCI 194: Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria (MATSCI 204)
The principles of heterogeneous equilibria and their application to phase diagrams. Thermodynamics of solutions; chemical reactions; non-stoichiometry in compounds; first order phase transitions and metastability; thermodynamics of surfaces, elastic solids, dielectrics, and magnetic solids.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Salleo, A. (PI)
MATSCI 195: Waves and Diffraction in Solids (MATSCI 205)
The elementary principals of x-ray, vibrational, and electron waves in solids. Basic wave behavior including Fourier analysis, interference, diffraction, and polarization. Examples of wave systems, including electromagnetic waves from Maxwell's equations. Diffracted intensity in reciprocal space and experimental techniques such as electron and x-ray diffraction. Lattice vibrations in solids, including vibrational modes, dispersion relationship, density of states, and thermal properties. Free electron model. Basic quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics including Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Prerequisite: 193/203 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Clemens, B. (PI)
MATSCI 196: Imperfections in Crystalline Solids (MATSCI 206)
The relation of lattice defects to the physical and mechanical properties of crystalline solids. Introduction to point imperfections and their relationship to transport properties in metallic, covalent, and ionic crystals. Geometric, crystallographic, elastic, and energetic properties of dislocations. Relations between dislocations and the mechanical properties of crystals. The structure and properties of interfaces in solids. Prerequisite: 193/203.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-EngrAppSci
Instructors:
Han, S. (PI)
;
Nix, W. (PI)
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