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Course Catalog 2010-2011
MOL-7207 Functional Materials, 5 cr |
Person responsible
Erkki Levänen
Lessons
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Requirements
Examination from given material, both lectures and exercises. Presentation done as group work, which is related to ceramic application.
Learning outcomes
The course gives the students an introduction to functional materials and relate physical and chemical properties to the structure and composition of the materials. The emphasis of is on the thermal, electric, magnetic, optical as well as catalytic and biological properties of solid materials. After the course the student is able to identify such dependences and has basic knowledge to tailor these properties and can connect them to different synthesis and processing techniques. He has also a general picture of their applications in machines, electronics (conductors, insulators, dielectrics, magnets), sensors, energy conversions, biomedical or biological devices as well as in the cleaning of infrastructure and environment.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Crystal structures and point defects | Basics of defect chemistry of solids | |
| 2. | Heat conduction in different materials Thermal expansion in different materials | Heat conduction of composite structures | Thermal Barrier Coatings, aerogels, thermal superconductors, heat sinks |
| 3. | Electrical conduction, insulation and dielectric properties of materials Oxide semiconductors Magnetic materials | Photocatalytic cleaning Piezoelectric, pyroelectric and ferroelectric ceramics | Fuel cells, oxygen sensors,thermoelectrics, multiferroids |
| 4. | Optical materials, transparency, reflection, colour | Optical fibers and their processing | Photonic crystals |
| 5. | Biologically inert or active materials, bioceramics, catalysts | Biologically active surfaces | |
| 6. | Porous functional materials | Hot gas cleaning, Capillary dewatering | |
| 7. | Functional surface properties. Self cleaning, easy-to-clean surfaces, photocatalysis, antibacterial surfaces | Coating techniques |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| MOL-1210 Materials | Advisable | |
| MOL-1310 Introduction to Materials Science 1 | Advisable | |
| MOL-1320 Introduction to Materials Science 2 | Advisable | |
| MOL-1330 Introduction to Materials Science 3 | Advisable | |
| MOL-1410 Research Methods in Materials Science 1 | Advisable | |
| MOL-1420 Research Methods in Materials Science 2 | Advisable |
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