Course Catalog 2010-2011
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MOL-7207 Functional Materials, 5 cr

Person responsible

Erkki Levänen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises


 


 
 2 h/week
 1 h/week
+2 h/week
+1 h/week


 
MOL-7207 2010-01 Tuesday 12 - 14, K3441

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 Materiaalit Advisable    
MOL-1310 Materiaaliopin perusteet 1 Advisable    
MOL-1320 Materiaaliopin perusteet 2 Advisable    
MOL-1330 Materiaaliopin perusteet 3 Advisable    
MOL-1410 Materiaalitieteen tutkimusmenetelmät 1 Advisable    
MOL-1420 Materiaalitieteen tutkimusmenetelmät 2 Advisable    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
MOL-7207 Functional Materials, 5 cr MOL-7200 Technical Ceramics, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

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Last modified12.01.2011