Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

MOL-7207 Functional Materials, 5 cr

Person responsible

Minna Uusitalo, Erkki Levänen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
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 2 h/week
 1 h/week
+2 h/week
+1 h/week


 
MOL-7207 2011-01 Tuesday 12 - 14, K3441

Requirements

Examination from given material, practical work of given topics (ceramic applications).

Learning outcomes

The course gives the students an introduction to functional ceramic materials and relate physical and chemical properties to the structure and composition. The focus is on the thermal, electric, magnetic, and optical as well as catalytic and biological properties. After the course the student is able to identify such dependence and has basic knowledge to tailor these properties and can connect them to different synthesis and processing techniques. Student 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 in ceramic materials.  Basics of defect chemistry of solids.    
2. Heat conduction mechanisms and thermal expansion.   Heat conduction of composite structures.   Thermal Barrier Coatings, aerogels, thermal superconductors, heat sinks.  
3. Electrical conduction, insulation and dielectric properties as well as magnetic properties of ceramic materials.  Piezoelectric, pyroelectric and ferroelectric ceramics.   Fuel cells, oxygen sensors,thermoelectrics. 
4. Optical properties of ceramics: Transparency, reflection, colour, glasses and glass ceramics.   Optical fibers and their processing.   
5. Biologically inert or active materials, bioceramics.  Biologically active surfaces.   
6. Application fields of porous functional materials.  Filters and membranes, catalytic carriers, hot gas cleaning, capillary dewatering.  Zeolites. 
7. Functional surface properties. Self cleaning, easy-to-clean surfaces, photocatalysis, antibacterial surfaces.     

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    

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Correspondence of content

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

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MOL-7207 2011-01        

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