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Course Catalog 2011-2012
MOL-7207 Functional Materials, 5 cr |
Person responsible
Minna Uusitalo, Erkki Levänen
Lessons
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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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