Study Guide 2015-2016

MOL-52226 Functional Materials, 5 cr

Additional information

This course is suitable for post graduate studies for students with no study background in the field of ceramic materials. It is recommend the students to contact their supervisor(s) and the person responsible of the course for a possible tailored implementation with better suitability for the post-graduate studies.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Erkki Levänen

Lessons

Implementation 1: MOL-52226 2015-01

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer
Lectures
Excercises


 


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


 

Lecture times and places: Tuesday 12 - 14 K4242

Requirements

Examination from the given material. Practical work.

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-11200 Materiaalit Advisable    
MOL-11230 Materiaalitieteen tutkimusmenetelmät Advisable    



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
MOL-52226 Functional Materials, 5 cr MOL-7207 Functional Materials, 5 cr  

Last modified 24.03.2015