ELECTRONIC, OPTICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

MS&E 350

The basic structures and resulting properties of solid materials, including phase equilibria, meta-stability, mechanical properties, failure, corrosion, and materials selection.

MS&E 756

Prepares graduate students for research in electronic materials and related areas by examining (1) how does the physical structure of a material affect its electronic structure and properties: and (2) state-of-the-art advance electronic materials. Topics include: molecular and organic semiconductors; carbon nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanoribbons and graphene); advances in conventional bulk zinc-blende and wurtzite semiconductors; polycrystalline, amorphous, and disordered materials; state-of-the-art high- low-k dielectrics; and up-and-coming and next-generation materials. Knowledge of solid state physics [such asPHYSICS 551orM S & E 456] required.

ECE 466

Electronic, optical and thermal properties of crystalline solids. Energy-momentum dispersion of fundamental particles and excitations in solids leading to microscopic theories of conductivity, polarizability and permeability. Influence of materials characteristics on the performance of electronic and photonic devices.

MS&E 570

Introduction to structure and electronic properties; surface energy; thermodynamics of surfaces; diffusion. Surface barriers, work function, vibrational and electronic states. Chemical interactions: chemisorption, oxidation, corrosion, absorption kinetics, catalysis. Experimental methods and applications in metals, semiconductors.

MS&E 351

Introduction to: atomic, electronic, and defect structures in materials; diffusional, mechanical and electrical properties of materials; and the role of structure and defects in diffusional, mechanical, and electrical properties.