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Week - 1 |
Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics in Materials Science:
The place of condensed matter physics in our lives and materials science and engineering, national / international application areas.
Electrical properties of materials:
a) Electrical conductivity and resistivity in metals, Ohm's law; |
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Week - 2 |
Electrical properties of materials:
b) Fermi-Dirac distribution in metals and electronic band structure.
c) Band structure and conductivity mechanisms in semiconductor and other materials (temperature dependence of resistance) |
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Week - 3 |
Electrical properties of materials:
a) Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials
b) Characterization techniques for electrical properties
c) Examples from national / international application areas.
Examples and solutions-1 |
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Week - 4 |
Basic thermal properties of materials:
a) Heat capacity, heat capacity and energy storage properties of materials
b) The relationship between thermal and electrical conductivity, metal and other materials |
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Week - 5 |
Basic thermal properties of materials (continued):
c) Thermal stress and thermal shock resistance of materials
d) Characterization techniques for thermal properties
e) Examples from national / international application areas
Examples and solutions-2 |
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Week - 6 |
First midterm exam |
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Week - 7 |
Magnetic properties of materials:
a) Behavior of materials under magnetic field, types of magnetism and basic magnetic parameters.
b) Comparison of different magnetic materials. |
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Week - 8 |
Magnetic properties of materials:
c) Basic theory of superconductivity
d) Superconducting materials
e) Basic characterization techniques
f) Examples of national / international application areas.
Examples and solutions-3 |
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Week - 9 |
Optical properties of materials:
a) Optical refractive index
b) Optical absorption, diffraction, transmittance and reflection
c) Optical properties of metal, semiconductor and insulating materials. |
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Week - 10 |
Magneto-Electric, Magnetostrıctive Effects, Crystal Lattice InteractionsOptical properties of materials:
d) Basic optical events such as Luminescence, Photoluminescence and Cathodoluminescence.
e) Special applications such as LASER, SOLAR CELLS etc.
f) Basic characterization techniques.
g) Examples of national / international application areas.
Examples and solutions-4 |
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Week - 11 |
Second midterm exam |
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Week - 12 |
Project work:
a) Engineering application areas and project examples from medium, advanced and high technology applications.
b) Evaluation of project team reports for selected project topics, question and answer. |
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Week - 13 |
Project presentations and Q & A (first session):
a) Project presentations, question and answer and discussion. |
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Week - 14 |
Project presentations and Q & A (second session):
b) Project presentations, question and answer and discussion. |
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