Solid State Chemistry

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Course objectives

To obtain the knowledge on design and development of materials with pre-required properties based on understanding the structure of solids in its influence on physical-chemical properties, understanding of phase relations, chemical synthesis, reaction kinetics as well as characterisation methods.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Taken and passed courses in General Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After the the course students will be able to:
- Understand and use the terminology of crystallography
- Identify the structure of crystalline compounds
- Assess the characteristics of solids based on the knowledge of its structure
- Understand and describe the techniques of synthesis and preparation of materials
- Understand and describe the structure of materials characterization techniques

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1. lecture: Properties of solid substances, types of bonds in solids - the impact of bonded and non-bonded electrons on the structure and properties of solids.
2. lecture: The structure of metals and alloys. Metal bond theory. Theory of semiconductors and insulators. Superconductivity.
3. lecture: The crystallographic systems - Bravais grid, Miller indices, common crystal structures,
4. lecture: Types of crystal defects and their impact on material properties
5. lecture: Structure is not crystal - amorphous materials, glass, glass-ceramic, metallic glasses
6. lecture: Electrical properties of materials (thermoelectric effects, piezo-, pyro- and ferroelektricity).
7. lecture: Magnetic properties of materials (paramagnetism, ferro-, feri- and anti-ferromagnetism, structure and properties of magnetic materials).
8. lecture: Optical properties (luminescence, lasers). Crystal imperfections and non-stoichiometry. Diffusion.
9. lecture: Ionic conductivity, solid electrolytes.
10. lecture: Phase diagrams and phase transitions (thermodynamics and kinetics)
11. lecture: Synthesis and preparation of materials - particles, films, coatings, single crystals, nanomaterials and composites, physical processes and reaction kinetics, microstructure development, self-organizing structures and macrostructures
12. lecture: Basic methods of characterization of solids, electron microscopy and diffraction, X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, spectroscopic methods

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Student responsibilities

The 80% presence at lectures and seminars, and completed all laboratory exercises.