NANOSCALE FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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The main purpose of this course is to introduce students to key concepts underlying the design, properties and processing of nanoscale functional materials, and how they are employed in practical applications. Fundamental chemical and physical principles underlying the properties of electronic, dielectric and magnetic materials will be developed in the context of metals, semiconductors, insulators, crystals, glasses, polymers and ceramics. Miniaturization and the nanotechnology revolution confront materials science with limitations and opportunities; examples in which nanoscale materials are different from our macro world experience will be explored. 001772