Material Structure and Bonding

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PREREQUISITES: Admission into the Materials Science Ph.D. program or Master's/Ph.D. programs in Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics or other related discipline. Graduate students in their 2nd year or beyond need to be in good standing or have consent of the instructor Ionic and covalent bonding; quantum mechanical foundation of the cohesion of solids, evolution of band structure; static and dynamic underpinning of macroscopic materials properties including mechanical, electrica and thermal; effect of defects on material properties.