Materials Chemistry

Catalog description

This course is designed for students majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, and engineering. It provides an overview in materials chemistry and focuses on applications of chemistry concepts in materials science. Topics covered include types of materials, material structures and structural characterization, electronic structures and chemical bonding in solids, physical and chemical properties of materials, phase transitions, synthesis of materials, and frontiers of materials chemistry research. Three one-hour lectures and one three-hour laboratory section per week.