The World of High- Performance Functional Materials

Course title

7M990100

Course content

Functional materials are materials that have one or more properties that can be significantly changed in a controlled fashion by external parameters (temperature, electric/magnetic field, etc.) and are therefore applied in a broad range of technological devices as for example in memories, displays and telecommunication.
Functional material can be any type of specially designed material with a determined function: multiferroics, ferrites, semiconductors, conducting polymers, superconductors, and shape memory alloys are good examples. The various physico-chemical properties make functional materials so special.
This course covers a variety of high- performance functional materials which combine the functionality with additional parameters like high strength or low weight, but also new types of applications like for MEMS or tribological processes.
We will discuss the characteristics of various materials, the basic routes for preparation of such samples and the specific properties required for applications.

Purpose of class

The class will focus on understanding the importance of the relation preparation – physical properties – microstructure for the applicatins of different high- performance functional materials.
Several techniques for preparation and various modern applications of these materials will be discussed, and future trends will be outlined using examples from literature.
The students will be provided with a profund knowledge of the various microstructures of high- performance functional materials, their physical properties and the possible applications.

Goals and objectives

The students will be able to understand the relation preparation – physical properties – microstructure.
The students will be able to understand and learn the required processing technologies.
The students will be able to evaluate the material properties required for a given application.
The students will be able to understand the relationship between composition and microtextures of the functional materials.
The students will learn why relation physico-chemical properties and microstructure makes high- performance functional materials special.

Language

English

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1．	Introduction – overview of different functional materials and their specific properties	Review of the lecture	100minutes
1．		Read the handouts	100minutes
2．	High- performance functional materials: Basic preparation methods Advanced preparation techniques Novel techniques for characterization	Review of the lecture	100minutes
2．		Read the handouts	100minutes
3．	High- performance functional materials: Crystal structures Microstructures Advanced techniqes for microstructural characterization	Review of the lecture	100minutes
3．		Read the handouts	100minutes
4．	High- performance functional materials: Basic microstructural characteristics Relation: preparation techniques-microstructural parameters	Review of the lecture	100minutes
4．		Read the handouts	100minutes
5．	High- performance functional materials: Fundamental properties Relation: preparation techniques-composition- microstructural parameters - physical properties	Review of the lecture	100minutes
5．		Read the handouts	100minutes
6．	Porous materials: Common preparation techniques Fundamental properties Applications	Review of the lecture	100minutes
6．		Read the handouts	100minutes
7．	Midterm presentation and discussion	Preparation for midterm presentation	200minutes
8．	Metallic foams: Common preparation techniques Fundamental properties Applications	Review of the lecture	100minutes
8．		Read the handouts	100minutes
9．	Ceramic foams Common preparation techniques Fundamental properties Applications	Review of the lecture	100minutes
9．		Read the handouts	100minutes
10．	Multiferroics: Common preparation techniques Fundamental properties Applications	Review of the lecture	100minutes
10．		Read the handouts	100minutes
11．	Ferroelectric materials: Common preparation techniques Fundamental properties Applications	Review of the lecture	100minutes
11．		Read the handouts	100minutes
12．	Shape-memory alloys: Common preparation techniques Fundamental properties Applications	Review of the lecture	100minutes
12．		Read the handouts	100minutes
13．	Tribological materials: Common preparation techniques Fundamental properties Applications	Review of the lecture	100minutes
13．		Read the handouts	100minutes
14．	Final presentation	Presentation preparation	200minutes
Total.	-	-	2800minutes

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	Midterm presentation	Final presentation	Total.
1.	10%	10%	20%
2.	10%	10%	20%
3.	5%	10%	15%
4.	5%	15%	20%
5.	10%	15%	25%
Total.	40%	60%	-

Evaluation method and criteria

Evaluation will be performed on the basis of discussions during the lecture, reports and final presentation.

Discussion during the lecture and reports will contribute 40% to your grade.
Final presentation will contribute 60% to your grade.

To pass the student must earn a total score of 60% or more.

Textbooks and reference materials

1. Scientific materials (publications), related to the lecture will be used as references

2. Charles A. Wilkie, Georges Geuskens, Victor Manuel de Matos Lobo, Handbook of Research on Functional Materials
Principles, Capabilities and Limitations, 2014, Apple Academic Press, ISBN: 978-1926895659

3. A.Tiwari, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, Wiley-Scrivener, ISBN-13 : 978-1118998274

Prerequisites

Undergraduate level in physics and chemistry.

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