Functional Materials

Course title

2M970000

Course content

High funtional materials are used for various engineering applications. In this course, the understanding of materials properties and their applications to engineering fields are reviewed with the emphasis placed on the fundamental materials properties　on the basis of Quantum mechanics.

Purpose of class

The aim of this class is to understand the basice mechanisms of high funtional materials and how they are used in practical engineering fields.

Goals and objectives

To understand the basic properties of various high functional materials
To understand why the engineering materials are used for specific areas
To design to improve the performance of the engineering materials based on their application areas

Language

Japanese(English accepted)

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1．	Introduction to the properties of high functional materials and their markets in the engineering fields	General review how basic physics are used for understanding materials functions	120minutes
2．	Basic understanding of light based on Maxwell's equation	Reveiw of basics of Electromagnetics	120minutes
3．	Relationship between Maxwell equations and propagation of light	Basic mechanism of light propagation based on Maxwell's equations	120minutes
4．	How to treat light velocity in the specific theory of relativity	Understanding of relative motion of matters	120minutes
5．	Electric properties of materials and classification of conductors, semiconductors, and insulator	Basic understanding how transport properties are determined through solid state physics	120minutes
6．	Magnetic properties of materials and classification of paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, diamagnetic, and antiferromangetic materials	Basic understanding of the source for magnetism in materials	120minutes
7．	Basic mechanics of superconducting materials and their related trasport properties	Phenomenological understanding of transport properties based on macroscopic electrodyanmics	120minutes
8．	Magnetic properties of superconducting materials: perfect diamagnetism or Meissner effect and flux pinning	Review of thermodynamical properties of superconductors	120minutes
9．	Applications of superconducting materials	Review of the history superconducting magnetically levitated trains	120minutes
10．	Properties and applications of permanent magnet with focus placed on Fe-Nd-B magnets	Review of the history of the materials used for permanent magnet applications	120minutes
11．	History and development of funtional materials for medical applications	Review of the history of the materials used for medical applications	120minutes
12．	Mechanism of shape memory alloys and their applications	Basic understanding Martensitic transformation and its relation to shap memory effect	120minutes
13．	Recent developments and applications of high temperature superconducting materials	Review of high temperature superconducting materials since 1986	120minutes
14．	Recent developments and applications of solar cell batteries and their materials	Basic mechanism of solar cells and their recent industrial development	120minutes
Total.	-	-	1680minutes

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

	solid state physics	high functional materials	understanding of mechanisms	applications	Total.
1.	20%	40%	20%	20%	100%
2.					0%
3.					0%
4.					0%
Total.	20%	40%	20%	20%	-

Evaluation method and criteria

research paper 60%
presentation 20%
interview 20%
60 pt corresponds to the report test and scientific presentation which contains fundamental properties of high functional materails and ideal construction of presentations.

Textbooks and reference materials

Critical current in superconductors (ed. M. Murakami, Fuzambo International)

Prerequisites

Full understanding of univerisy level thermodynamics and quantum mechanics

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