Spring 2008: MATRL 286G: Special Topics in Inorganic Materials: Structural Families of Functional Inorganic Materials
Course outline: PDF
EII 1335, T & R, 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
Resources:
The VESTA Crystal Structure drawing package (and more): Download and install from here. This program works on all platforms. It is required for assignments.
Database of some crystal structures to be found here. The cif files that can be downloaded are directly read by VESTA.
A demo version of the principal database of Inorganic Crystal Structure is available at FIZ Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
Space groups and symmetry information: Birbeck College SG diagrams and tables and cctbx symmetry information and SgInfo gateway
Bond Valence Calculator: BondVal
Structure prediction: SPuDS
Faulting DIFFaX
Schedule:
| Date | Description | Notes | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| T 4/1 | Introduction to structures, bond valence ... | PDF | DOI | DOI | DOI | PDF | |
| R 4/3 | More on structures, fcc, diamond, SiC, semiconductors ... | URL | DOI | DOI | | |
| T 4/8 | No Class (ACS Meeting) | ||
| T 4/10 | Semiconductors, stuffed zinc blendes, half-Heuslers ... | PDF PDF | DOI | DOI |
| T 4/15 | No Class | ||
| R 4/17 | Superconductivity in the cuprates | PDF PDF | URL | DOI | URL | DOI | |
| T 4/22 | Other superconductors | DOI | JSTOR | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | |
| T 4/24 | No Class | ||
| T 4/29 | Metal-insulator transitions (spinels, rutiles, perovskites...) | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | |
| W 4/30 | Special class CMR (+15 minute Talks by James and Daniel) | PDF + PDF | DOI | DOI | DOI |
| R 5/1 | Elpasolites, CMR, Relaxor ferroelectrics... | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | |
| T 5/6 | Polar materials, ferroelectrics | PDF | PDF | PDF | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI |
| R 5/7 | Special class (continue polar materials) + Joshua and Sam | ||
| R 5/8 | Other polar families, Aurivillius, tungsten bronzes etc. | PDF | Zipped CIFs | |
| T 5/13 | Thermal properties (heat capacity, expansion, conductivity) | ZrW2O8 VESTA | DOI | DOI | Nature | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | | |
| W 5/14 | Special Class: Thermoelectrics + talk by Jacob | DOI | | |
| R 5/15 | Fluorites, spinels, ice ... + talk by Kristen | KITP, Ramirez | |
| T 5/20 | Fluorites, spinels, ice (contd.) ... + talks by Jessica and Taylor | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | DOI | |
| R 5/22 | Spinels, garnets (contd.) ... + talks by Corey, Brent, John | ||
| T 5/27 | Metallic glasses, quasicrystals | DOI | DOI | DOI | |
| R 5/29 | Batteries [from Professor C. P. Grey] | DOI | DOI | |
Chalk-talks:
- James Rondinelli: PDF
- Daniel Shoemaker: zip of VESTA files and two gifs.
- Joshua Kurzman: DOI of the Stokes et al. paper on tilting + off-centering.
- Samantha Cruz: PDF of chalk talk on Phillips and van Vechten.
- Jacob Richardson: zip of VESTA files and a PDF.
- Taylor Sparks: pdf of Taylor's scribblings.
- Jessica Koshmeder: pdf of Jessica's scribblings.
- Corey Hoven: pdf of a slide.
Presentations and Term Papers:
- Samantha Cruz: Photoelectrochemical water splitting
- John Day: Thermoelectric phase separation
- Corey Hoven: CIGS and other chalcopyrite solar cells
- Jessica Koschmeder: Ionic conduction in fluorites
- Joshua Kurzman: Raman studies of pure and stabilized ZrO2
- Brent Melot: Zintl compounds
- Kristen Murphy:
- Jacob Richardson:
- James Rondinelli: 4d magnetism in oxides
- Daniel Shoemaker:
- Taylor Sparks: La2Mo2O9
For material from previous quarters, please look at:
Winter
2003: Materials/218/Chemistry 227
Spring
2003: Materials 286C
Fall
2003: Materials 225
Fall
2003: 100A
Winter
2004: Chemistry 173B
Winter
2004: Materials 218/Chemistry 227
Fall
2004: Materials100A
Winter
2005: Materials218/Chemistry 227
Spring
2005: Materials265
Fall
2005: Materials286G
Winter
2006: Materials218/Chemistry
Spring 2006:
Materials209BL
Winter
2007: Materials218/Chemistry 227
Spring
2007: Materials 265
Fall 2007: Materials 100A
Special stuff for 200B, 2008:
Class on Soft Matter &
Non-crystalline materials
Winter 2008: Materials 218/Chem 277
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