Spring 2016: Materials 286G. Structural families of functional materials
Resources:
Place and time: Engr. 1335, M & W, 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm.
Office hours: After class or by appointment.
Resources:
Printable (PDF) periodic table from NIST with electronic configurations.
Interactive periodic table with effective ionic radii (Shannon-Prewitt).
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 mineral crystal structures. The cif files that can be downloaded are directly read by VESTA.
A demo version of the principal database of Inorganic Crystal Structures is available at FIZ Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry online (useful physical and chemical data including solid state properties). CRC Online
PDF file of bond valence parameters including the exponential bond valence relationship, and the source cif file: CIF from CCP14
Class schedule:
| Date | Subject, files etc |
|---|---|
| M 3/28 | no class |
| M 3/30 | no class |
| M 4/4 | R-P phases and Cu oxide superconductivity |
| M 4/6 | Perovskite manganese oxides, double exchange, CMR |
| Resources for the above two: Oxide structures redux | Notes on superconductivity and CMR | |
| Some cif files: m = 1 R-P Ti oxide cif | m = 2 R-P Ti oxide cif | m = 3 R-P Ti oxide cif | m = 1 R-P Ni oxide cif | m = 2 R-P Ni oxide cif | LaMnO3 cif | |
| Key doi and links: Bednorz-Müller Nobel Lecture | Hwang, lattice effects in Mn oxides | Strain effects in Mn oxides | Local structure in LaMnO3 | |
| M 4/11 | More superconductors, Hiroi talk. PDF A | PDF B | |
| W 4/13 | Polar materials 1 PDF |
| M 4/17 | Polar materials 2 Polar 1 | Lone Pairs | elpasolites | aurivillius | Dynamic PDF |
| Presentation on Jahn-Teller in NaMnO2 by John and Julija: Giot et al. | |
| W 4/20 | Polar materials (finished) and Close packings: PDF |
| Presentation on lone pairs by Doug and Ben: Walsh and Watson | Waghmare et. al | |
| W 4/27 | Close packings, Heuslers, half-metals: PDF + Topological: PDF |
| Presentation on the 18 and 24 electron rules for half-Heuslers and Heuslers by Emily and Kira: Galanakis | |
| R 4/29 | Topological (contd.) |
| Presentation on orderings on the diamond and lonsdaleite lattice by Hayden and Clayton: Aitken and coworkers | |
| W 5/4 | Insulator-to-metal transitions: Filling and percolation: PDF |
| T 5/5 | Insulator-to-metal transitions: Filling and percolation (contd.) |
| M 5/9 | The Hubbard U: PDF + Frustration and ice: PDF |
| Presentation on rutiles and the M-I transition in VO2 by Josh and Sigrun: Hiroi | |
| W 5/11 | Charge ice: PDF |
| Presentation on conducting polymers and their and doping by Abel, Brian, and Molleigh: Salleo | |
| W 5/18 | Intermetallics PDF |
| M 5/23 | Thermal transport: PDF + Thermoelectrics PDF |
Final presentations:
Brian Barazza, Cu(NCN): PDF
Sophie Berg, NLO in LiNbO3: PDF
Joshua Bocarsly, Skyrmions: PDF
Brian Callaway, SiC: PDF
Clayton Cozzan, Quantum Cutting: PDF
Hayden Evans, Hybrids with Exciton Confinement: PDF
Douglas Fabini, Instabilities in solids: PDF
Abel Fernandez, Oxide-ion Conduction for SOFCs: PDF
John Goiri, Quasicrystals: PDF
Emily Levin, Magnetic Shape Memory: PDF
Molleigh Preefer, Li-S Batteries: PDF
Julija Vinckeviciute, Li-excess Cathode Materials: PDF
Kira Wyckoff, Photocatalysis: PDF