Undergraduate Course: Chemistry of Functional Materials Level 10 (VS1) (CHEM10045)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Chemistry |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Chemistry |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
A lecture course covering the design, synthesis, properties and applications of a wide range of functional materials. Particular emphasis is given to electronic materials (conductors, semiconductors and superconductors), magnetic materials, meso- and microporous solids and polymers. The course comprises individual lecture courses on: The Electronic Properties of Solids, Organic Polymer Chemistry, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Electronic Structure of Solids and Transition Metal Oxides. |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- use band theory in the form of the free electron model and the tight-binding approximation to describe the electronic structure of solids
- rationalise the electrical conductivity and some of the optoelectronic properties of insulators, semiconductors and metals using band theory
- describe and rationalise the properties of superconductors
- calculate the magnetic moment of lanthanide and orbitally quenched transition metal ions from their electronic configuration
- interpret magnetic susceptibility data for paramagnets, antiferromagnets and ferromagnets and determine the sign and strength of exchange interactions from such data
- outline strategies to design and synthesise ceramic and molecular materials with particular electronic and magnetic functionality
- describe the structure, properties, synthesis and characterisation of microporous and mesoporous materials
- outline the applications of microporous and mesoporous materials
- understand and discuss the main polymer forming processes, and the mechanisms of the reactions involved
- appreciate the chemistry of key examples of commercially important polymers |
Assessment Information
| One degree exam of 2.5 hours. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof John Attfield
Tel: (0131 6)51 7229
Email: J.P.Attfield@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Rosie Filipiak
Tel: (0131 6)50 4707
Email: r.filipiak@ed.ac.uk |
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