MSE235: Materials Physics

Application of solid state physics to describe properties of materials.Thermal properties of solids: lattice vibrations (phonons), heat capacity, thermal conductivity. Electrical properties of metals:simple circuits, resistivity of metals (classical and quantumdescriptions), Seebeck, Peltier, and Thomson effects. Electrical properties of semiconductors: band structure and occupancy, conductivity,Hall effect, simple devices. Electrical properties of insulators:polarization, capacitance, optical properties, ferroelectricand piezoelectric materials. Magnetic properties: diamagnetismand paramagnetism, ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials,magnetic domains, B-H curves.

Text Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, 2nd ed or 3rd ed, by S.O. Kasap

MSE358: Structure and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials

This course deals with both the theoretical and experimental
interpretation of the structure and chemistry of nanostructured
materials. The structural characteristics of self-assembled clusters, nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes and quantum dots, as well as three-dimensional bulk nanocrystalline materials and their defect structures will be discussed in detail. Experimental techniques for characterizing their structure and chemistry will be described including electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, Auger electron spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, secondary-ion mass spectroscopy and scanning probe microscopy.

*Taken from the Engineering Academic Calendar of 2006-2007 at the University of Toronto