Seminars
A series of seminars open to the public by distinguished professors, researchers, executives from Higher Education Institutions, Research Institutes, Industry and Companies in Greece and abroad. The seminars have a scientific character focusing on modern research and technological applications, while also focus to the development of soft skills. Link to seminars’ list held in the year […]
Materials Selection and Manufacturing Processes
Materials and Design. Materials classification. Design types. Design parameters. Material performance. Cost versus value. The material selection process. Methods of Materials Selection – Selection based on technical analysis, correlation and analogy. Classification based on performance indices. Multiple targets and constraints. Environmental materials selection. Materials selection databases. Introduction to industrial manufacturing processes. Shaping (casting, molding, deformation, […]
Research Methodology Project
Each postgraduate student is appointed to one of the research groups collaborating with the MSc and actively participates in current research work. In this way, he/she acquires real-time research experience (hands-on-experience), under the conditions of a research laboratory / study and improves soft skills and ability to collaborate. Essentially, the research methodology project provides the […]
Diploma Thesis
The preparation of a Postgraduate Diploma Thesis is mandatory in the curriculum of the Master’s Program. Its subject may be theoretical, experimental, or a combination of both, and it constitutes original research work. Master’s Theses
Optical properties, optical materials, optical spectroscopy
Categories and applications of optical materials. Classical view of light and matter interaction: Complex dielectric function and optical parameters of semiconductors, metals, amorphous and molecular materials. Lorentz forced oscillator, Lorentz/Drude, Maxwell’s equations in matter (dispersion relation, existence of longitudinal waves). Boundary conditions (Fresnel equations). Semiclassical dielectric function theory: Energy bands, quantum mechanical view of dielectric […]
Electrical Properties of Polycrystalline Semiconductors and Insulating Layers – Devices in New Technologies
The purpose of the course is to understand the conduction mechanisms in some basic technology materials and their application in modern optoelectronic and micro-nanoelectronic devices. Specifically, the following are presented (a) The conductivity of a special class of semiconductors, the polycrystalline semiconductors, which are of great technological interest. Particular importance is given to the effect […]
Electron Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction for Materials’ Science
This course provides a comprehensive insight into the structural characterization of materials using X-ray diffraction, an effective non-destructive method, and advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM), a destructive but the most powerful technique, giving access to structural and chemical information from the micrometer to the sub-angstrom scale. We will start with the crystalline and amorphous states […]
Magnetic properties of materials and technological applications
Theory Course: Study of the magnetic properties of matter and their connection with technological applications Description of basic magnetic quantities and units Description and interpretation of the phenomena of diamagnetism and paramagnetism Introduction to magnetization models of the energy bands of micromagnetism Description and interpretation of the phenomena of ferromagnetism and superparamagnetism Description of magnetic […]
Nanostructures, Heterostructures and Elastoplastic behavior
The concepts of stress and strain, shear, 3D descriptions. Moduli of elastic behavior, energy of elastic deformation, thermal expansion, principal stresses/strains, inhomogeneous stress state, compatibility of strains. Stress-strain relation, anisotropic elastic behavior, generalized Hooke’s law. Plane stress and strain states. Plastic deformation, fracture, creep, fatigue, hardness. Experimental determination of mechanical properties. Elements of crystal structure […]
Growth of Functional Materials
Nucleation and Growth: Theory of homo- and heterogeneous nucleation. Nucleation rate. Diffusion transformations in solids. Nuclei growth and interphase migration. Growth controlling mechanisms. Second-phase shape: interfacial energy, misfit strain and the shape of precipitates. Nucleation at solid/vapor and solid/liquid interphases. Growth from the melt & growth of dendrites. Materials’ growth methods: Growth from the melt […]