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 […]
Computational Methods and Simulations of Functional Materials
The course offers an introduction and thorough deepening in computational methods in Materials Physics and Technology. The course will analyze the available computational methods at the atomic scale, at the mesoscopic level as well as at the macroscopic scale. We will first analyze the calculations of first principles-ab initio (Hartree (H), Hartree Fock (HF), Density functional […]
Solid State Physics
Chemical bonds and crystal structure of solids, real and inverse lattice, study of crystal structure, examples and applications. Characterization of structure by X-ray diffraction. Lattice oscillations in one and three dimensions, phonons and dispersion branches, phononic density of states. Thermal properties of lattice, specific heat, thermal conductivity of solids. Electronic properties of lattice, carrier density, […]