Functional colloids, ceramics and polymers
Ceramic materials: Introduction to ceramic materials, synthesis methods, structural, physicochemical and mechanical characteristics. Diffusion and sintering. Atomic bonds, types of mesh, imperfections and their effect on mechanical properties. Advanced ceramics and applications in energy and medicine. Processing methods. Composite ceramics and methods of improving their mechanical properties. Modern research directions in advanced ceramics. Polymers: Introduction […]
Synchrotron Radiation: Properties and applications in materials’ characterization
Description of synchrotron radiation production facilities around the world, available for experiments. Production, properties and monochromatism/detection of synchrotron radiation. Mechanisms of interaction of X-rays with matter (scattering, diffraction, fluorescence and absorption). Overview of synchrotron radiation characterization techniques and advantages of its use. Detailed description of the following techniques and their applications in different material categories: […]
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, […]
Electronic structure and lattice dynamics of nanomaterials
The electronic and vibrational properties of materials are fundamental to modern condensed matter physics, providing the starting point for understanding, predicting and designing the properties of nanomaterials and devices, contributing to a variety of applications such as spintronics and thermoelectricity at the nanoscale. The aim of the course is to deepen the concepts, formalism and […]
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 […]
Thermal and thermoelectric properties of materials, nanostructures and nanostructured materials
This postgraduate course covers the most important basic elements of the phenomena and methods of the thermal and thermoelectric properties of materials, nanostructures and nanostructured materials. The course aims to elaborate or predict thermal and thermoelectric properties either from atomistic simulations at the nanoscale or from experimental methods and secondly, to introduce a unified framework […]
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 […]