NFYD71 New Materials 2007

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Valid for year : 2007

NFYD71	New Materials, 7,5 ECTS credits. /Nya material/ For: Fys Y YMP
	Prel. scheduled hours: 70 Rec. self-study hours: 130
	Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics
	Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A
	Aim: The objective of the course is to provide a survey of some research areas within material physics. The presented research areas have in common that they have a great technological, but the research projects are still in an early strategic phase. The course is focused on the fundamental properties, with the new materials, but also including different aspects, which are important for the development potential of the project, such as fabrication, structural and optical characterization as well as processing of the materials. Knowledge and understanding: After the course, the student should understand and describe in own words the properties of metallic super-lattices, fullerenes and oxides be able to relate properties of semiconductor materials with a large bandgap, e.g. SiC and ZnO, with semiconductor materials with a small bandgap, e.g. Si/Ge and GaAs describe the effect of a reduced dimensionality for low dimensional semiconductor structures be able to identify and describe in own words the differences in properties for organic electronics in comparison with semiconductor based electronics Applications and evaluation: After the course, the student should be able to independently obtain information about properties of the new materials and be able to recapitulate this information present scientific matter, which have been gathered at the lectures or from scientific articles, in written or oral form explain and describe differences of the properties with different materials and draw conclusions on how these properties can be utilized in different applications Ability to communication: After the course, the student should be able to interprete scientific results and make an analysis of collected information from scientific articles find and absorb essential knowledge from simpler scientific articles and be able to give an oral presentation based on this information
	Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Material physics Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
	Organisation: The course will be given in seminar form, in which researchers will give lectures on their research activities. The course can be given wholly or partially in English.
	Course contents: Some examples of research areas to be presented - Semiconductors with a large bandgap (nitrider, SiC, etc) - Low dimensional structures (quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum boxes etc) - Superlattice structures - New compounds e.g. CN ("rubber diamond"), C60 (fullerenes) etc - oxides - Si/SiGe - Organic electronics.
	Course literature: Literature, mainly research reports, will be distributed at the seminars
	Examination:
	There will be compulsory hand-in exercises and reports during the course. At the end of the course one specific research area should be deeper penetrated and the result should be distributed as a written report or as an oral presentation. (U,G,VG)	5 p	/	7,5 ECTS


Course language is Swedish/English. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Magnus Boman Examiner: Per-Olof Holtz Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology
Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se Last updated: 03/04/2007