Undergraduate Course: Chemistry of Functional Materials Level 10 (CHEM10041)
Course Outline
| School | School of Chemistry |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Chemistry |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A lecture course covering the design, synthesis, properties and applications of a wide range of functional materials. Particular emphasis is given to electronic materials (conductors, semiconductors and superconductors), magnetic materials, meso- and microporous solids and polymers. The course comprises individual lecture courses on: The Electronic Properties of Solids, Organic Polymer Chemistry, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Electronic Structure of Solids and Transition Metal Oxides. Either the Level 10 or Level 11 version of this course (as specified in the degree programme tables) is a compulsory requirement for Year 4/5 students on degrees in Chemistry with Materials Chemistry, but can be taken by Year 4/5 students on any Chemistry degree programme. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged. |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:30 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- use band theory in the form of the free electron model and the tight-binding approximation to describe the electronic structure of solids
- rationalise the electrical conductivity and some of the optoelectronic properties of insulators, semiconductors and metals using band theory
- describe and rationalise the properties of superconductors
- calculate the magnetic moment of lanthanide and orbitally quenched transition metal ions from their electronic configuration
- interpret magnetic susceptibility data for paramagnets, antiferromagnets and ferromagnets and determine the sign and strength of exchange interactions from such data
- outline strategies to design and synthesise ceramic and molecular materials with particular electronic and magnetic functionality
- describe the structure, properties, synthesis and characterisation of microporous and mesoporous materials
- outline the applications of microporous and mesoporous materials
- understand and discuss the main polymer forming processes, and the mechanisms of the reactions involved
- appreciate the chemistry of key examples of commercially important polymers |
Assessment Information
One degree exam of 2.5 hours.
(Visiting Student Variant Assessment
One degree exam of 2.5 hours at the end of Semester 1.) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | CFM(L10) |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Attfield
Tel: (0131 6)51 7229
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Course secretary | Ms Sarah Mcneil
Tel: (0131 6)50 4707
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