Undergraduate Course: Chemistry of Functional Materials Level 10 (CHEM10041)

Course Outline
School	School of Chemistry	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	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 description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: ( Chemistry 3A (CHEM09005) AND Chemistry 3B (CHEM09006) AND Chemistry 3P Practical and Transferable Skills (CHEM09007)) OR ( CP Symmetry and Structure (CHPH09001) AND CP Kinetics and Catalysis (CHPH09003) AND CP Molecules and Matter (CHPH09002) AND Electromagnetism (PHYS09018) AND Diffraction Physics (PHYS09047) AND Physical Mathematics (PHYS09015) AND Quantum Mechanics (PHYS09017) AND Statistical Mechanics (PHYS09019) AND CP Practical and Transferable Skills (CHPH09004) AND Electronic Methods in the Physical Laboratory (PHYS09023) AND Computational Methods (PHYS09016) AND Applicable Mathematics 3 (Phys Sci) (MATH08015) AND Mathematical Methods 3 (Phys Sci) (MATH08016) AND Foundations of Mathematical Physics (PHYS08024))	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Chemistry of Functional Materials Level 11 (CHEM11037)	Other requirements	Must include a weighted average of Grade D or higher in Chemistry 3A and Chemistry 3B, at the first attempt; OR a weighted average of Grade D or higher in all Chemical Physics 3 courses with degree examinations, at the first attempt; or with the permission of Head of School.

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 30, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Summative Assessment Hours 2.5, Revision Session Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 155 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One degree exam of 2.5 hours. (Visiting Student Variant Assessment One degree exam of 2.5 hours at the end of Semester 1.)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:30

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 30, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5, Summative Assessment Hours 2.5, Revision Session Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 150 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One degree exam of 2.5 hours. (Visiting Student Variant Assessment One degree exam of 2.5 hours at the end of Semester 1.)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:30

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

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information	30 hours lectures + 6 hours tutorials, at times arranged.
Keywords	CFM(L10)