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. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student 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
- 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
- Describe the structure, properties, synthesis and characterisation of microporous and mesoporous materials
- Understand and discuss the main polymer forming processes, and the mechanisms of the reactions involved
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Reading List
Solid State Chemistry, L. Smart and E. Moore, Chapman and Hall.
Basic Solid State Chemistry, A.R. West, Wiley.
Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications, A.R. West, Wiley.
Solid State Chemistry: Techniques and Compounds (two books), A.K.Cheetham and P. Day, Clarendon.
New Directions in Solid State Chemistry, C.N.R. Rao and J. Gopalakrishnan, Cambridge.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Note-taking skills
Numerical data interpretation and analysis
Unseen problem solving skills |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
30 hours lectures plus tutorials, at times arranged. |
| Keywords | CFM(L10) |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof John Attfield
Tel: (0131 6)51 7229
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Course secretary | Mr Craig Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 4710
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