2022 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction of Advanced Materials

Academic unit or major: Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Instructor(s): Tomohiro Hayashi / Yoshitaka Kitamoto / Mamoru Yoshimoto / Akifumi Matsuda / Kazutaka Nakamura / Hidenori Hiramatsu / Takeharu Tsuge / Hiroshi Funakubo / Masaki Azuma / Takafumi Yamamoto / Takao Sasagawa / Fumiyasu Oba / Yutaka Majima / Masaaki Kitano / Michikazu Hara / Keigo Kamata / Toshio Kamiya / Takayoshi Katase / Hitoshi Kawaji
Class Format: Lecture (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): 1-2 Tue (S7-202) / 1-2 Fri (S7-202)
Class: -
Course Code: MAT.C321
Number of credits: 200
Course offered: 2022
Offered quarter: 3Q
Syllabus updated: Jul 10, 2025
Language: Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course gives an overview of the current status and outlook of several topics in materials science. Students will learn the fundamentals and applications in a variety of fields in materials science. The course also encourages students to develop critical thinking skills by taking a global view of materials science.

Course description and aims

By the end of this course, students will be able to　understand　the following concepts:
energy harvester, phase transitions, catalysis, oxide semiconductors, eco-energy materials, biomass based-plastics, materials dynamics, ultra precision thin-film-growth techniques, biomedical applications, biointerfaces, computational science, nanomaterials, nano-scale magentism and spintronics, heterogeneous catalysts

Keywords

cutting-edge materials science

Competencies

Specialist skills
Intercultural skills
Communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Each class gives an overview of different topics in materials science, including the fundamentals and applications .

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	Ultrafast spectroscopy	Learn real-time observation of phonons with ultrashort laser pulses
Class 2	Elelctronic structures and materials design of oxide semiconductors	Learn electronic structures specific to oxides with strong ionicity which will be required to design new functional materials
Class 3	intermolecular interactions at biointerfaces	Understand intermolecular interactions to explain various interfacial phenomena such as adsorption, self-assembly, waterproof, etc.
Class 4	Materials design and exploration of optoelectronic semiconductors	Learn materials design concepts and exploration methods to achieve required functionalities for optoelectronic semiconductors.
Class 5	Design of functional transition metal oxides and mixed anion compounds	Study about the synthesis and properties of functional transition metal oxides and mixed anion compounds.
Class 6	Novel enegry hervester and green materials using functional thin films	Understand energy hervestes.
Class 7	Production strategy and material property of biomass based-plastics	Understand the types and characteristics of biomass-based plastics and learn about applications according to material properties.
Class 8	Catalysts and Material Science	To understand advanced inorganic catalyst materials and their environment-friendly chemical process.
Class 9	Phase transition and functionality of materials	Study the phase transitions in materials and the relationship with the functionality of materials
Class 10	Development of green processing and novel functionality of thin films and nanomaterials	Study about advanced nano-/atomic-scale technology for development of novel electronic　and energy materials.
Class 11	Design and prediction of new materials based on advanced computational science and materials informatics	Understand the design and prediction of inorganic materials based on modern computational and data science.
Class 12	Single nanoscale materials and devices	Fabrication methods of single nanoscale materials and their devices
Class 13	Materials design of earth abundant heterogeneous catalysts	Study the role of heterogeneous catalysts in various chemical reactions and the design guidelines of highly functional catalysts.
Class 14	Bionedical engineering based on magnetic nanoparticles	Learn biomedical engineering using magnetic fields and nanoparticles

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Unspecified.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Text book specified by the instructor.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Assessment is based on the quality of the written quiz and on the status of submission thereof.

Related courses

MAT.M201 ： Fundamentals of Crystallography
MAT.C202 ： Crystal and Phonon
MAT.C205 ： Introduction of Ceramics
MAT.C206 ： Ceramic Processing
MAT.C301 ： Crystal Chemistry (Ceramics course)
MAT.C305 ： Semiconductor Materials and Device
MAT.C306 ： Dielectric Materials Science
MAT.C307 ： Magnetic Materials Science
MAT.C308 ： Continuum Mechanics
MAT.C316 ： Biomaterials Science

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.