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.