2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nano-Materials Electronics
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Akira Yamada / Shigeki Nakagawa / Takaaki Manaka
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - at Tsinghua Univ.
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.D571
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on the fundamentals of magnetic materials, semiconductors, dielectric materials and nano materials. Topics include microscopic origin of magnetism and dielectricity based on electronic structure theory, electronic conduction in the dielectrics, spin, band-theory, p-n junction and the application of these materials. The course enables students to understand and acquire the fundamentals of electronic materials.
Understanding the electronic materials such as magnetic materials, semiconductors, dielectric materials is the key to develop the state-of-the-art electronic devices. Comprehensive study of these materials allows students to think about the differences among these materials. I hope students have interests in the electronic phenomena in various materials.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the origin of dielectric properties, dielectric constant and dielectric dispersion.
2) Explain the model of electronic conduction in the dielectrics and organic semiconductors.
3) Understand the origin of magnetism, magnetic properties such as ferromagnetism.
4) Give specific applications of magnetic materials.
5) Explain the energy band structure of semiconductors.
6) Explain the current voltage characteristic of pn junction.
Keywords
Polarization, Dielectric constant, Dielectric dispersion, Ferroelectric materials, Magnetism, Magnetic moment, Ferromagnetic materials, Spintronics, Energy band theory, pn junction, Drift and diffusion
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture will be given from basic study so that students who are not familiar with the material science can understand the lecture. Recent topic in material science will be also introduced.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Dielectric materials and its application | Understand fundamental and application of dielectric materials |
| Class 2 | Dielectric polarization | Understand type of polarization, Maxwell-Wagner effect |
| Class 3 | Dielectric constant of gas and liquid | Understand the microscopic origin of dielectric constant, Lorentz internal field |
| Class 4 | Frequency dependence of the dielectric polarization, Complex dielectric constant | Derive equation representing dielectric response |
| Class 5 | Ferroelectric materials and phase transition | Understand the basics of ferroelectricity, Piezoelectricity, Theory of phase transition |
| Class 6 | Electronic conduction in dielectrics | Current injection from metal, Hopping conduction, SCLC |
| Class 7 | Magnetic materials and its application | Understand fundamental and application of magnetic materials |
| Class 8 | Magnetism and magnetic moment | Understand the microscopic origin of magnetism |
| Class 9 | Paramagnetism, Antiferromagnetism, Ferromagnetism | Curie's law, Paramagnetism, Antiferromagnetism, Ferromagnetism |
| Class 10 | Spintronics | Basis and application of Spintronics |
| Class 11 | Band theory | Fundamentals of quantum mechanics, Electron in periodic structure, effective mass |
| Class 12 | Drift and diffusion of carrier, recombination of carrier | electron and hole density, carrier mobility, doping |
| Class 13 | pn junction, metal-semiconductor junction | Band structure of pn junction, junction capacitance, Rectification |
| Class 14 | Application of semiconductors | Discussion based on related papers |
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)
No specific textbooks. All lecture notes can be downloaded from T2SCHOLA.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
C. Kittel, “Introduction to Solid State Physics,'' John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Based on report carried out during the classes.
Related courses
- EEE.E201 ： Electricity and Magnetism I
- EEE.E202 ： Electricity and Magnetism II
- EEE.D201 ： Quantum Mechanics
Prerequisites
Student should be registered in TokyoTech-Tsinghua Joint Course.