2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Advanced Course of Ceramic Thin Film Technology
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Takayoshi Katase / Hiroshi Funakubo
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Tue / 1-2 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C403
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Thin-film growth process of functional ceramics is an important technology, which has realized high-performance electronic devices, such as smart phone and tablet terminal, and environment devices, such as power generation (storage) devices and LEDs. In this lecture, students study film-growth technologies and characterization methods of ceramic thin films. In the first half, the lecture focuses on basic of thin-film growth techniques, and in the last half, it focuses on thin film characterization methods, in connection with actual devices.
Course description and aims
Students will acquire the following skills by taking this course.
1) Learn the basic science of thin-film growth.
2) Acquire skills of film formation.
3) Learn characterization techniques for thin films.
4) Understand application of thin-film technologies in the engineering field.
Keywords
Ceramics thin film, thin-film growth, Physical vapor deposition, Chemical vapor deposition, Structure analysis, Surface analysis, Chemical composition analysis, Electronic state analysis, Electronic property, Optical property, Dielectric property, Thermoelectric property, Magnetic property, Superconducting property
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Exercise problems will be given.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction of thin-film technology | Students have to understand the importance of thin-film-growth technique and film-property characterization. |
| Class 2 | Basic of thin-film growth | Students have to explain the thin-film form and crystal growth modes. |
| Class 3 | Epitaxial growth, Hetero-junction, Superlattice | Students have to explain the epitaxial film growth, and fabrication method of hetero-junction and superlattice, on single crystalline substrate. |
| Class 4 | Physical vapor deposition | Students have to explain the vacuum deposition and molecular beam epitaxy method. |
| Class 5 | Physical vapor deposition (II) | Students have to explain the Sputtering and Laser ablation method. |
| Class 6 | Chemical vapor deposition | Students have to explain the Chemical vapor deposition method. |
| Class 7 | Special thin-film growth techniques | Students have to explain the solid-phase epitaxy, liquid-phase epitaxy, and solution process for thin-film growth. |
| Class 8 | Dielectric properties of thin film and characterization methods | Students have to explain the characterization methods of dielectric properties of thin film. |
| Class 9 | Piezoelectric properties of thin film and characterization methods | Students have to explain the characterization methods of piezoelectric properties of thin film. |
| Class 10 | Optical and Electronic properties of thin film and characterization methods | Students have to explain the characterization methods of optical and electronic properties of thin film. |
| Class 11 | Superconducting-magnetic-thermoelectric properties of thin film and characterization methods | Students have to explain the characterization methods of superconducting-magnetic-thermoelectric properties of thin film. |
| Class 12 | Structural analysis | Students have to explain the crystal structure analysis of thin film by X-ray diffraction and electron microscope. |
| Class 13 | Surface analysis | Students have to explain the surface analysis of thin film by scanning probe microscope. |
| Class 14 | Chemical composition and electronic state analysis | Students have to explain the chemical analysis and electronic state characterization of thin film. |
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)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
All materials used in class can be found on OCW-i in advance.
Reference books: Donald L. Smith ed. Thin-Film Deposition: Principles and Practice
Evaluation methods and criteria
Exercise problems (50%) will be given in the class and Reporting assignment (50%) will be give after the final class.
Related courses
- MAT.C504 ： Functional Devices
- MAT.C404 ： Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductors
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Other
This lecture is also held as an activity of the Integrated Green-niX College in the Integrated Green-niX research and human resource development