2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Crystals Science
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Fumiyasu Oba
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C400
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This lecture covers basic concepts that are required for understanding the functionalities of inorganic materials, including the atomistic and electronic structure of materials, the properties of lattice defects, and their impacts on material functionalities.
In many commercialized devices, superb functionalities of inorganic materials are realized via a precise design and fabrication of complex microstructures and lattice defects. The aim of this lecture is to provide specialized knowledge that is required for solving issues on such advanced technologies and developing novel high-performance materials.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the properties of inorganic materials from the viewpoint of their atomistic and electronic structures.
2) Understand the basics of point defects and grain boundaries and their effects on the functionalities of inorganic materials.
Keywords
crystal structure, electronic states, point defects, grain boundaries
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Points from the previous lectures are reviewed at the beginning of each class. The lectures on new topics are then given on the basis of documents distributed. Exercises are done when necessary.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Crystal structure of inorganic materials | Understand the crystal structure of inorganic materials. |
| Class 2 | Electronic states of inorganic materials | Understand the electronic states of inorganic materials. |
| Class 3 | Point defects in inorganic materials I | Understand the electronic states of point defects in inorganic materials. |
| Class 4 | Point defects in inorganic materials II | Understand the chemical reactions of point defects in inorganic materials. |
| Class 5 | Point defects in inorganic materials III | Understand the effects of point defects on various properties of inorganic materials. |
| Class 6 | Grain boundaries in inorganic materials I | Understand the structure of grain boundaries in inorganic materials. |
| Class 7 | Grain boundaries in inorganic materials II | Understand the impurity segregation at grain boundaries in inorganic materials. |
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 materials.
Textbook(s)
Distributed documents
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Yet-Ming Chiang et al., Physical Ceramics (John Wiley & Sons) ISBN-13: 978-0471598732
Yuichi Ikuhara et al., Physics of Ceramic Materials (Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd) ISBN-13: 978-4526044366 (in Japanese)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluations are made on the basis of the exercises (30%) and the end-of-term report (70%).
Related courses
- MAT.M401 ： Applied Diffraction Crystallography in Metals and Alloys
- MAT.M407 ： Advanced Solid State Physics
- MAT.C404 ： Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductors
Prerequisites
None