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CHEM 307 Materials and Nano Chemistry (1): Introduction to frontier research at the interface of chemistry and materials science. This course is intended primarily for chemists at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level who wish to gain exposure to important paradigms and methodologies in materials science and nanotechnology.
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CHEM 448 Computational Chemistry (1): The theory and application of molecular electronic structure methods, techniques for determining vibrational eigenfunctions and scattering properties, and molecular mechanics, molecular mechanics and Monte Carlo calculations. Included are extensive applications to chemical problems using Unix workstations.
EECS 384 Solid State Electronic Devices (1): The energy band model for semiconductors, carrier statistics and transport; diodes, bipolar and field-effect transistors; integrated circuits, optoelectronic and heterojunction devices. Prerequisites: EECS 381 or permission of instructor.
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MAT_SCI 376 Nanomaterials (1): Introduction to structure-property relationships of materials processed at the nanometer scale. This highly interdisciplinary course is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students in other departments.
MAT_SCI 380 Introduction to Surface Science and Spectroscopy (1): Surface spectroscopy, including Auger spectroscopy, photoemission, and LEED. Surface dynamics and thermodynamics. Electronic properties of surfaces and interfaces. Gas-surface interactions.
MAT_SCI 451 Physics of Materials (1): Energy bands in solids, electronic conduction processes, dielectric properties, optical properties, semiconductors, magnetism, superconductivity, artificial structures, and amorphous materials.
MAT_SCI 456 Functional Metamaterials (1): Ordered composite materials with properties distinct from those of the component building blocks. Structure-property relationships for designing metamaterials with electronic, optical, magnetic, and thermal functionality.
MAT_SCI 460 Electron Microscopy (1): Electron optics. Kinematic and dynamical theory of electron diffraction. Introduction to microanalysis.
PHYSICS 422-1,2,3 Condensed-Matter Physics (1)(1)(1): 1. Periodic potentials, x-ray diffraction; electrons in metals: semiclassical approximation, Fermi surface, and band structure; electronic, electrical, and thermal transport; Boltzmann equation; electron-electron interactions. 2. Phonons: classical and quantum theory; electron-phonon interaction and scattering; optical properties of solids; intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors; heterostructures and quantum Hall effect. 3. In-depth treatment of selected topics, such as diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, and formation of local moments. Phenomenological theory of superconductivity, transport and magnetic properties of superconductors, and superconducting devices.
PHYSICS 436 Mesoscopic and Nanometer Scale Physics (1): Selected topics related to quantum effects in mesoscopic systems. For example: quantum interference in disordered conductors, transport in semiconductor quantum dots, mesoscopic superconductors, and spin-polarized transport.
PHYSICS 450 Advanced Topics in Condensed-Matter Physics (1): Specialized lectures on current research topics.
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