Materials
Web site: http://www.materials.ucsb.edu (will open in a new browser window)
Chair: Frederik F. Lange
Associate Chair: Carlos G. Levi
*** Guillermo C. Bazan, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (polymer synthesis, photophysics)
*** Anthony K. Cheetham, Ph.D., Oxford University, Professor, Director of Materials Research Laboratory (catalysis, optical materials, X-ray, neutron diffraction)
David R. Clarke, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Professor (electrical ceramics, thermal barrier coatings, piezospectroscopy, mechanics of microelectronics)
§ Larry A. Coldren, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor, Director of Optoelectronics Technology Center (semiconductor integrated optics, optoelectronics, molecular beam epitaxy, microfabrication)
*** Timothy Deming, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (synthetic chemistry, polymerization catalysis, biopolymer synthesis, biocompatible materials)
§ Steven P. DenBaars, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Professor (metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of semiconductors, IR to blue lasers and LEDs, high power electronic materials and devices)
§ Arthur C. Gossard, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (epitaxial growth, artificially synthesized semiconductor microstructures, semiconductor devices)
** Alan J. Heeger, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor, Director of Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids (condensed-matter physics, conducting polymers)
Nicola A. Hill, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (computational electronic and magnetic materials)
§ Evelyn Hu, Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor, Director of Center for Quantized Electronic Structures, Director of National Nanofabrication Users Network (high-resolution fabrication techniques for semiconductor device structures, process-related materials damage, contact/interface studies, superconductivity)
* Jacob N. Israelachvili, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Professor (adhesion, friction surface forces, colloids, biosurface interactions)
* Edward J. Kramer, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, Professor (microscopic fundamentals of fracture polymers, diffusion in polymers, and polymer surfaces and interfaces, thin films)
§ Herbert Kroemer, Dr. Rer. Nat., University of Göttingen, Professor (device physics, molecular beam epitaxy, heterojunctions, compound semiconductors)
Frederick F. Lange, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Professor (processing, ceramics, microstructure, mechanical properties)
** James S. Langer, Ph.D., University of Birmingham, England, Professor (kinetics of phase transformations, solidification patterns, fracture dynamics)
* L. Gary Leal, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor (fluid mechanics, physics of complex fluids, rheology)
§§ Carlos G. Levi, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor (materials processing, coatings, composites, solidification, metastable structures)
§§ Noel C. MacDonald, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (microelectromechanical systems, applied physics, nano-fabrication, electron optics, materials, mechanics, surface analysis)
§§ Robert M. McMeeking, Ph.D., Brown University, Professor (mechanics of materials, fracture mechanics, plasticity, computational mechanics, process modeling)
§§ Frederick F. Milstein, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (crystal mechanics, bonding, defects, mechanical properties)
Shuji Nakamura, Ph.D., University of Tokushima, Professor (gallium nitride, blue lasers, white LEDs, solid state illumination, bulk GaN substrates)
§§ G. Robert Odette, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (fundamental deformation and fracture mechanisms, micromechanics microstructural evolution, aging and property, degradation in aggressive environments, structural reliability, advanced high-performance composites)
§ Pierre M. Petroff, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (semiconductor interfaces, defects physics, self assembled quantum structures, quantum dots and nanomagnets)
** Philip A. Pincus, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (polymers, colloids, surfactants, membranes, biomaterials)
* David J. Pine, Ph.D., Cornell University, Professor (rheology, light scattering, polymers, colloids, complex fluids, macroporous materials, photonic materials)
Cyrus R. Safinya, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (structures of self assembled biomolecular materials)
James S. Speck, Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor (transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, thin films, materials science, semiconductors, ferroelectrics)
*** Galen Stucky, Ph.D., Iowa State University, Professor (biomaterials, surfactants, composites, materials synthesis, porous materials)
* Matthew V. Tirrell, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Professor (bioengineering, polymer science and engineering)
Francis W. Zok, Ph.D., McMaster University, Professor (mechanical and thermal properties of composite materials)
§§ Anthony G. Evans, Ph.D., Imperial College, London, Professor Emeritus (fundamental research on mechanical properties and fabrication of brittle materials, including fracture, deformation, creep, fatigue, erosion, wear, NDE, sintering, and impact damage)
§ James L. Merz, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor Emeritus
§ Joint appointment with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
§§ Joint appointment with the Department of Mechanical and Environmental
Engineering.
* Joint appointment with the Department of Chemical Engineering.
** Joint appointment with the Department of Physics.
*** Joint appointment with the Department of Chemistry.
Glenn H. Fredrickson, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
Glenn E. Lucas, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering)
Joseph A. N. Zasadzinski, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)
The Department of Materials was conceptualized and built under two basic guidelines: to educate graduate students in advanced materials and to introduce them to novel ways of doing research in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. Advancing materials technology today-either by creating new materials or improving the properties of existing ones-requires a synthesis of expertise from the classic materials fields of metallurgy, ceramics, and polymer science, and such fundamental disciplines as applied mechanics, chemistry, and solid-state physics. Since no individual has the necessary breadth and depth of knowledge in all these areas, solving advanced materials problems demands the integrated efforts of scientists and engineers with different backgrounds and skills in a research team. The department has effectively transferred the research team concept, which is the operating mode of the high technology industry, into an academic environment.
The department has major research groups working on a wide range of advanced inorganic and organic materials, including high performance composites, high temperature coatings and multilayers, advanced structural alloys, intermetallics, ceramics and polymers, compound semiconductors, high Tc superconductors, electronic polymers and organic solids, optical, optoelectronic, piezoelectric, ferroelectric and magnetostrictive materials, liquid crystals, surface-active materials, catalysts, colloids, surfactants, biopolymers and gels. The groups are typically multidisciplinary involving faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students working on the synthesis and processing, structural characterization, property evaluation, microstructure-property relationships and mathematical models relating micromechanisms to macroscopic behavior. The department has close collaborations with, and a number of faculty have joint appointments in, the Departments of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering (mechanics and design), Chemical Engineering (fluids and environmental effects), Electrical and Computer Engineering (electronic devices), Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (EEMB and MCDB).
Five-Year Bachelor of Science Engineering/Master of Science Materials Program
A program combining a bachelor of science in chemical, electrical, or mechanical
engineering with a master of science degree in materials provides an opportunity
for outstanding undergraduates to earn both degrees in five years. Additional
information about this program is available from the College of Engineering
Undergraduate Office. Interested students should inform the Undergraduate Studies
Office in the College of Engineering of their intention to pursue this program
in the beginning of the spring quarter of their sophomore year. Transfer students
interested in the combined degree program should contact the undergraduate advising
office at the earliest opportunity. In addition to fulfilling undergraduate
degree requirements, B.S./M.S. degree candidates must meet Graduate Division
degree requirements, including university requirements for residence and units
of coursework as described in the section "Graduate
Education at UCSB."
In addition to departmental requirements, program applicants and candidates for graduate degrees must fulfill University requirements described in the section "Graduate Education at UCSB."
Admission
Undergraduate preparation for the materials M.S./Ph.D. includes a degree in engineering, physical sciences, or mathematics. However, the breadth of the materials field requires that flexibility be built into the undergraduate educational requirements. Upper-division courses in several of the following topics are expected:
Incoming students are not expected to meet all upper-division requirements, but must satisfy the requirements in mathematics and at least two other areas representing about one full year of undergraduate study. The areas that should be covered will depend on the student's chosen graduate field of study within materials. Some deficiencies can be satisfied during the first year of graduate study by taking upper-division undergraduate courses in the new area of specialization.
Students with a B.S. degree (having a 3.2 minimum grade-point average) are eligible to be admitted to M.S./Ph.D. status and those with an M.S. degree (having a 3.5 minimum grade-point average) are eligible to be admitted to Ph.D. status. The department gives priority for admission to students who are interested in academics and high quality research. Admission is available for all quarters, with no departmental deadlines beyond those of the Graduate Division. Satisfactory performance in the verbal, quantitative, and analytical sections of the Graduate Record Examination is required. Applicants whose native language is not English must receive a score of at least 600 (250 on the computer-based test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) prior to admission to UCSB. Any applicant who has received a bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university is exempt from this requirement.
Master of Science -- Materials
Students wishing to terminate their studies with an M.S. must do so under Plan 1. Students in the B.S./M.S. program follow Plan 2. The M.S. degree program introduces students to the knowledge needed to proceed to candidacy as well as to the nature of research and the discipline of independent work. Students wishing to continue on for the Ph.D. must achieve a 3.5 grade-point average in their coursework and pass the preliminary examination discussed below in the "Doctor of Philosophy" section.
Plan 1. Students in this plan are required to (1) complete 42 units, of which 24 units would be approved 200-level courses, 6 units of seminars, and 12 units of thesis research, and (2) submit an acceptable thesis based on original research. The expected time for completion is two years.
Plan 2. Students in this plan must be participants in the five-year B.S./M.S. program and are required to (1) complete 42 units approved by the department, including no fewer than 24 units of coursework numbered 200-299, no fewer than 3 and no more than 9 units of independent studies (Materials 596), and (2) submit an acceptable engineering report based on their independent studies. Further details are available from the Department of Materials Graduate Affairs Office or the Graduate Advisor.
Doctor of Philosophy -- Materials
The Department of Materials offers a program leading to a Ph.D. degree with specializations in the following major areas: electronic, inorganic macromolecular/biomolecular, and structural materials. The curriculum in each area has the flexibility needed to provide multidisciplinary educational opportunities in the field of advanced materials. Incoming students are expected to design a tentative program of study suitable to their interests and research field with the assistance of their advisor and submit it for approval to the Graduate Affairs Committee within the first two quarters of residence. Each study program consists of a specified course sequence with emphasis on lectures, laboratory experience, and seminars.
Degree Requirements
In developing an appropriate, interdisciplinary course of study, doctoral students are expected to take all the available courses in their major area of interest as well as courses designed to broaden their knowledge of other materials. It is expected that individual students will develop their study plans in conjunction with their faculty advisors, and that the courses will be selected from the main sequence of courses (offered every year) from the four principal areas of emphasis in the department plus general courses as well as more specialized courses offered on a less frequent basis. The study plan must be approved by the faculty advisor and the department Graduate Affairs Committee. It may be modified during the course of the student's program.
Students admitted with a bachelor's degree are required to complete a minimum of 66 units of academic work distributed as follows: 36 units of 200-level courses, 15 units of seminars and/or independent studies, and 15 units of thesis research.
Students are required to serve as teaching assistants for at least one quarter while in residence at UCSB, in either materials courses offered to undergraduate students or those departments providing courses consistent with the student's undergraduate background.
Students entering with an M.S. degree may petition to waive certain unit requirements for the Ph.D. (up to 15 units of 200-level courses) deemed to have been fulfilled by Master's studies elsewhere. There is no foreign language requirement in either the M.S. or Ph.D. program. Doctoral students, however, are encouraged to become proficient in one or more foreign languages relevant to the technical literature in their fields. Students have the opportunity to take upper-division undergraduate courses, for which they have the necessary prerequisite qualifications, as preparation for the graduate program. Up to 8 units of such courses can be taken for credit toward the 200-level course requirements.
A preliminary examination is required for continuation in the Ph.D. program. It is to be taken after two quarters in residence for those entering with an M.S. degree and in the fourth quarter for those entering with a B.S. degree. The exam is administered in an oral format and consists of five different subject areas, three selected from within the student's intended major field of study, and two minors from among the other three fields.
Students must pass an oral qualifying examination covering a dissertation proposal based on original research. The examination committee consists of five faculty with at least three having more than a 0% appointment in the Department of Materials and at least one who does not have an appointment in the Materials Department. Upon passing this examination, students advance to candidacy for the Ph.D. The examination committee typically becomes the dissertation committee.
Students conduct original research under the supervision of their research advisor(s) and prepare a dissertation. Students submit their final draft to the dissertation committee and to the department chair. The committee ascertains the suitability of the draft. Candidates are then responsible for amendments to the dissertation based on the committee recommendations. When the dissertation is approved by the committee, the candidate presents a formal defense of the dissertation in a public seminar. Students are expected to complete a Ph.D. within five years after entry at the B.S. level and three years after M.S. level entry.
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10. Materials in Society, the Stuff of Dreams
(4) Gossard
Not open to engineering, pre-computer science, or computer science majors.
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion 1 hour.
A survey of new technological substances and materials, the scientific methods
used in their development, and their relation to society and the economy. Emphasis
on uses of new materials in the human body, electronics, optics, sports, transportation,
and infrastructure.
100A. Structure and Properties I
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A-B-C; Physics 4; and, Mathematics 5A-B-C. Lecture,
3 hours.
An introduction to materials in modern technology. The internal structure of
materials and its underlying principles: bonding, spatial organization of atoms
and molecules, structural defects. Electrical, magnetic and optical properties
of materials, and their relationship with structure.
100B. Structure and Properties II
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: junior standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Chemical Engineering 185
or ME 180. Lecture, 3 hours.
Mechanical and thermal properties of engineering materials and their relationship
to bonding and structure. Elastic, flow, and fracture behavior; time dependent
deformation and failure; friction, wear and lubrication; thermal stresses and
related failure modes. Stiffening, strengthening, and toughening mechanisms.
100C. Fundamentals of Structural Evolution
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: Materials 100A or ECE 132; and, Materials 100B or Chemical
Engineering 185 or ME 180. Lecture, 3 hours.
An introduction to the thermodynamic and kinetic principles governing structural
evolution in materials. Phase equilibria, diffusion and structural transformations.
Metastable structures in materials. Self-assembling systems. Structural control
through processing and/or imposed fields. Environmental effects on structure
and properties.
135. Biophysics and Biomolecular Materials
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: Physics 5 or 6C.
Same course as Physics 135.
Structure and function of cellular molecules (lipids, nucleic acids, proteins,
and carbohydrates). Genetic engineering techniques of molecular biology. Biomolecular
materials and biomedical applications (e.g., bio-sensors, drug delivery systems,
gene carrier systems).
160. Introduction to Polymer Science
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: Chemistry 107A-B or 130A-B.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 160.
Introductory course covering synthesis, characterization, structure, and mechanical
properties of polymers. The course is taught from a materials perspective and
includes polymer thermodynamics, chain architecture, measurement and control
of molecular weight as well as crystallization and glass transitions.
162A. The Quantum Description of Electronic Materials
(4) Hu
Prerequisites: ECE 105, 130A-B, and 134; open to ECE and materials majors
only.
Same course as ECE 162A.
Electrons as particles and waves, Schrodinger's equation and illustrative solutions.
Tunneling. Atomic structure, the Exclusion Principle and the periodic table.
Bonds. Free electrons in metals. Periodic potentials and energy bands.
162B. Fundamentals of the Solid State
(4) Coldren
Prerequisites: ECE 162A; open to ECE and materials majors only.
Same course as ECE 162B.
Crystal lattices and the structure of solids, with emphasis on semiconductors.
Lattice vibrations, electronic states and energy bands. Electrical and thermal
conduction. Dielectric and optical properties. Semiconductor devices: Diffusion,
P-N junctions and diode behavior.
185. Materials in Engineering
(3) Levi
Prerequisite: Materials 100B and 100C.
Same course as ME 185. Lecture, 3 hours.
Introduction to the main families of materials and the principles behind their
development, selection, and behavior. Discussion of the generic properties of
metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites more relevant to structural applications.
Emphasis on the relationship of properties to structure and processing.
186. Manufacturing and Materials
(3) Levi, Leckie
Prerequisites: ME 151C; and, ME 15 or 165; and Materials 100B.
Same course as ME 186. Lecture, 3 hours.
Introduction to the fundamentals of common manufacturing processes and their
interplay with the structure and properties of materials as they are transformed
into products. Emphasis on process understanding and the key physical concepts
and basic mathematical relationships involved in each of the processes discussed.
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201. Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as ME 262. Lecture, 3 hours.
Advanced thermodynamics with emphasis on phase equilibria, properties of solutions,
and multicomponent systems.
202. Kinetic Processes in Materials
(3) Odette
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
Kinetics of transformations of materials with emphasis on first order phase
transformations.
203. Transition Metal Oxides
(3) Cheetham
Same course as Chemistry 267. Lecture, 3 hours.
Introduction to transition metal oxides. Ligand field theory. Structural basis
of magnetism.
204. Introduction to Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
(3) Hill
Review of elementary magnetism magnetostatics. Discussion of atomic origins
of magnetism. Properties of ferro-, ferri-, para-, dia-, and antiferro-magnetics,
and the theories that describe them. Magnetic phenomena, and magnetic materials
in technological applications.
205. Wide Band Gap Materials
(3) DenBaars
Lecture, 3 hours.
Review of the emerging field of wide band-gap semiconductor materials. Electronic
and optical properties of GaN, SiC, diamond and related materials. Emphasis
on key technologies for epitaxial growth and fabrication. Applications in advanced
high temperature electronic devices and blue light emitters.
206A. Fundamentals of Electronic
Solids I
(4) Kroemer, Petroff
Prerequisite: ECE 162A-B.
Same course as ECE 215A.
Introduction into the physics of semiconductors for beginning engineering graduate
students. Crystal structure. Reciprocal lattice and crystal diffraction. Electrons
in periodic structures. Energy and bands. Semiconductor electrons and probes,
Fermi statistics.
206B. Fundamentals of Electronic
Solids II
(4) Gossard
Prerequisite: ECE 162A-B.
Same course as ECE 215B.
Phonons, electron scattering, electronic transport, selected optical properties,
heterostructures, effective mass, quantum wells, two-dimensional electron gas,
quantum wires, deep levels, and crystal binding.
207. Continuum Mechanics
(3) McMeeking
Prerequisite: Mechanical Engineering 152A-B; consent of instructor.
Same course as Mechanical Engineering 219. Lecture, 3 hours.
Matrices and tensors, stress deformation and flow, compatibility conditions,
constitutive equations, field equations and boundary conditions in fluids and
solids, applications in solid and fluid mechanics.
208. Crystallography and Structure Determination
(4) Cheetham
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Materials 209B. Lecture,
4 hours.
Topics in structure determination: structure factors, integrated intensities,
data collection, the phase problem, Patterson synthesis, direct methods, structure
refinement, Debye-Waller factors, thermal diffuse scattering and extinction.
Rietveld analysis of powder diffraction data. Synchrotron X-rays, neutron diffraction,
electron diffraction, non-crystalline materials.
209A. Diffraction Methods
(3) Speck
Diffraction theory: Fourier transformation, Schrodinger equation, Maxwell's
equations, kinematical theory, Fresnel diffraction, Fraunhofer diffraction,
scattering of X-rays, electrons and neutrons by isolated atoms and assemblies
of atoms, pair correlation and radial distribution functions. Basic symmetry
operations, point groups, space groups.
209C. Electron Microscopy
(3) Speck
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
Electron microscopy to study defect structures, elastic and inelastic scattering,
kinematic theory of image contrast, bright and dark field imaging, two-beam
conditions, contrast from imperfections, dynamical theory of diffraction and
image contrast. Howie Whellan equations, dispersion surface.
211A. Engineering Quantum Mechanics I
(4) Kroemer
Prerequisites: ECE 105 and 162A-B.
Same course as ECE 211A. Lecture, 4 hours.
Wave-particle duality; bound states; uncertainty relations; expectation values
and operators; variational principle; eigenfunction expansions; perturbation
theory I. Treatment matches needs and background of ECE and materials students
emphasizing solid state or quantum electronics.
211B Engineering Quantum Mechanics II
(4) Kroemer
Prerequisites: Materials 211A and 206A.
Same course as ECE 211B. Lecture, 4 hours.
Continuation of Materials 211A; symmetry and degeneracy; electrons in crystals,
angular momentum; perturbation theory II; transition probabilities; quantized
fields and radiative transitions; magnetic fields; electron spin; indistinguishable
particles.
213. Crystal Growth and Thin Film Epitaxy
(3) Petroff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as ECE 213. Lecture, 3 hours.
Nucleation and epitaxy: homogeneous and heterogeneous epitaxy. Growth mechanism,
defect creation. Kinetics and thermodynamics of crystal growth for: liquid phase
epitaxy, vapor phase epitaxy, and molecular beam epitaxy of metals and semiconductors.
214. Statistical Thermodynamics
(3) Pine
Prerequisite: physical chemistry and consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 214.
Ensembles and statistical mechanical formulation of the laws of thermodynamics.
Classical statistical mechanics; quantum statistics; translational, rotational,
vibrational, and electronic partition functions. Chemical equilibria. Real gases
and distribution functions: other interacting systems: liquids and solids: Monte
Carlo simulations.
215A. Semiconductor Device Processing
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: ECE 124B-C.
Same course as ECE 220A. Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour.
Intensive theoretical and laboratory instruction in solid-state device and integrated
circuit fabrication. Topics include (1) semiconductor material properties and
characterization; (2) phase diagrams; (3) diffusion; (4) thermal oxidation;
(5) vacuum processes; (6) thin-film deposition; (7) scanning electron microscopy.
Both gallium arsenide and silicon technologies are presented.
215B-C. Semiconductor Device Processing
(4-4) Gossard, Hu
Prerequisite: Materials 215A.
Same course as ECE 220B-C. Lecture, 3 hours, discussion, 1 hour.
Continued theoretical and laboratory instruction in the fundamentals, the design,
the fabrication, and the characterization of junction and field-effect devices.
Topics will include bipolar characterization, design, fabrication, and testing.
The laboratory effort initiated in Materials 215A will be continued in these
two quarters.
216A. Defects in Materials
(3) Petroff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as ECE 216A. Lecture, 3 hours.
The nature of point, line, and planar defects in crystalline solids. Dislocation
basis for deformation behavior. Effect of different defects on electrical and
optical properties of solids. Common defects in metals, semiconductors, and
ceramics.
216B. Defects in Semiconductors
(3) Petroff
Prerequisites: ECE 162A-B.
Same course as ECE 216B. Lecture, 3 hours
Structural and electronic properties of elementary defects in semiconductors.
Point defects and impurity complexes. Deep levels. Dislocations and grain boundary
electronic properties. Measurement techniques for radiative and nonradiative
defect centers. (normally offered alternate years)
217. Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Band Gap Engineering
(3) Gossard
Prerequisites: ECE 162A-B, and 213.
Same course as ECE 217. Lecture, 3 hours.
Fundamentals and recent research developments in the growth and properties of
thin crystalline films of electronic and optical materials by the process of
molecular beam epitaxy. Artificially structured materials with quantized electron
confinement and artificially engineered electronic band structure properties.
(normally offered alternate years)
218. Introduction to Inorganic Materials
(3) Cheetham
Prerequisite: Chemistry 274.
Same course as Chemistry 277.
Structures of inorganic materials: close-packing, linking of simple polyhedra.
Factors that control structure: ionic radii, covalency, ligand field effects,
metal-metal bonding, electron/atom ratios. Structure-property relationships
in e.g. spinels, garnets, perovskites, rutiles, fluorites, zeolites, B-aluminas,
graphites, common inorganic glasses.
219. Phase Transformations
(3) Clarke
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Introduction to the unifying concepts underlying phase transformations in metals,
ceramics, polymers, and electronic materials. Includes the thermodynamics, kinetics,
crystallography and microstructural characteristics of displacive and diffusional
transformations. Role of elastic, compositional, configurational, electrical,
magnetic and gradient energy contributions. (normally offered alternate years)
220. Mechanical Behavior of Materials
(3) Zok, Odette
Concepts of stress and strain. Deformation of metals, polymers, and ceramics.
Elasticity, viscoelasticity, plastic flow, and creep. Linear elastic fracture
mechanics. Mechanisms of ductile and brittle fracture.
222A. Colloids and Interfaces I
(3) Israelachvili
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 222A. Lecture, 3 hours.
Introduction to the various intermolecular interactions in solutions and colloidal
systems: Van der Waals, electrostatic, hydrophobic, solvation, H-bonding. Introduction
to colloidal systems: particles, micelles, polymers, etc. Surfaces: wetting,
contact angles, surface tension, etc.
222B. Colloids and Interfaces II
(3) Zasadzinski
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 222B.
Recommended preparation: Materials 222A or Chemical Engineering 222A. Lecture,
3 hours.
Continuation of 222A. Interparticle interactions, coagulation, flocculation,
DLVO theory, steric interactions, polymer-coated surfaces, polymers in solution,
viscosity in thin liquid films. Surfactant self-assembly: micelles, micro-emulsions,
lamellar phases, etc. Surfactants on surfaces: Langmuir-Blodgett films, adsorption,
adhesion.
223A-B. Combinatorial Methods in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(3-3) McFarland
Prerequisites: prior basic coursework in inorganic and organic chemistry;
consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemistry 203A-B and Chemical Engineering 203A-B. Lecture, 3
hours.
Foundation and methodologies of chemical, biological, and materials research
and discovery using automated, high-speed synthesis and screening. Emphasis
on the chemical, biochemical, physical, and mathematical fundamentals necessary
for experimental design, synthesis, high-throughput screening, and analysis
of combinatorial libraries.
226. Electrical and Optical Properties of Oxides
(3) Clarke
Lecture, 3 hours.
Physical basis for ferroelasticity, ferroelectricity and piezoelectricity in
ceramics. Point defects and doping effects on conductivity. Role of grain boundaries
and variations in defect chemistry on electrical properties. Optical, nonlinear
and electro-optical effects and figures of merit.
227. Vapor Phase Epitaxy of Electronic Materials
(3) DenBaars
Lecture, 3 hours.
Electronic and optical properties of thin films grown by vapor phase transport
techniques. Growth mechanisms, kinetics and thermodynamics of vapor phase epitaxy.
Special emphasis on the process of metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy for optoelectronic
materials and devices. (normally offered alternate years)
228. Computational Materials
(3) Clarke
Lecture, 3 hours.
Basic computational techniques and their application to simulating the behavior
of materials. Techniques include: finite difference methods, Monte Carlo, molecular
dynamics, cellular automata, and simulated annealing. (normally offered alternate
years)
230. Elasticity
(3) McMeeking
Prerequisites: ME 219; consent of instructor.
Same course as ME 230. Lecture, 3 hours.
Review of the field equations of elasticity. Energy principles and uniqueness
theorems. Elementary problems in one and two dimensions. Stress functions, complex
variable methods, and three-dimensional potential functions. Fundamental solutions
in two and three dimensions. Approximate methods.
232. Plasticity
(3) McMeeking
Prerequisites: Materials 230; consent of instructor.
Same course as ME 232. Lecture, 3 hours.
Plastic, creep, and relaxation behavior of solids. Mechanics of inelastically
strained bodies; plastic stress-strain laws; flow potentials. Torsion and bending
of prismatic bars, expansion of thick shells, plane plastic flow, slip line
theory. Variational formulations, approximate methods. (normally offered alternate
years)
234. Fracture Mechanics
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: Materials 230; consent of instructor.
Same course as ME 275. Lecture, 3 hours.
Analytic solutions of a stationary crack under static loading. Elastic and elastoplastic
analysis. The J integral. Energy balance and crack growth. Criteria for crack
initiation and growth. Dynamic crack propagation. Fatigue. The micromechanics
of fracture.
237. Advanced Deformation and Fracture
(3) Zok
Prerequisite: Materials 220. Lecture, 3 hours.
Plastic flow in crystalline solids; strengthening mechanisms; creep deformation;
creep maps; fracture modes; toughening mechanisms; subcritical cracking; fatigue;
cavitation and rupture.
238A-B. Rheology of Polymeric Liquids
(3-3) Leal, Pine
Same course as Chemical Engineering 238A-B. Lecture, 3 hours.
A fundamentally-based course focusing on: the microstructural and molecular
basis of viscoelastic flow for complex fluids, with a particular focus on polymeric
liquids, liquid crystals and colloidal suspensions; experimental techniques
and the analysis of viscoelastic flow phenomena.
239. Light Scattering in Complex Fluids
(3) Pine
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 239. Lecture, 3 hours.
Principles of static and dynamic light scattering applied to complex fluids.
Scattering of electromagnetic waves, the static and dynamic structure factors,
and the analysis of multiple scattering.
240. Finite Element Structural Analysis
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: ME 167 and Materials 207.
Same course as ME 271. Lecture, 3 hours.
Definitions and basic element operations. Displacement approach in linear elasticity.
Element formulation: direct methods and variational methods. Global analysis
procedures: assemblage and solution. Plane stress and plane strain. Solids of
revolution and general solids. Isoparametric representation and numerical integration.
Computer implementation.
240. Finite Element Structural Analysis
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: ME 167 and Materials 207.
Same course as ME 271. Lecture, 3 hours.
Definitions and basic element operations. Displ
250. Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing
(3) Levi
Not open to students who have completed Materials 289A. Lecture, 3 hours.
Fundamental concepts and mathematical descriptions of mass and energy transport
as pertinent to the synthesis, processing and application of materials. Focus
on transport problems within solids and at their interfaces with fluids. Emphasis
on inorganic materials, including semiconductors.
251A. Ceramic Processing
(3) Lange
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 219A. Not open for credit to students who
have completed Nuclear Engineering 219A. Lecture, 3 hours.
Processing of ceramics: glass-ceramics, gelation, and powder methods. Powder
methods will be emphasized from powder manufacture through consolidation of
shape, with introduction to densification. Colloidal routes to powder preparation
and consolidation.
251B. Densification and Microstructural Control
(3) Lange
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 219B. Lecture, 3 hours.
Mass transport and kinetic sintering theories. Thermodynamics of pore phase
disappearance. Grain growth during densification. Effects of a liquid phase
(liquid phase sintering). Effects of inert phases on densification. Effects
of applied pressure. Control of grain growth after densification.
253. Liquid Crystal Materials
(4) Safinya
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 2 hours.
Thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals (LC's). Classification and phase
transitions. LC's in display technology. Laboratory experimentation using X-ray
diffraction and polarized optical microscopy to characterize LC phases.
261. Composite Materials
(3) Zok
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as ME 265. Lecture, 3 hours.
Stress/strain relations in composites. Residual stresses. Fracture resistance
of organic and inorganic matrix composites. Statistical aspects of fiber failure.
Composite laminates and delamination cracks. Cumulative damage concepts. Interface
properties. Design criteria. (normally offered alternate years)
262. Structural Ceramics
(3) Lange
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemical Engineering 262. Lecture, 3 hours.
Ceramic processing methods. Flaws in ceramics. Fracture resistance and microstructure.
Probabilistic design concepts. Nondestructive evaluation approaches. Reinforced
ceramics. High temperature properties. Impact damage.
264. Reliability and Degradation of Materials
(3) Lucas
Prerequisites: Materials 201 and 202. Lecture, 3 hours.
Effects of service environment on properties of materials including oxidation,
corrosion, thermal aging, radiation damage. Effects of property degradation
on service life. (normally offered alternate years)
266. Advanced Solid Mechanics
(3) McMeeking
Prerequisite: Materials 207.
Same course as ME 266.
Concepts with current significance in materials engineering will be covered.
Examples include microstructural evolution, materials processing, properties
of heterogeneous materials, microscopic modelling and manufacturing. Basic phenomena,
analytical aspects, and the link between scientific ideas and engineering practice
will be emphasized. (normally offered alternate years)
271A. Synthesis and Properties of Macromolecules
(3) Deming
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Materials 273B. Lecture,
3 hours.
Basics of preparation of polymers and macromolecular assemblies, and characterization
of large molecules and assemblies. Discussion of chemical structure, bonding,
and reactivity.
271B. Structure and Characterization of Complex Fluids
(3) Safinya
Not open for credit to students who have completed Materials 280. Lecture,
3 hours.
Structure, phase behavior, and phase transitions in complex fluids. Characterization
techniques including x-ray and neutron scattering, and light and microscopy
methods. Systems include colloidal and surfactant dispersions (e.g., polyballs,
microemulsions, and micelles), polymeric solutions and biomolecular materials
(e.g., lyotropic liquid crystals).
271C. Properties of Macromolecules
(3) Kramer
Not open for credit to students who have completed Materials 210. Lecture,
3 hours.
Fundamentals of the properties of macromolecular solutions, melts, and solids.
Viscosity, diffusion and light scattering from dilute solutions. Elements of
macromolecular solid state structure. Thermal properties and processes. Mechanical
and transport properties. Introduction to electrical and optical properties
of macromolecules.
273. Experiments in Macromolecular Materials
(3) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Materials 273C. Lecture,
3 hours; laboratory, 4 hours.
Experiments using X-ray and light scattering, optical and electron microscopy.
Crystalline, quasi-crystalline, and amorphous materials. Solid, solution, and
colloidal samples.
274. Solid State Inorganic Materials
(3) Staff
Prerequisites: Chemistry 173A-B.
Same course as Chemistry 274. Lecture, 3 hours.
An introductory course describing the synthesis, physical characterization,
structure, electronic properties, and uses of solid state materials. (normally
offered alternate years)
275. Polymer Physics
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: Materials 273A. Lecture, 3 hours.
Polymer dynamics of solutions and melts. Spinodal decomposition, gels, copolymers,
and blends. Non-equilibrium behavior. (normally offered alternate years)
276A. Biomolecular Materials I: Structure and Function
(3) Safinya
Prerequisite: Physics 135. Lecture, 3 hours.
Survey of classes of biomolecules (lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic
acids). Structure and function of molecular machines (enzymes for biosynthesis,
motors, pumps). (normally offered alternate years)
276B. Biomolecular Materials II: Applications
(3) Safinya
Prerequisite: Physics 135 or Materials 276A. Lecture, 3 hours.
Interactions and self assembly in biomolecular materials. Chemical and drug
delivery systems. Tissue engineering. Protein synthesis using recombinant nucleic
acid methods: advanced materials development. Nonviral gene therapy. (normally
offered alternate years)
277. Synthesis of Biomolecular Materials
(3) Deming
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
Methods of preparation of biopolymers and biomolecular assemblies. Uses of biological
techniques to engineer biomaterials. Uses of chemical techniques to prepare
biological molecules as well as artificial biomimetic materials. Comparison
of biological, chemical, and mixed synthesis for different applications. (normally
offered alternate years)
278. Interactions in Biomolecular Complexes
(3) Pincus
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
Theory of Coulombic interactions of biopolymers, lipid membranes, and their
complexes. Mean field theories, fluctuation and correlation effects. (normally
offered alternate years)
279. X-Ray, Electron, Neutron, and Light Scattering
(3) Staff
Lecture, 3 hours.
The use of diffraction and scattering techniques for elucidating the structure,
microstructure and defects in materials at different length scales. Both the
formal basis and the underlying concepts that span the application to different
classes of materials are described.
282. Transitions Metal Catalyzed Polymerization
(3) Deming
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemistry 221. Lecture, 3 hours.
Examination of strategies for controlling molecular weight, chain distribution,
sequence, endgroups, and stereochemistry. Discussion of the influence of these
variables over structure and properties. Tacticity, control, Ziegler-Natta catalysis,
living polymerizations, stereoselective and enantioselective polymerizations,
secondary and tertiary structures, polymer assemblies and biological polymerizations.
(normally offered alternate years)
284. Synthetic Chemistry of Macromolecules
(3) Deming
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Same course as Chemistry 285. Lecture, 3 hours.
Molecular architecture and classification of macromolecules. Different methods
of the preparation of polymers: free radical polymerization, ionic polymerization,
condensation polymerization and coordination polymerization. Bulk, solution,
and emulsion polymerization. Principles of copolymerization, block copolymerization,
grafting, network formation, chemical reactions on polymers.
285. Structure and Properties of Interfaces
(3) Speck
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
Homophase and heterophase interfaces. Dichromatic pattern of interfaces (group
theoretical description). Geometrical models of interfaces. Relaxations at interfaces
and atomic structure, energies of interfaces. Bonding across interfaces. Thermodynamics
and wetting of interfaces. Properties of interfaces such as diffusion, segregation
and fracture resistance. (normally offered alternate years)
286AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Inorganic Materials
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
This course will be offered on an irregular basis and will include in-depth
discussions of advanced topics in inorganic materials.
287AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Macromolecular Materials
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
This course will be offered on an irregular basis and will concern in-depth
discussions of advanced topics in macromolecular materials.
288AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Electronic Materials.
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
This course will be offered on an irregular basis and will concern in-depth
discussions of advanced topics in electronic materials.
289AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Structural Materials
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Lecture, 3 hours.
This course will be offered on an irregular basis and will concern in-depth
discussions of advanced topics in structural materials.
290. Research Group Studies
(1-3) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Seminar, 1-3 hours.
In this course students or instructors present recently published papers and/or
results relevant to their own research.
299. Seminar in Materials Science and Engineering
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Seminar, 2 hours.
A seminar course recommended at least once per year for all materials students.
Internal and external speakers will present mini-courses on advanced topics
which should be of general interest to materials scientists. Students will prepare
status reports.
501. Teaching Assistant Practicum
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of graduate advisor. This course is required for new
teaching assistants.
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree. Preparation, 1 hour; other, 2
hours.
Practical experience in the various activities associated with teaching including:
lecturing, supervision of laboratories and discussion sections, preparation,
and grading of homework and exams.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(2-4) Staff
Tutorial, 1-3 hours.
Individual tutorial. Instructor usually student's major professor. A written
proposal for each tutorial must be approved by the department chair.
598. Master's Thesis Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of graduate advisor.
S/U grading only. Preparation, variable hours; tutorial, 1-3 hours.
For research underlying the thesis and writing of the thesis.
599. Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of chair of student's doctoral committee.
S/U grading only. Preparation, variable hours; tutorial, 1-3 hours.
Research and preparation of the dissertation.
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