Course content

The course is offered every alternate year, next time will be autumn 2025. The course covers solid state chemistry in a broad manner with emphasis on fundamental concepts and inorganic materials. Subjects covered are: Bounding and structure in solids, phase transitions, defects and nonstoichiometry, relationships between structure and electronic, magnetic and optical properties.

Learning outcome

After completion of the course the student should be able to: - Give a qualitative description of bonding in solid materials, crystal classes and symmetries as a basis for space groups and the most important crystal structures for AB, AB2, AB3 and other more complex compounds - Give a qualitative description of old and new concepts to describe the structure of inorganic solids. - Define solid-solid phase transition based on thermodynamic, kinetic and structural characteristics of a phase transition and knowledge of some of the most important phase transition in inorganic functional materials - Give a qualitative and quantitative representation of 0, 1 and 2 dimensional defects in solids and knowledge of defects related to non-stoichiometry in some important classes of inorganic materials. - Give a qualitative representation of the relationship between structure/bonding and electronic, electrical, magnetic, ferroic and optical properties of solids with emphasis on some of the most important classes of inorganic materials. -Give a qualitative description of emerging directions in materials science.

Learning methods and activities

The teaching is based on study groups and a project work. Expected time spent: Lectures: 80 hours, project: 20 hours, self study: 100 hours.

Compulsory assignments

• Project

Further on evaluation

The oral exam counts 100% of the pass or no pass mark. A project work report must be submitted and presented during a lecture towards the end of the semester. The project report and presentation are mandatory, but do not count with respect to pass or no pass.

Recommended previous knowledge

The course is based on knowledge in Solid State Physics/Chemistry and Inorganic chemistry.

Course materials

Literature:Will be announced.