MTSI 501 - Bonding, Structure & Defects

4 credits (Hrs: 4 Lec.)

How do structure and bonding at a microscopic level lead to macroscopic material properties? Topics include treatment of ionic and covalent bonding; quantum mechanical foundation of the cohesion and properties of solids and the evolution of band structure; three dimensional crystallography including point groups, stereographic projections, Bravais lattices, space groups and representative crystal structures; and study of the electronic and mechanical properties of materials and the effects of point, line, and planar defects in crystalline solids.