MTSI 502 - Function & Application

3 credits (Hrs: 3 Lec)

How are materials designed and synthesized to achieve specific functional applications? Topics include crystalline solids; amorphous materials (such as glasses); polymers; colloids; liquid crystals; magnetic materials and piezoelectric materials; and basis of the properties and performance of common devices, such as transistors, magnetic storage media, and optical fibers, where combinations of materials and specific geometries yield the properties that make the device useful. The intent is for content taught in Semester 1 to be put into practice, introducing students to principles of “rational material design.”