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Structure of Materials
- Individualizado
- Acesso livre
- Certificado pago
- 16 sequências
- Intermediate Level
Detalhes do curso
Programa de Estudos
Part 1: An Introduction to Materials Science
- Structure of materials roadmap
- States of matter and bonding
Part 2: Descriptors
- Descriptors: concept and function
- Free volume
- Pair distribution function
Part 3: Glasses
- Glass processing methods
- Continuous network model
- Network modifiers
Part 4: Polymers
- Random walk model
- Chain-to-chain end distance
- Order and disorder in polymers
Part 5: An Introduction to the Crystalline State
- Translational symmetry
- The crystalline state in 2D
- The crystalline state in 3D
Part 6: Real and Reciprocal Space
- Miller indices
- Real space
- Reciprocal space
Part 7: X-Ray Diffraction
- Bragg’s Law
- Diffraction examples
Part 8: Symmetry in 2D Crystals
- Translation, mirror, glide and rotation symmetry
Part 9: Point groups in 2D
- Allowed rotational symmetries in crystals
The 10 2D point groups
- An introduction to crystallographic notation
Part 10: Plane groups in 2D
- The five 2D lattice types
- The 17 plane groups in 2D
Part 11: Symmetry in 3D Crystals
- Inversion, Roto-Inversion, and Roto-reflection
- Screw symmetry
Part 12: 3D Space Point groups
- Space point groups
- Stereographic projection
Part 13: 3D Space Groups
- Crystal lattices
- Space groups
Part 14: An Introduction to Tensors
- Symmetry constraints on materials properties
- Coordinate transformation
Part 15: Quasi, Plastic, and Liquid Crystals
- Quasi crystals
- An introduction to plastic and liquid crystals
- Liquid crystal descriptors
- Liquid crystal applications
Part 16: Introduction to Point Defects
- Thermodynamics of point defects
- Vacancies, interstitials, solid solutions and nonequilibrium defects
Part 17: Ionic Point Defects & Diffusion
- Kröger-Vink notation
- Extrinsic defects
- Diffusion
Part 18: Dislocations and Deformation
- Intro d shear stress
Part 19: Strengthening & Surface Energy
- Strengthening Mechanisms
- Surface free energy
- Wulff shape
Part 20: 2-Dimensional Defects
- Surface defects
- Stacking faults
- Grain boundaries
- Surface reconstruction
- Linear defects in liquid crystals
Pré-requisito
- University-level chemistry
- Single-variable calculus
- Some basic linear algebra
Instrutores
Silvija Gradečak
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jessica Sandland
Lecturer & Digital Learning Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Editor
O Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) é um instituto de investigação e uma universidade americana especializada em ciência e tecnologia. Situado em Cambridge, Massachusetts, nos arredores de Boston, no nordeste dos Estados Unidos, o MIT é frequentemente considerado como uma das universidades mais importantes do mundo.
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