Unit CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MATRIALS

Course
Sustainable materials and processes engineering
Study-unit Code
A004691
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Daniele Fioretto
CFU
12
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2024/25
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS

Code A004692
CFU 6
Teacher Daniele Fioretto
Teachers
  • Daniele Fioretto
Hours
  • 60 ore - Daniele Fioretto
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Chimica e fisica della materia
Academic discipline FIS/03
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FOR TECHNOLOGIES

Code A004695
CFU 6
Teacher Giacomo Giorgi
Teachers
  • Giacomo Giorgi
Hours
  • 60 ore - Giacomo Giorgi
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Chimica e fisica della materia
Academic discipline CHIM/07
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction English
Contents Crystals & Symmetry.
Experimental tools for investigating materials.
Theoretical tools for investigating materials. Quantum mechanical tools
Overview of Materials Chemistry concepts.
Metals , Semiconductors , & Insulators
Applications of some classes of materials of interest to technologies (PV, renewables)
Reference texts Teacher Slides

for further analysis:

1)
Materials Chemistry
Bradley D Fahlman
3rd edition
Springer

or alternatively

2)
Introduction to Materials Chemistry
Harry R.Allcock
2nd edition
Wiley
Educational objectives Fundamentals of Materials Chemistry and their applicability technological devices (experimetal and theoretical tools)
Prerequisites Knowledge of the fundaments of General & Inorganic Chemistry and of Physics
Periodic Table properties
Teaching methods Frontal lessons + numerical practice
Other information Exam sessions in the following periods: Dec. 2024; Jan-Feb 2025 (Apr 2025); May-Jun-Jul-Sept 2025. Exact dates in the department website
Learning verification modality ~30 mins oral exam to verify the student knowledge level and understanding of the contents of the course.
Extended program Definition of Materials Chemistry; Materials Synthesis: «bottom-up» vs «top-down»; Materials Sustainability; Amorphous vs. Crystalline Solids; Bonding in solids; Band Theory; Laue (XRD); Lattice Translation Vectors; Space Lattice & Primitive Cell; Basic Crystalline Structures; Representative Crystalline Structures; Polymorphism & Polytypism; Crystal Symmetry; Miller Indices; Real vs Reciprocal Space; Brillouin Zone; Cases of Study: Metal Oxides Lattices; Defects & Impurities; Frenkel vs Schottky defects; Color & Crystals; Ceramics; Cements; Porous Materials; Materials for Energy Storage; Metals and Mining; Powder Metallurgy; Phase Behaviour of Fe-C Alloys; Steels; Magnetism; The Many-Body Problem; Denisty Functional Theory in a Nutshell; Semiconductors; Materials for PV; Materials for (photo)catalysis
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