SES # Key
L = Lecture
Rb = Recitation: Structure and Bonding
Rt = Recitation: Thermodynamics
Lab = 3.014 Lab Week
Instructor for Structure and Bonding: Prof. Nicola Marzari
Instructor for Thermodynamics: Prof. Darrell Irvine
Course schedule.
| Ses # |
Structure and Bonding TOPICS |
Thermodynamics TOPICS |
Key Dates |
| Orientation: Research and Careers in Materials Science and Engineering |
| L1 |
Classical or Quantum: Electrons as Waves, Wave Mechanics |
Fundamental Concepts |
Problem set 1 out |
| L2 |
Schrödinger's Equation and Discrete Energy States of a Confined Electron |
Fundamental Concepts (cont.) |
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| Rt1 |
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Recitation |
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| L3 |
Free Electrons, Electrons in a Metal, and the Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
First Law of Thermodynamics |
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| Rb1 |
Recitation |
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| L4 |
Curiosity Killed the Cat: General Principles of Quantum Mechanics |
Temperature, Heat, and Entropy |
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| Rt2 |
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Recitation |
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| L5 |
The Hydrogen Atom |
Heat Storage and Release in Phase Transitions |
Problem set 1 due
Problem set 2 out |
| Rb2 |
Recitation |
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| L6 |
The Hydrogen Atom (cont.) |
Examples of Work Important in Materials Science and Engineering: Polarization, Magnetic, Chemical |
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| Labs 1 |
3.014 Lab Week 1 |
Problem set 2 due |
| L7 |
Alphabet Soup: The Periodic Table |
Thermal Properties of Materials; Fundamental Equations |
Problem set 3 out |
| Rt3 |
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Recitation |
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| L8 |
The Periodic Table (cont.) |
Fundamental Equations (cont.); Equilibrium and the Second Law |
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| Rb3 |
Recitation |
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| L9 |
The Variational Principle; Application to Hydrogen Atom |
Free Energy; Applying the Second Law in Laboratory Conditions |
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| Rt4 |
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Recitation |
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Exam 1 |
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| Rb4 |
Recitation |
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| L10 |
Molecules from Atoms: Energy Minimization, Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals |
Chemical Potentials and the Gibbs Free Energy |
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| L11 |
Bonding in Molecules: Hartree and Hartree-Fock Equations, Symmetries, Bond Order |
Models of the Chemical Potential |
Problem set 4 out |
| Rt5 |
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Recitation |
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| L12 |
Polymers Part 1: Diagonalization on a Basis, Huckel Model |
Chemical Reaction Equilibria |
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| Rb5 |
Recitation |
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| L13 |
Quantum Oscillation |
Electrochemical Equilibria |
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| Labs 2 |
3.014 Lab Week 2 |
Problem set 3 due
Problem set 4 due |
| L14 |
Point Groups and Bravais Lattices |
Batteries; Thermodynamic Stability |
Problem set 5 out |
| Rt6 |
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Recitation |
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| L15 |
Symmetry Operations |
Phase Changes and Phase Diagrams of Single-Component Materials |
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| Rb6 |
Recitation |
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| L16 |
Structure of Solids |
Single-Component Phase Diagrams (cont.); Thermodynamics of Solutions |
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| L17 |
X-ray Diffraction |
Free Energy of Multi-phase Solutions at Equilibrium |
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| Rt7 |
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Recitation |
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| L18 |
X-rays at Work: Laue Condition, Ewald Construction, Bragg's Law, Powder Diffraction |
Binary Phase Diagrams: Miscibility Gaps and Eutectics |
Problem set 5 due |
| Rb7 |
Recitation |
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Exam 2 |
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| Labs 3 |
3.014 Lab Week 3 |
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| L19 |
From Diffraction to Structure |
Binary Phase Diagrams (cont.) |
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| L20 |
Symmetries and Tensors |
Spinodals and Binodals; Continuous Phase Transitions; Introduction to Statistical Mechanics |
Problem set 6 out |
| Rt8 |
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Recitation |
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| L21 |
Non-crystalline Materials |
Connecting Events at the Atomic/Molecular Level to Macroscopic Thermodynamic Behavior: Two Postulates of Statistical Mechanics; Microscopic Definition of Entropy |
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| L22 |
Polymers Part 2 |
Connecting Events at the Atomic/Molecular Level to Macroscopic Thermodynamic Behavior (cont.): The Boltzman Factor and Partition Function; Thermal Behavior of the Einstein Solid |
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| L23 |
Glasses |
Lattice Models of Materials; Modeling Polymer Solutions |
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| Rb8 |
Recitation |
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| L24 |
Liquid Crystals |
Flory-Huggins Theory |
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| Labs 4 |
3.014 Lab Week 4 |
Problem set 6 due |
| Rt9 |
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Recitation: Final Review |
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| Rb9 |
Recitation: Final Review |
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Final Exam |
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