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Each class lecture includes structure and bonding content and thermodynamics content.
Instructor for Structure and Bonding: Prof. Nicola Marzari
Instructor for Thermodynamics: Prof. Darrell Irvine
For most lectures, slides are presented below in two versions: the original slides, and annotated slides with in-class markup by the instructors.
Lecture notes files.
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Structure and Bonding |
Thermodynamics |
| Ses # |
Topics |
Annotated Slides |
Topics |
Annotated Slides |
| Orientation: Research and Careers in Materials Science and Engineering (PDF - 2.6 MB) (Courtesy of Prof. Caroline Ross. Used with permission.) |
| L1 |
Classical or Quantum: Electrons as Waves, Wave Mechanics (PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
(PDF 1)
(PDF 2) |
Fundamental Concepts (PDF - 3.2 MB) |
(PDF - 1.5 MB)# |
| L2 |
Schrödinger's Equation and Discrete Energy States of a Confined Electron (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Fundamental Concepts (cont.) (PDF) |
(PDF - 2.6 MB)# |
| L3 |
Free Electrons, Electrons in a Metal, and the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (PDF) |
(PDF) |
First Law of Thermodynamics (PDF) |
(PDF - 2.2 MB)# |
| L4 |
Curiosity Killed the Cat: General Principles of Quantum Mechanics (PDF) |
(PDF - 1.0 MB) |
Temperature, Heat, and Entropy (PDF - 1.2 MB) |
(PDF - 1.0 MB)# |
| L5 |
The Hydrogen Atom (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Heat Storage and Release in Phase Transitions (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
(PDF - 2.1 MB)# |
| L6 |
The Hydrogen Atom (cont.) (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Examples of Work Important in Materials Science and Engineering: Polarization, Magnetic, Chemical (PDF) |
(PDF)# |
| L7 |
Alphabet Soup: The Periodic Table (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Thermal Properties of Materials; Fundamental Equations (PDF - 3.9 MB) |
(PDF - 1.9 MB)# |
| L8 |
The Periodic Table (cont.) (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Fundamental Equations (cont.); Equilibrium and the Second Law (PDF) |
(PDF)# |
| L9 |
The Variational Principle; Application to Hydrogen Atom (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Free Energy; Applying the Second Law in Laboratory Conditions (PDF - 1.7 MB) |
(PDF)# |
| L10 |
Molecules from Atoms: Energy Minimization, Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Chemical Potentials and the Gibbs Free Energy (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
(PDF - 2.4 MB)# |
| L11 |
Bonding in Molecules: Hartree and Hartree-Fock Equations, Symmetries, Bond Order (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Models of the Chemical Potential (PDF) |
(PDF - 1.2 MB)# |
| L12 |
Polymers Part 1: Diagonalization on a Basis, Huckel Model (PDF) |
|
Chemical Reaction Equilibria (PDF) |
(PDF)# |
| L13 |
Quantum Oscillation (PDF) |
|
Electrochemical Equilibria (PDF) |
(PDF - 3.4 MB)# |
| L14 |
Point Groups and Bravais Lattices (PDF - 1.8 MB) |
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Batteries; Thermodynamic Stability (PDF)# |
(PDF - 2.8 MB)# |
| L15 |
Symmetry Operations (PDF) |
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Phase Changes and Phase Diagrams of Single-Component Materials (PDF - 1.8 MB) |
(PDF - 9.0 MB)# |
| L16 |
Structure of Solids (PDF - 1.8 MB) |
(PDF - 1.9 MB) |
Single-Component Phase Diagrams (cont.); Thermodynamics of Solutions (PDF - 2.7 MB) |
(PDF - 1.9 MB)# |
| L17 |
X-ray Diffraction (PDF - 1.4 MB) |
(PDF - 1.5 MB) |
Free Energy of Multi-phase Solutions at Equilibrium (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
(PDF - 2.3 MB)# |
| L18 |
X-rays at Work: Laue Condition, Ewald Construction, Bragg's Law, Powder Diffraction (PDF - 1.7 MB) |
(PDF - 2.0 MB) |
Binary Phase Diagrams: Miscibility Gaps and Eutectics (PDF - 1.9 MB) |
(PDF - 1.8 MB)# |
| L19 |
From Diffraction to Structure (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
(PDF - 1.2 MB) |
Binary Phase Diagrams (cont.) (PDF) |
(PDF)# |
| L20 |
Symmetries and Tensors (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Spinodals and Binodals; Continuous Phase Transitions; Introduction to Statistical Mechanics (PDF) |
(PDF - 2.5 MB)# |
| L21 |
Non-crystalline Materials (PDF - 2.3 MB) |
(PDF - 1.9 MB) |
Connecting Events at the Atomic/Molecular Level to Macroscopic Thermodynamic Behavior: Two Postulates of Statistical Mechanics; Microscopic Definition of Entropy (PDF) |
(PDF - 1.2 MB)# |
| L22 |
Polymers Part 2 (PDF) |
(PDF) |
Connecting Events at the Atomic/Molecular Level to Macroscopic Thermodynamic Behavior (cont.): The Boltzman Factor and Partition Function; Thermal Behavior of the Einstein Solid (PDF) |
(PDF - 2.0 MB)# |
| L23 |
Glasses (PDF - 2.3 MB)# |
(PDF - 1.2 MB) |
Lattice Models of Materials; Modeling Polymer Solutions (PDF - 4.1 MB) |
(PDF - 3.4 MB)# |
| L24 |
Liquid Crystals (PDF - 9.3 MB) |
(PDF - 9.4 MB) |
Flory-Huggins Theory (PDF - 1.5 MB) |
(PDF - 2.6 MB) |