Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Materials
Course facts
- Payment: Free, no certificate
- Credits: Non Credit
- Learning style: Self-paced, start anytime
- Resources: Exam Solutions; Exams; Lecture Notes; Problem Sets
MIT OpenCourseWare details
- As taught in: Fall 2007
- Department: Materials Science and Engineering
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Electrical, optical, magnetic and mechanical properties of materials, with lecture notes and past exams, explained through bonding and structure.
Why does one material conduct and another insulate, or one bend and another crack? This course covers the fundamental concepts behind the electrical, optical, magnetic and mechanical properties of metals, semiconductors, ceramics and polymers. It shows how bonding, structure and composition control those properties, using case studies such as semiconductor diodes, optical detectors, sensors, thin films, biomaterials and composites.
What You Will Achieve
- Relate bonding and structure to physical properties
- Analyze elastic, viscoelastic and plastic behavior
- Explain conduction in metals and semiconductors
- Select materials using performance indices and charts
Program Overview
Elasticity and Viscoelasticity
How materials deform and recover.
- Generalized Hooke’s law
- Stoney’s formula for thin films
- Boltzmann superposition principle
- Time-temperature equivalence
Plasticity, Fracture and Selection
Permanent change, failure and choosing materials.
- Dislocation mechanics
- Microstructural strengthening mechanisms
- Griffith crack theory
- Materials selection charts
Band Gaps and Semiconductors
Electrons, light and magnetism in solids.
- Bloch model
- Doping and conductivity
- p-n junctions
- Optical fiber properties
Course Completion
Job Outlook
This foundation is relevant to materials engineering, semiconductor work and mechanical design.
Good for: Materials science and engineering students who want to practice on many past exams while learning both mechanical and electronic properties.
Keep in mind: Mechanical properties problem sets are unavailable, and so is one handout, so that half relies on the Hertzberg textbook and exams. No videos are listed.
Bottom line: A strong two-part foundation in materials properties, with an unusually long run of past exams.
Frequently Asked Questions
What textbooks are used?
Deformation and Fracture Mechanics for Engineering Materials by Hertzberg for the mechanical part, and Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials by Livingston for the electronic part.
How many past exams are there?
Mechanical properties exams run for 2001 through 2007, and electrical, optical and magnetic exams for 2003 through 2007. Solutions are given for some years.
Which problem sets are available?
Four problem sets from the electrical, optical and magnetic unit are published. Problem sets for the mechanical properties unit are unavailable for this semester.
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