Module manager: Professor AJ Bell
Email: a.j.bell@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2023/24
| CAPE3711 | Functional and Nano-Materials |
CAPE5711M Materials for Functional Applications
This module is not approved as an Elective
The objective of this module is to provide students with a very clear understanding of the technological, engineering and commercial challenges underpinning the use of materials in the production of advanced electronic devices.
At the end of this module, students should:
- understand the historical development of functional materials to satisfy the needs of different industrial sectors;
- appreciate the significance of market pull and technology push in the development of novel electronic materials;
- understand the limitations on the properties which may be obtained in particular materials classes;
- be able to recognise and interpret microstructures in a range of functional materials and account for their development;
- understand the exploitation of the process-microstructure-properties relationship in materials science in the design of functional materials with an appropriate combination of properties;
- understand the complex materials issues involved in producing integrated functional devices and be able to offer solutions to problems which may arise;
- be aware of current developments in materials science in the functional materials sector and its potential impact on design and technology;
- survey and critically evaluate scientific literature relating to the above.
Electroceramics
- Charge displacement: permittivity and dielectric loss; polarization mechanisms.
- Oxides: defect chemistry; influence of oxygen vacancies and impurities/dopants on conductivity.
- Ferroelectricity: crystallographic origins;spontaneous polarization;thermodynamic theory; domains.
- Capacitors: multilayer ceramic capacitors; material design.
- Piezoelectricity: definitions and tensor properties; materials - soft and hard PZT; device applications.
Solid State Ionics
- Solid state cationic and anionic conductors, relationship of ionic conductivity and diffusivity with crystal structure, transference number and measurement of, solid state electrochemistry;
- applications of solid state ionic conductors for sensor design.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 2 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Lecture | 22 | 1 | 22 |
| Tutorial | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Independent online learning hours | 22 | ||
| Private study hours | 98 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
Independent on-line learning which consolidates and extends the lecture material and allows students to assess their progress (10 hours);
Revision of lecture material in preparation for tests (40 hours);
Report writing (53 hours).
Most of the coursework
Tutorial sessions
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Report | Practical | 33.3 |
| Essay | 2000 words | 33.4 |
| In-course Assessment | Carbon & solid state ionics test | 33.3 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 28/04/2023
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