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Materials Science and Engineering 371

Electronic Materials

 

Catalog Data:

Structure -properties relations and application of materials in electronics, magnetics and optics. Sp Qtr. Required.

Prerequisites:

Math 153, Phys 132, MSE 205. Not open to students with credit for MSE 671.

Time Distribution: 

3 48-minute lectures per week.

Objectives:

  • Introduction to the physical principles of electronic conduction in materials.
  • Introduction to the influences of composition and microstructure on electronic properties.
  • Introduction to applications of materials in electronic, magnetic, and optical devices.
  • Meet ABET Criterion 3 outcomes a, b, h, i, j,

Textbooks: 

[Please check with course instructor.]

Supplemental References:

  • L. Solymar and D. Walsh, Electronic Properties of Materials, 7th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Callister, William D., Materials Science and Engineering, An Introduction, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
  • J. D. Livingston, Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials, Wiley, 1999.
  • P. Y. Yu and M. Cardona, Fundamentals of Semiconductors, Springer, 1996.
  • J. D. Plummer, M. D. Deal, and P. B. Griffin, Silicon VLSI Technology – Fundamentals, Practice, and Modeling, Prentice Hall, 2000.
  • C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th ed. Wiley, 1996

Topics/Content: 

  • Electrical conduction in metals and its relation to microstructure, composition, and temperature (~1 week)
  • Electrical application of metals (~1 week)
  • Introduction to electronic band structure of materials (~2 weeks)
  • Classification of materials and conduction mechanisms (~1 week)
  • Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconduction, direct/indirect band gap, and light emission from semiconductors (~1 week)
  • Semiconductor materials, devices, and applications (~2 weeks)
  • Magnetic properties of materials (~1 week)
  • Magnetic materials, devices, and applications (~1 week)

Grading Plan:

  • Homework due every Monday. Total of homework counts 35% of final grade.
  • Every Friday short in-class quiz. Total of quizzes counts 20% of final grade.
  • Two midterm exams, each worth 20% of final grade.
  • Attendance and participation, 5%.
  • Freebies: 

The worst homework and the worst quiz will be dropped.

One post-deadline homework per student will be accepted (only before grading is finished).

There will be one oral make-up quiz for students who have notified the instructor before a Friday absence.

Relation to Program Objectives:                

(1) This course provides students with opportunities to learn the basic science and engineering concepts of electronic materials (Objective 1).

(2) This course provides students with opportunities to observe seminal experiments that demonstrate the principles of the electronic properties of materials in classroom demonstrations and to practice the analytical skills to quantify them (Objective 2).

(3) This course provides students with opportunities to understand the relationship between the structure and electrical properties of metals and semiconductors. It provides the fundamentals necessary to understand the processing of electronic materials (MSE 676) (Objective 4).

(4) This course prepares students for graduate research and employment in the area of materials engineering with focus on semiconductor materials (Objective 4 and 5).

Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct may be found in any action that tends to distort the accurate assessment of any student’s individual accomplishments that are evaluated for the purpose of grading or conferring academic credit. Note that a student may be guilty of academic misconduct, for example, by cheating, collaborating, plagiarizing, or by allowing another student to cheat, collaborate, or plagiarize. Note also that the distortion applies, for example, to exams, homework assignments, and laboratory work. To the extent that any class activity (for example: attendance or participation) is used for evaluation for the purpose of grading or conferring academic credit, falsifying or distorting such activity, or permitting another student to falsify or distort such activity, represents academic misconduct.

Additional guidance about what represents academic integrity and misconduct, and related university-wide policies and procedures are available at the following locations:

http://oaa.osu.edu/coam/faq.html

http://oaa.osu.edu/coam/ten-suggestions.html

Course-specific exceptions or amplifications to the departmental and university statements outlined above will be provided by the faculty instructor in writing, preferably as part of the course syllabus.

Note: Students should not request nor accept guidance on these matters from a teaching assistant, fellow student, or anyone other than the faculty instructor of record for this course.

Disabilities Statement

Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the Office for Disability Services at 614-292-3307 in room 150 Pomerene Hall to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. (URL: http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/)

Advice on such matters is also available from the MSE department’s undergraduate adviser (1xx-6xx courses) and graduate coordinator (7xx-9xx courses) whose offices may be found in room 477 Watts Hall.

Megan Daniels, Undergraduate Advisor, (614) 292-3145, e-mail Megan concerning the MSE undergrad studies

Mark Cooper, Graduate Studies Coordinator, (614) 292-7280, e-mail Mark concerning the MSE graduate studies