Schedule for Advanced Materials,
7.5 hp, 2010
Date
Time
Subject
25/3
8.15 - 9
1a. Introduction: Energy and
materials
1b. Crystals, lattices and
quantized vibrations
2. Electrons in solids
9.15 - 10
26/3
10.15 - 12
29/3
8.15 - 10
30/3
8.15 - 9
9.15 - 10
Ludvig Edman
E-mail: ludvig.edman@physics.umu.se
Andreas Sandström
E-mail: andreas.sandstrom@physics.umu.se
Reading assignments
  Ashcroft-Mermin* (Ch. 4, 5, 7, 19, 20, 22 - 25)
 Ashcroft-Mermin* (Ch. 1-3, 8-10, 13-15)
3. Semiconductors: Doping, the  Ashcroft-Mermin* (Ch. 28, 29)
p-n junction and its use in
 nobelprize.org/physics/educational/semiconductors/1.html
applications
 www.loe.org/series/LED.php
 solarbuzz.com/Technologies.htm
 www.mic-d.com/java/solarcell
 www.asc.angstrom.uu.se/en/index.html
4a. Polymers: A crash course
 www.pslc.ws/macrog.htm
(great general info on polymers)
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
 www.nature.com/nature/dna50/watsoncrick.pdf
 www.biology-online.org/1/1_cell.htm
4b. The flexible polymers: From  invsee.asu.edu/nmodules/Carbonmod/bonding.html (General info: carbon bonding)
insulators to metals - 1
 N Hall: Chemical Communications 1 (2003) 1-4.
 H Shirakawa, et al., Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (1977) p.
578-580. (Available at: www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/DigitalArchive/available.asp)
 nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/2000/chemadv.pdf (skip pp. 7-8)
* Or other equivalent solid-state physics text book, e.g. Kittel or Hook & Hall.
13/4
10.15 - 11
11.15 - 12
5a. The flexible polymers: From insulators to
metals – 2
5b. Photolithography
(Guest lecturer: Piotr Matyba)
 See lecture 4b
 Handout before lecture
14/4
8.15 - 10
6. Superconductors: Theory and materials
(Guest lecturer: Bertil Sundqvist)
15/4
10.15 -12
16/4
13.15 - 15
 Ashcroft-Mermin* (Ch. 34)
 www.superconductors.org
 M Cyrot and D Pavuna: Introduction to superconductivity and HighTc materials, World Scientific, Singapore 1992; (part of) Chapter 7,
High-Temperature superconducting oxides
(paper copy)
 www.aapps.org/archive/bulletin/vol13/13_1/13_1_p26p33.pdf
 www.amsuper.com
 D Larbalestier, A Gurevich, DM Feldmann and A Polyanskii: Nature
414 (2001) 368-77.
 JR Hull: Reports on Progress in Physics 66 (2003) 1865-86.
7. Organic electronics: Thin and efficient displays  SR Forrest: Nature 428 (2004) 911-918
and flexible solar panels and more...
(relatively advanced, but readable)
 SE Shaheen, et al.: MRS Bulletin 30 (2005: January) pp. 10-15.
(paper copy)
 www.cdtltd.co.uk (technology/P-OLED sections)
 www.thinfilm.se
(organic memory)
 www.phys.umu.se/opeg/LEC
 www.acreo.se
(core competency/printed electronics section)
Exercises - I
 Problem set 1: # 1-6
19/4
10.15 -12
8. Thermoelectric power and power conversion
 F Thomson: Physics Education, November (2003) 478-480.
 http://electronics-cooling.com/articles/1996/sep/sep96_04.php
 G Mahan, B Sales, J Sharp: Physics Today, March (1997) 42-47 (paper
copy)
 www.unikonstanz.de/FuF/Physik/Jaeckle/papers/thermopower/index.html
 www.peltier-info.com
20/4
8.15 - 10
22/4
8.15 - 9
9.15 - 10
27/4
8.15 - 10
9. Nanotechnology
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10a. Molecular carbon: Fullerenes and nanotubes 
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10b. Storage of electroactive materials:
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Intercalation of graphite and hydrogen
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storage
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11. Electrochemical energy storage devices:
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Batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors
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28/4
10.15 - 12
Exercises - II
29/4
8.15 – 10
12. Biotechnology
4/5
10.00 – 11
8.15 - 12
Project consultation
LAB/project work
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_force_microscope
www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=3283
www.jsapi.jsap.or.jp/Pdf/Number03/CuttingEdge1.pdf
RF Service: Science, 300 (2003), p. 243.
Z. Cheng, et al.: Science, 311 (2006) p. 1735.
www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/Fullerene/fullerene.html
S Iijima: Physica B, 323 (2002) pp. 1-5.
J Robertson: Materials Today, October (2004) 46-52.
electrochem.cwru.edu/ed/encycl/art-c01-carbon.htm
M Noel and V Suryanarayanan: Journa of Power Sources, 111 (2002)
pp. 193-209 (advanced)
A Züttel: Materials Today, September (2003) pp. 24-33. (advanced)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor
www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-10/iss-5/p26.html (focus: aerogels as
the material for supercapacitors; rest of text is also interesting)
W.M. Saslow: American Journal of Physics 67 (1999) 574-83 (battery
basics)
electronics.howstuffworks.com/lithium-ion-battery.htm
JM Tarascon, M Armand: Nature 414 (2001) pp 359-367
RF Service: Science 308 (2005) 786.
www.udomi.de/fuelcell/fuelcell-basics.html
SM Haile: Materials Today, March (2003) pp. 24-29.
RF Service: Science 312 (2006) p. 35.
Problem set 2: # 7-13
 LH Chen et al.: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
the United States of America 96 (1999) pp. 12287-12292. (advanced)
 RF Service: Science 310 (2005) pp. 1132-1134.
 www.biochromix.com
 www.micromuscle.com
6/5
8.15 -12
LAB/project work
6/5
13.15 - 17
LAB/project work
10/5
15.15 - 17
Exercises - III
11/5
8.15 - 12
LAB/project work
17/5
15.15 - 16
13. Composites, bio-inspired materials and self
assembly
18/5
8.15 - 12
LAB/project work
20/5
8.15 - 12
LAB/project work
20/5
13.15 - 17
LAB/project work
25/5
8.15 - 12
Project presentations
25/5
13.15 - 17
Project presentations
27/5
10.15 – 11
14. Visions for the future
11.15 - 12
Course evaluation
9 - 15
Written exam, Östra paviljongen, room 5
2/6
 Problem set 3: # 14-19
 T Kelly, B. Clyne: Physics Today, November (1999) pp. 37-41.
 S Hecht: Materials Today, March (2005) pp. 48-55.
 CE. Flynn et al.: Acta Materialia, 51 (2003) pp. 5867-5880.