MSE 5850 - Electronic, Magnetic, and Dielectric Properties of Materials

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: MATH 2930 or MATH 2940, MSE 2060, MSE 2620, MSE 3010 or equivalents, PHYS 2213, or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: graduate students. Co-meets with MSE 3050.

D. Schlom.

Examines the electronic, magnetic, and dielectric properties of materials, including an understanding of the atomic level interactions that give rise to these properties. Topics include: use of tensors to describe equilibrium and transport macroscopic physical properties; connection between symmetry and properties; ferroelectrics, ferromagnets, and multiferroics; dispersion relations of phonons and electrons in solids; and effects of defects. Applications in microelectronics are discussed.