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    • Short description of the course

      • Core concepts: Structure, bonding, synthesis, and characterization of solid state materials.
      • Core practical skills: Use of crystal structure databases, visualization of crystal structures, interpretation of phase diagrams, and phase identification with powder X-ray diffraction data.
      • Application of the above core concepts and skills to various main group compounds and transition metal compounds.

      Teacher: Antti Karttunen (antti.karttunen@aalto.fi).

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    • Week 1: Crystal structure

    • Lecture 1 Fil

      Structure of crystalline materials. Symmetry.

    • Lecture 2 Fil

      Structural databases, visualization of crystal structures

    • Week 2: Bonding in solids

    • Lecture 3 Fil

      Electronegativity. Atomic/ionic radii. Description of crystal structures (coordination, close-packing, structure types).

    • Lecture 4 Fil

      Band theory. Band structures.

    • Week 3: Synthesis of solid-state materials

    • Lecture 5 Fil

      Phase diagrams and crystal growth

    • Lecture 6 Fil

      Solid state synthesis

    • Week 4: Characterization of solid-state materials

    • Lecture 7 Fil

      Miller indices. X-ray techniques. Phase identification by powder XRD. Microscopies.

    • Lecture 8 Fil

      Spectroscopies and thermal analysis.

    • Week 5: Main group compounds

    • Lecture 9 Fil

      Geochemistry and abundance of elements. Minerals and mineral databases.

    • Lecture 10 Fil

      Main group compounds (allotropes, Zintl phases)

    • Week 6: d-block metal compounds

    • Lecture 11 Fil

      d-electrons and Ligand Field Theory

    • Lecture 12 Fil

      Magnetism and d-block compounds

    • Week 7: Defects and doping

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    • Lecture 13 Fil

      Defects and solid solutions

    • Lecture 14 Fil

      Semiconductors, doping, electrical properties

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