Complex Materials II (327-2203-00L)
Teaching Goals
To impart detailed knowledge of structure-property relationships in complex materials, such as glasses and other disordered materials, and ferroic or photonic crystals/heterostructures.
Summary and Outline
Part 1 focuses on the synthesis and processing of amorphous materials using physical routes. The resulting structure is discussed, as well as their thermodynamics and kinetics. The course focuses in particular on the relationships between the structure of glassy metals and other disordered materials and their resulting mechanical, thermophysical, biomedical and electronic properties. As to processing, new manufacturing routes such as 3D printing of metals are also introduced.
In part 2, single crystals and heterostructures will be investigated for unconventional manifestations of ferroic order, such as (anti-) ferromagnetism, ferroelectricity, ferrotoroidicity and in particular the coexistence of two or more of these. Domains and their interaction are of particular interest. They are visualized by laser-optical and force microscopy techniques. Very often the (multi-)ferroic order is a consequence of the competing interactions between spins, charges, orbitals, and lattices. This interplay is resolved by ultrafast laser spectroscopy with access to the sub-picosecond timescale.
Hours of Lecture, Exercise and Credit Points
- 5 G
- 5 CP
- Takes place in Spring Semester, Mondays, 8am - 12 noon, HCI J 6
