Advanced Functional Ceramics

Advanced Functional Ceramics

Instructor: Lee Kyu Hyoung

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 weeks to complete

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 weeks to complete

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Learn at your own pace

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To realize next-generation devices, novel ceramic materials with ultimate physical and chemical properties are required. For this purpose, a few intrinsic and extrinsic approaches for the development of new functional ceramics are proceeding. This course provides the fundamentals of functional ceramics and the materials design rules for developing advanced ceramics with ultimate physical and chemical properties.

In this module, you can study about metals and ceramics. You can classify ceramics by various methods and calculate the theoretical density. You will know what a coordination number is and about nanomaterials.

What's included

7 videos1 reading2 assignments

7 videos Total 72 minutes

1.1 Introduction 6 minutes
1.2 Definition of metals and ceramics 10 minutes
1.3 Classification of ceramics 11 minutes
1.4 Materials Science at the Nanoscale 9 minutes
1.5 Nanomaterials (0 and 1-dimensional) 11 minutes
1.6 Nanomaterials (2-dimensional) 11 minutes
1.7 Nanomaterials (3-dimensional) 14 minutes

1 reading Total 80 minutes

Background of Ceramics text book 80 minutes

2 assignments Total 30 minutes

Quiz module 1 (Graded Quiz) 20 minutes
Quiz module 1 (Practice Quiz) 10 minutes

In this module, you can classify the defects by dimension and explain the principle of electrical conductivity in oxide. You can know that what is defect and what is factor affecting properties. Also, you can calculate the concentration of oxygen vacancy and know strategies to enhance properties.

What's included

6 videos1 reading2 assignments

6 videos Total 61 minutes

2.1 0-D point defects (defects, Intrinsic and Extrinsic) 9 minutes
2.2 0-D point defects (Conduction in oxides) 10 minutes
2.3 1-D line defects 10 minutes
2.4 2-D/3-D defects 11 minutes
2.5 Defects vs. Properties (Thermal conductivity) 11 minutes
2.6 Defects vs. Properties (Thermoelectric) 11 minutes

1 reading Total 80 minutes

Defect in crystal 80 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

Quiz module 2 (Graded Quiz) 30 minutes
Quiz module 2 (Practice Quiz) 30 minutes

In this module, you can describe the various ceramic powder processing and compaction/sintering. You can explain advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of milling techniques. Also, you can define deposition method of thin film.

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6 videos1 reading2 assignments

6 videos Total 71 minutes

3.1 Ceramic powder processing-1 10 minutes
3.2 Ceramic powder processing-2 ( milling techniques) 8 minutes
3.3 Ceramic powder processing-3 (SSR, Co-precipitation, spray drying, sol-gel process, hydrothermal synthesis, RSP) 15 minutes
3.4 Ceramic powder compaction and sintering 12 minutes
3.5 Fast sintering 12 minutes
3.6 Thin film 15 minutes

1 reading Total 62 minutes

Synthesis of Ceramics 62 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

Quiz module 3 (Graded Quiz) 30 minutes
Quiz module 3 (Practice Quiz) 30 minutes

In this module, you can memorize the physical properties of materials. For example electrical, thermal, optical etc. Also, you can define principle of oxide-ion and proton conductivity and define dielectric ceramics. You can know method of materials and analytic approach to the composition of oxides.

What's included

6 videos1 reading2 assignments

6 videos Total 73 minutes

4.1 Ionic/Mixed conduction 13 minutes
4.2 Ionic/Mixed conduction (Oxide-ion conductors and proton conductors) 10 minutes
4.3 Ionic/Mixed conduction (SOFC) 14 minutes
4.4 Dielectric ceramics-1 12 minutes
4.5 Dielectric ceramics-2 13 minutes
4.6 Dielectric ceramics-3 (Perovskite) 11 minutes

1 reading Total 80 minutes

Properties and applications of Ceramics 80 minutes

2 assignments Total 40 minutes

Quiz module 4 (Graded Quiz) 30 minutes
Quiz module 4 (Practice Quiz) 10 minutes

In this module, you can know that what is transparent conductive oxides and type of that. Also, you can know electrides and it's properties. You can study about thermoelectrics and define principle of the thermoelectric and explain the strategies to enhance performance of thermoelectrics. Finally, you can contact the magnetics.