Kinetics of Materials, one of the fundamental courses in NTU-MSE graduate school, teaches how to calculate the transport of different types of atoms and ions in materials through basic diffusion equations and reaction equations. We will focus on the analytical approaches for predicting the transient behavior of substances under various initial and boundary conditions. There is a wide range of applications of the Kinetics of Materials in the materials processing control, such as heat treatment, surface modification, doping of semiconductor components, production of conductive ceramics, and surface chemical reactions of various materials. However, the transient equations involved and the required calculation skills will become more complex. Therefore, the aim of the Kinetics of Materials course is: after reading the lecture notes, checking equations derived on the fancy electronic whiteboard, realizing how to solve example kinetics questions, and reviewing the recorded videos in NTU COOL, you will be able to utilize various kinetic equations and models while facing related kinetics problems, and accurately grasp the mass transfer and reaction issues in the materials processing system in the future.

The overall objectives of this course are to:

• offer an overview of main kinetics theories such as Fick's laws, Peclet number, steady state, stochastic process, reaction rate law, Arrhenius equation, and ionic defect structure.
• introduce how we can apply those physical laws to real systems through some mathematical tools such as tensor, Laplace transform, superposition principle, Fourier series, probability distribution functions, and linearized diagrams.
• emphasize the outcomes of the competition between diffusion and reaction.