Course Introduction
Ceramics Smart Materials
Ceramics Smart Materials — 114-2 Elective (3.0 credits).
MSE7042 Curriculum Number
114-2 Semester
3.0 Credits
✦ Course Information
| Course title | Ceramics Smart Materials |
|---|---|
| Semester | 114-2 |
| Designated for | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Curriculum Number | MSE7042 |
| Curriculum Identity Number | 527M4400 |
| Class | — |
| Credits | 3.0 |
| Full / Half Yr. | Half |
| Required / Elective | Elective |
| Remarks | Ceiba Web Server |
| Core Capabilities |
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Class Section
| Class | Instructor | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Tzong-Lin Jay Shieh | Thursday 7, 8, 9 | — |
Course Description
To provide the students with broad coverage of the physical properties, processing, and applications of ferroelectric materials.
Course Objective
- Introduction to smart materials
- Fundamental aspects of ferroelectrics
- Parameters for ferroelectric ceramics and their measurement
- Experimental hysteresis measurements
- Principal ferroelectric types and applications
- Fatigue crack growth in ferroelectrics
- The multi-axial response of ferroelectrics under stress and electric field
- Processing aspects of ferroelectric ceramics
- Ferroelectric thin films and composites
Course Requirement
- Experimental Work
- Mid-Semester Examination: Open book, 3 hours
- Final Examination: Open book, 3 hours
- Student Workload (Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class): —
- Office Hours: By email arrangement.
- Designated reading:
- Electroceramics: Materials, Properties, and Applications, A.J. Moulson and J.M. Herbert.
- Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications, Y. Xu.
References
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The primary source of material will come from the lecture notes. No one textbook covers all of the material covered in the course. The course material draws from several textbooks which are available in the library; these textbooks are listed on the next page.
Grading
| No. | Item | % | Explanations for the conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homework | — | — |
| 2 | Experimental | 10% | Bonus |
| 3 | Midterm #1 | 50% | — |
| 4 | Midterm #2 | — | — |
| 5 | Final exam | 50% | — |
Progress
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 2/26 | Introduction to smart materials |
| Week 2 | 3/5 | Fundamental aspects of piezoelectricity |
| Week 3 | 3/12 | Fundamental aspects of piezoelectric, pyroelectric and ferroelectric materials |
| Week 4 | 3/19 | Hysteresis evolution and characterization |
| Week 5 | 3/26 | Constitutive relationships for piezoelectric effects |
| Week 6 | 4/2 | Parameters for ferroelectric ceramics and their measurements |
| Week 7 | 4/9 | Principal ferroelectric types and applications (perovskite systems) |
| Week 8 | 4/16 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | 4/23 | Principal ferroelectric types and applications (relaxor systems) |
| Week 10 | 4/30 | Principal ferroelectric types and applications (tungsten-bronze-type) |
| Week 11 | 5/7 | Principal ferroelectric types and applications (lithium niobate) |
| Week 12 | 5/14 | Ferroelectric polymers and composites |
| Week 13 | 5/21 | The multi-axial response of ferroelectrics under stress and electric field |
| Week 14 | 5/28 | Processing aspects of ferroelectric ceramics |
| Week 15 | 6/4 | Pyroelectricity and pyroelectric materials |
| Week 16 | 6/11 | Final exam |
