Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : MM2105 : Physics of Materials { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Syed Nasimul Alam
Syllabus
Bohr's atomic model, Crystal Structure, Bragg’s Law and X-ray Diffraction, Semiconductors, Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, carrier concentration, electrical conductivity and mobility, p-n Junction Diode, Fermi-Dirac Statistics, Hall Effect, Free electron model, Superconductivity, Meissner Effect, Type-I and Type-II superconductors, London Equation, BCS Theory, High-Temperature Superconductors, Quantum mechanics, Schrodinger Equation, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Particle in a Box, Magnetism, B-H curve, Curie Temperature, Bohr magneton, Diffusion, Fick's first and second law, Solutions
Course Objectives
- This course enables students to understand the properties and behaviour of materials form the fundamentals of physics
- Analyse the importance of material properties for a wide variety of engineering applications
- The student learns how the laws of Physics govern the properties of materials
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes (COs) <br />1. To give the student an idea about the correlation between the structure and properties of the material. Introduction to the physical principles underlying the structure and properties of materials. <br />2. To give the students an idea of how the laws of Physics govern the properties of materials. The mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical, and optical properties of the material will be discussed in this course. <br />3. With the understanding the students gain from this course they will be able to conduct fundamental and applied research in the emerging areas of Materials Science and Engineering. <br />4. Knowledge gained in this course will be essential for undergraduate students in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering as it will enable them to undertake challenges to develop new materials for the future. Therefore, this course will help students to take up research problems in the future. <br />5. This course will give ideas to students to extend their knowledge of Physics they gained at the school level to extend it to science and engineering research problems. <br />6. This course will include a wide range of topics from quantum mechanics to solid-state physics. This will help students find suitable areas of interest in which they would like to do their research work in the future.
Essential Reading
- William D. Callister, Jr. and R. Balasubramaniam, Materials Science & Engineering 6th Edition with Learning Student Resource CD 6th Edition Set, Wiley Second edition (1 January 2014)
- V. Raghavan, Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course, Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited 6th edition (1 January 2015)
Supplementary Reading
- Prathap Haridoss, Physics of Materials: Essential Concepts of Solid-State Physics, Wiley
- Safa Kasap, Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices Third Edition,, McGraw-Hill, 2006