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CH403/CH772: The Chemistry and Properties of Solids

Class Syllabus (CH403 or CH772)

Introduction to Extended Symmetry and Structures
Jan. 10 - Lecture notes #1 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Jan. 17 - Lecture notes #2 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Jan. 17 - Reading assignment: Ch. 2 from Muller (click here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Jan. 26 - Lecture notes #3 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Jan. 31 - Lecture notes #4 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Feb. 2 - Problem set #3 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Feb. 7 - Lecture notes #5 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Feb. 7 - Answer to problem set #2 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Feb. 9 - Lecture notes #6 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)

(The below links will be re-activated when we cover the topics in class)

Feb. 8 - Lecture notes #6 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Feb. 10 - Lecture notes #7 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Feb. 29 - Lecture notes #9 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Mar. 3 - Problem Set #4 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Mar. 15 - Lecture notes #10 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Mar. 15 - Answer to problem set #4 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Mar. 17 - Lecture notes #11, Problem Set #5 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Mar. 22 - Lecture notes #12 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Mar. 24 - Lecture notes #13 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Apr. 5 - Lecture notes #14 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)
Apr. 12 - Lecture notes #15 (click either here for CH403, or here for CH772)


Optical Properties of Solids
Research Article: "Structure Color And The Lotus Effect" (link to original article)
Research Article: "Light Work With Water " (link to original article)
Research Article: "Photocatalyst Releasing Hydrogen From Water " (link to original article)

Thermal Properties of Solids
Research Article: "Smaller is Cooler " (link to original article)
Research Article: "Cubic AgPb(m)SbTe(2+m): Bulk Thermoelectric Materials With High Figure of Merit " (link to original article)
Research Article: "Colossal Positive and Negative Thermal Expansion in the Framework Material Ag3[Co(CN)6]" (link to original article)

Surfaces and Interfacial Properties of Solids
Research Article: "Large-Cage Zeolite Structures with Multidimensional 12-Ring Channels" (link to original article)

Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Solids
Research Article: "Superconductivity in Interstitially-Doped Ba2Can-1CunOx" (link to original article)
Research Article: "Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors: Functional Ferromagnets" (link to original article)
Research Article: "Ferromagnetism Above Room Temperature In Bulk and Transparent Thin Films of Mn-doped ZnO" (link to original article)

Mechanical Properties of Solids
Research Article: "Regeneration of Human Tooth Enamel " (link to original article)
Research Article (certain sections): "Morphogenesis and Structure of Human Teeth in Relation to Biomimetically Grown Fluoroapatite-Gelatine Composites" (link to original article)

 


 

 

 

 

 

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