Course: Advanced materials physics

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Course title Advanced materials physics
Course code KFY/FPM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Erhart Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Šulc Miroslav, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Lukáš David, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Mikeš Petr, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Jarolímek Otto, RNDr. CSc.
Course content
Topics of seminars: Physics of dielectrics, electromechanical properties of solids - piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, ferroelectricity. Fundamentals of crystallographic description, tenzorial properties, equations of state for piezoelectric effect. Piezoelectric materials, their properties, propery measurement. Main applications of piezoelectric effect in transducers, resonators and actuators - gas ignitors, beepers, unimorphs, bimorphs, ultrasound generators, piezoelectric transformers, liquid atomization, ultrasonic cleaning and welding. Electrooptic phenomena, Pockels and Kerr effect, measurement of electro-optic coefficients. Application of electrooptic phenomena, intensity modulators, phase modulators. Nanooptics, physical principles and their application, near-field microskopy, nanosensors, quantum dots, optical nanofibers, nanomodulators. Capillary phenomena and Ising model. Motivation introduction: new technology of probe production from nanofiber web, theory of individual fiber and parallel fiber boundle wetting, Ising model, application of Ising model for the simulation of liquid interaction with nanofiber web of complicated morphology. Cellular automata. Finite automat, life game, HPP and FHP lattice model of hydrodynamics, collision rules, types of lattices and their symmetry, example of liquid flow modeling through channel and porous material (using cellular automat). Fundamentals of physics of anisotropic medium, physical property description of single-crystals by the tensorial calculus. Basic methods of single-crystal growth and their most imporstant applications. Magnetic materials and their properties - structure and properties of permanent magnets, ferrites, neodymium and samarium-cobalt, alnico and plastic magnets, force holding magnets on the surface, visualisation of magnetic fields for permanent magnets. Shape memory materials and their properties - intermetalic, martensitic transformation, superelasticity, NITINOL, applications, experiments.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This course focuses on the physically oriented research at the Department of Physics and other departments of TU Liberec. Primary aim of the course is the motivation and information of students before Bachelor Thesis choice.
Physics of advanced materials for given scope.
Prerequisites
Basic course of physics

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Activity at practical training is requirement for obtaining the credit. Successful answers to the test questions are necessary for passing the record.
Recommended literature
  • B.D.Agarwal, L.J.Broutman. Vláknové kompozity. SNTL Praha, 1987.
  • I.Kraus. Struktura a vlastnosti krystalů. Academia, 1993. ISBN 80-200-0372-X.
  • J.Fiala, V.Mentl, P.Šutta. Struktura a vlastnosti materiálů. Academia, Praha, 2003.
  • J.Šesták, Z.Strnad, A.Tříska. Speciální technologie a materiály. Academia, 1993.
  • Kittel, Ch. Úvod do fyziky pevných látek. Academia Praha, 1985.
  • Petržílka V., Slavík J.B., Šolc I., Taraba O., Tichý J., Zelenka J. Piezoelektřina a její technické použití. Praha, 1960.
  • Z.Kluiber a kol. Fyzika před námi. ARSCI, 2000. ISBN 80-86078-14-0.


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