• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the parameters and the models affecting the formation of the crystal structures

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
   2. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
2. Develop an understanding of the principles of structural transitions

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
   2. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Term paper
3. Identify the basic family of crystal structures

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
   2. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
4. Develop awareness regarding the intimate relationship between the physical and chemical properties with atomic bonding and structure

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Materials Science and Engineering
   2. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Term paper

Contents
Week 1:	HISTORICAL MATTERS, CONCEPTS & BACKGROUND 1) Crystal chemistry and crystallography 2) Thermodynamics of solids
Week 2:	HISTORICAL MATTERS, CONCEPTS & BACKGROUND 3) Experimental methods in crystal chemistry - Synthesis 4) Experimental methods in crystal chemistry - Characterization
Week 3:	THE FUNDAMENTAL UNITS OF SOLIDS: ELEMENTS AND IONS 5) The origin and abundance of the elements 6) Classification of elements and ions
Week 4:	THE FUNDAMENTAL UNITS OF SOLIDS: ELEMENTS AND IONS 7) The parameters of ionic solids: Radius, charge, and polarizability
Week 5:	BONDING IN SOLIDS 8) Concepts of chemical bonding and classical approaches 9) Crystal field theory
Week 6:	BONDING IN SOLIDS 10) Molecular orbital descriptions of chemical bonding 11) The energy band model and its relation to bonding
Week 7:	MIDTERM EXAM
Week 8:	BUILDING CODES IN ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT 12) Condensation and phase partitioning 13) Crystalline solids: Structures of elements
Week 9:	BUILDING CODES IN ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT 14) Phase transitions
Week 10:	CRYSTAL STRUCTURES 15) Binary ionic solids 16) Ternary ionic solids
Week 11:	CRYSTAL STRUCTURES 17) Quaternary and mixed anion structures 18) Metals and alloys
Week 12:	CRYSTAL STRUCTURES 19) Silicate structures 20) Phosphate, borate and other polymerized structures
Week 13:	CRYSTAL STRUCTURES 21) Hydrated crystals and hydrogen bond networks 22) Packing of organic molecules
Week 14:	THE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF DEFECET, DISORDERED AND LARGER SCALE STRUCTURES 23) Crystalline solutions and defect solids 24) Non-crystalline solids
Week 15*:	General review.
Week 16*:	FINAL EXAM
Textbooks and materials:	* Inorganic Structural Chemistry, Ulrich Müller, John Wiley & Sons, 2006
Recommended readings:	* Structure and Chemistry of Crystalline Solids, Bodie E. Douglas & Shih-Ming Ho, Springer, 2006. * Crystals and Crystal Structures, Richard J. D. Tilley, John Wiley & Sons, 2006 * Crystal Chemistry and Refractivity, Howard W. Jaffe, Dover Publications, 1996 * General Chemistry, Linus Pauling, Dover Publications, 1970 * The Nature of Solids, Alan Holden, Dover Publications, 1965
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	7	40
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:	14	10
Homework:		0
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	50
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	5	14
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	0	0
Term project:	20	2
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	15	1
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	15	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)