2016/2017

2016/2017

DM270

CHIM/02 (PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY)

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMESTRY

CHEMISTRY

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

2nd semester (01/03/2017 - 20/06/2017)

6

48 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

GHIGNA PAOLO (titolare) - 3 ECTS
CAPSONI DORETTA - 3 ECTS

Basic knowledge of Physical Chemistry and Physics.

The course aims at provide students with knowledge in the area of solid state chemistry and in the structure-properties relationship of matter.

The course is devoted to the basic aspects of solid state physical chemistry and includes lectures on theory and application examples on the following topics. Symmetry in the solid state, phonons and lattice vibrations; Electronic properties of solids: tight-band model (LCAO), energy bands, patterns of reduced zone and extended zone, solutions to the zone boundary and number of states in a energy band; Comparison of properties in metals, insulators, semiconductors; Intrinsic conductivity and forbidden energy range; Electrons and holes, charge carriers and extrinsic conductivity (impurities): carriers mobility, lifetime and recombination mechanisms; p-n junctions, rectifier properties of the junctions with some applications; Equilibrium point defects in stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric compounds and defects-property relations: electrical conductivity and diffusivity in solids. Heterogeneous kinetics, volume defects, phase nucleation, interface phenomena and threshold displacement interface mechanisms. Geometric models for studies of kinetics and mechanisms of reaction s in the solid state.

Lectures of theory and application examples. Solution and discussion of numerical exercises.

P. A. Cox, “The electronic structure and chemistry of solids”, Oxford Science Pub., 1999;
A.R. West, “Solid State Chemistry and its applications”, 2nd Ed, 2014.
Michael Glazer and Gerald Burns, Space Groups for Solid State Scientists, 3rd Ed., 2013

Oral

Oral