Handbook

This course is designed for 3rd, 4th or final year students undertaking studies in the materials science discipline or combined degrees with materials science.

The course aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of two important categories of advanced materials, namely functional materials and composite materials. The classes will comprise of lectures focusing on key topics in these fields, relevant laboratory activities, and design problems related to materials design in these fields.

The functional materials part will focus on fabrication of functional materials in different nanostructural forms (0D, 1D, 2D, MOFs, and composite bulk forms) and design of these materials in advanced devices and applications such as catalysts, batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, pseudocapacitors, superconductors, semiconducting devices, photovoltaics, and biosensors)

The composite materials part will focus on different types of composites (polymer, metal, and ceramic matrix composites), their fabrication routes, importance of their properties (strength, modulus, fracture etc.), failure mechanisms in the bulk and individual components, recycling methods, and designing composite materials for different applications (structural and non-structural).