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• CRANN Advanced Microscopy Laboratory (AML) is a custom built, state of the art 6,000 square foot facility )
• This_cleanroom is equipped to produce device structures on wafers up to 150mm in diameter. The specification is from class 100 in the lithography area to class 10000.
• This_cleanroom is equipped to produce device structures on wafers up to 150mm in diameter. The specification is from class 100 in the lithography area to class 10000.

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This course is funded by the Irish government under the National Development Plan 2007-2013 and aided by the European Social Fund (ESF) under the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013.

 

Course Material - Senior Sophister Syllabus

The SS year consists of lectures, tutorials and practicals delivered in modules, as listed below. A major component of the practical module is an independent research project, which may be carried out at a facility off-campus. A component of problem solving completes this module

MANDATORY MODULES:

All modules are mandatory

Senior Sophister Modules

Module CH4107 (5 ECTS) Advanced Physical Chemistry II
CH4007	Quantum Chemistry
CH4009	Solid State Chemistry
Module CH4601 (5 ECTS) Materials Chemistry I
CH4022	Matter Transport in Solids
CH4063	Simulation Techniques in Solids
Module CH4602 (5 ECTS) Materials Chemistry II
CH4064	Organic Polymer Materials - Electroactive materials and Polymer quantum chemistry
CH4061	Photochemistry and Materials
Module PY4P03 (5 ECTS) Condensed Matter III
PY4P03	Condensed Matter III - Semiconductor devices and Metal Physics and Superconductivity
Module PY4P04 (5 ECTS) Nanoscience
PY4P04	Nanoscience
Module PY4P06 (5 ECTS) Photonics
PY4P06	Photonics - Properties of Materials & Nonlinear Optics
Module PY4M07 (5 ECTS) Advanced Topics in Physics – Advanced Materials
PY4M07	Advanced Topics in Physics – Advanced Materials - Thin Films and Polymers

Research Project

Every student carries out a 12 week independent research project at an internationally recognised laboratory that specialises in aspects of nanoscience, advanced materials or semiconductor processing - typically outside of TCD. In most cases the project is pursued abroad in an academic or industrial research laboratory, and recent examples of laboratories where projects have taken place include the IMEC micro- and nano-electronics research centre in Leuven, Belgium; The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; the University of Alberta, Canada, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, and the University of Potsdam (Universität Potsdam) Germany.

Assessment and Examination Procedures

Students will be advised of the examination in Hilary Term. Modules in Physics and in Chemistry are examined according to the rules of the respective schools. A special paper on problem solving ability together with assessment of the research project contributes 25 ECTS in the ratio 30:70, respectively. The final Moderatorship mark includes a JS carry-forward of 20% All students are requested to be available for interview during the visit of the external examiner. The External Examiner may require students to take a viva voce examination as part of the Moderatorship (Degree). The dates of the Moderatorship meetings and of these possible interviews will be notified to you.

Henderson-Lloyd Prize in Advanced Materials

This prize is awarded annually to the SS student who has achieved the highest score in the Moderatorship Examinations. Professors Henderson and Lloyd were instrumental in setting up the Materials degree programme in Trinity College Dublin.

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