PY4M07
Module PY4M07 Advanced Topics (AM)
Cohort: SS Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials
Credits: 5
Lecturer: Professors I. McGovern, J. Coleman
Duration: Hilary Term, Thin Films, 12 lectures, Polymers, 12 lectures
Assesment: End of Year Exam.
Description: Thin Films (I McGovern): Lectures cover the following topics: basic concepts, surface crystallography, surface spectroscopy, adsorption, growth energetics, epitaxy basics, epitaxy models, general thin film growth, specialist thin film growth, nanostructures.
Polymers (J Coleman): In this course we study polymer physics starting with an introduction to polymers, moving on to energetics of polymer-polymer and polymer-solvent interactions and the configurations of polymer chains. We study polymers in bulk ie in the liquid and solid phases, focusing on the physical properties of polymers, in particular viscoelasticity and mechanical properties. Finally we look at advanced polymers such as Kevlar and spider silk.