PYU44NP5 - Problem solving paper
Section A - Comprehension question
A component of the Problem Solving paper, representing 40% of the marks for that paper, is a comprehension question.
Section B - Short problems
The remaining 60% of the marks for the Problem Solving Paper are for six of the 12 available short questions in Physics (6 questions) and Chemistry (6 questions).
Please start your preparation now. It may help to try questions in past papers and challenge questions in Y&F. Past examination papers are available through the examination paper archive. When looking for older examination papers in the archive, the coding frequently changes, but the title of the examination paper is usually given as "PCAM Paper V" or "Advanced Materials Paper V". Links to an electronic copy of each article set in recent years are reproduced here for your convenience.
| Year | Section A: Reading materials | Exam |
|---|---|---|
| 2018S1 | Rule-breaking perovskites | PYU44NP5 |
| 2018 | Resolving the controversy | PY4NP |
| 2017 | Growing gold nanoprism with light | PY4NP |
| 2016 | Nanotubes resound better | PY4NP |
| 2015 | CO Meets CO, One at a Time | PY4NP |
| 2014 | Hybrid Solar Cells: Perovskites under the sun | PY4MP1 |
| 2013 | `Electronics: Carbon nanotubes finally deliver | PY4MP1 |
| 2012 | `Optimizing Perovskites for the Water-Splitting Reaction | Paper V |
| 2011 | `Harvesting randomness | Paper V |
| 2010 | `Feel the strain | Paper V |
| 2009 | `Seeing is Believing | Paper V |
| 2008 | `Surface-conducting diamond | Paper 4 |
| 2007 | `Metallurgy in the age of silicon | Paper 4 |
| 2006 | `Designing superhard materials | Paper 4 |
| 2005 | `Magnetic Data Storage: Tilting for the top | Paper 4 |
| 2004 | `Let there be light | Paper 4 |
| Micromachinery Rolling at last? | Paper 4 | |
| 2002 | `Physics and the Information Revolution | Paper 4 |
| 2001 | `Polymers show their metallic character | Paper 4 |
| 2000 | `Silicon Germanium makes its mark | Paper 4 |
| 1999 | Superhard superlattices | Paper 4 |