SES # Key
L = Lecture
Rb = Recitation: Structure and Bonding
Rt = Recitation: Thermodynamics
Lab = 3.014 Lab Week
Instructor for Structure and Bonding: Prof. Nicola Marzari
Instructor for Thermodynamics: Prof. Darrell Irvine
| Ses # | Structure and Bonding TOPICS | Thermodynamics TOPICS | Key Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orientation: Research and Careers in Materials Science and Engineering | |||
| L1 | Classical or Quantum: Electrons as Waves, Wave Mechanics | Fundamental Concepts | Problem set 1 out |
| L2 | Schrödinger’s Equation and Discrete Energy States of a Confined Electron | Fundamental Concepts (cont.) | |
| Rt1 | Recitation | ||
| L3 | Free Electrons, Electrons in a Metal, and the Scanning Tunneling Microscope | First Law of Thermodynamics | |
| Rb1 | Recitation | ||
| L4 | Curiosity Killed the Cat: General Principles of Quantum Mechanics | Temperature, Heat, and Entropy | |
| Rt2 | Recitation | ||
| L5 | The Hydrogen Atom | Heat Storage and Release in Phase Transitions |
Problem set 1 due
Problem set 2 out |
| Rb2 | Recitation | ||
| L6 | The Hydrogen Atom (cont.) | Examples of Work Important in Materials Science and Engineering: Polarization, Magnetic, Chemical | |
| Labs 1 | 3.014 Lab Week 1 | Problem set 2 due | |
| L7 | Alphabet Soup: The Periodic Table | Thermal Properties of Materials; Fundamental Equations | Problem set 3 out |
| Rt3 | Recitation | ||
| L8 | The Periodic Table (cont.) | Fundamental Equations (cont.); Equilibrium and the Second Law | |
| Rb3 | Recitation | ||
| L9 | The Variational Principle; Application to Hydrogen Atom | Free Energy; Applying the Second Law in Laboratory Conditions | |
| Rt4 | Recitation | ||
| Exam 1 | |||
| Rb4 | Recitation | ||
| L10 | Molecules from Atoms: Energy Minimization, Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals | Chemical Potentials and the Gibbs Free Energy | |
| L11 | Bonding in Molecules: Hartree and Hartree-Fock Equations, Symmetries, Bond Order | Models of the Chemical Potential | Problem set 4 out |
| Rt5 | Recitation | ||
| L12 | Polymers Part 1: Diagonalization on a Basis, Huckel Model | Chemical Reaction Equilibria | |
| Rb5 | Recitation | ||
| L13 | Quantum Oscillation | Electrochemical Equilibria | |
| Labs 2 | 3.014 Lab Week 2 |
Problem set 3 due
Problem set 4 due |
|
| L14 | Point Groups and Bravais Lattices | Batteries; Thermodynamic Stability | Problem set 5 out |
| Rt6 | Recitation | ||
| L15 | Symmetry Operations | Phase Changes and Phase Diagrams of Single-Component Materials | |
| Rb6 | Recitation | ||
| L16 | Structure of Solids | Single-Component Phase Diagrams (cont.); Thermodynamics of Solutions | |
| L17 | X-ray Diffraction | Free Energy of Multi-phase Solutions at Equilibrium | |
| Rt7 | Recitation | ||
| L18 | X-rays at Work: Laue Condition, Ewald Construction, Bragg’s Law, Powder Diffraction | Binary Phase Diagrams: Miscibility Gaps and Eutectics | Problem set 5 due |
| Rb7 | Recitation | ||
| Exam 2 | |||
| Labs 3 | 3.014 Lab Week 3 | ||
| L19 | From Diffraction to Structure | Binary Phase Diagrams (cont.) | |
| L20 | Symmetries and Tensors | Spinodals and Binodals; Continuous Phase Transitions; Introduction to Statistical Mechanics | Problem set 6 out |
| Rt8 | Recitation | ||
| L21 | Non-crystalline Materials | Connecting Events at the Atomic/Molecular Level to Macroscopic Thermodynamic Behavior: Two Postulates of Statistical Mechanics; Microscopic Definition of Entropy | |
| L22 | Polymers Part 2 | Connecting Events at the Atomic/Molecular Level to Macroscopic Thermodynamic Behavior (cont.): The Boltzman Factor and Partition Function; Thermal Behavior of the Einstein Solid | |
| L23 | Glasses | Lattice Models of Materials; Modeling Polymer Solutions | |
| Rb8 | Recitation | ||
| L24 | Liquid Crystals | Flory-Huggins Theory | |
| Labs 4 | 3.014 Lab Week 4 | Problem set 6 due | |
| Rt9 | Recitation: Final Review | ||
| Rb9 | Recitation: Final Review | ||
| Final Exam | |||
