Lectures related to Defects: Structure and Stability

Defects in Crystals: Point Defects and Dislocations

Explores point defects and dislocations in crystals, highlighting their impact on material properties and the importance of energy relaxation.

Defects in Electronic Materials

Delves into the impact of defects in electronic materials, exploring band tails, XPS analysis, and defect creation mechanisms.

Real Surfaces: Defects and Reconstructions

Explores the difference between ideal and real surfaces, defects, and surface reconstructions.

Defects in Materials: Structure and Behavior

Explores defects in materials, grain boundaries, grain coarsening kinetics, the glass transition, and vacancy creation.

Configurational Forces: Defects in Materials

Explores configurational forces in materials, emphasizing equilibrium conditions and defect interactions.

Anelasticity and Mechanical Spectroscopy

Explores anelasticity, defects, thermodynamics, internal energy, dislocations, and mechanical spectroscopy.

Defects in 2D Materials

Explores common defects in 2D materials, their impact, mitigation strategies, and positive applications.

Multiscale Mechanics of Metal Plasticity

Explores the multiscale mechanics of metal plasticity, covering dislocations, crystal plasticity, and atomistic plasticity, with a focus on dynamic strain aging in aluminum alloys.

Defects in 2D Materials

Explores common defects in 2D materials, their impact on device performance, and strategies for defect healing and positive applications.

Ceramics: Thermal Stresses and Mechanical Resistance

Explores thermal stresses and mechanical resistance of ceramics, including the impact of temperature changes and the formation of cracks.

Configurational Forces: Understanding Interaction Energy in Solid Mechanics

Explores configurational forces and interaction energy in solid mechanics.

Defects in 2D Materials

Delves into common defects in 2D materials, their impact on transistor characteristics, formation energy, transport behavior, and van der Waals epitaxy.

Photodiodes: Operation and Characteristics

Explores the operation and characteristics of photodiodes, including load resistance, junction capacitance, and sensitivity.

Weak Bond Model: Electronic Materials

Introduces the weak bond model for electronic materials, focusing on molecular orbitals and defect formation.

Materials Modelling: From Prediction to Design

Explores materials modelling, focusing on predicting and designing material properties through computation, including defect analysis, coherence time calculations, and quantum simulations.

Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Thermodynamics

Covers atomic structure, thermodynamics, material properties, and ideal gas law.

Introduction to Materials Science: Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals

Covers yield strength, hardness, defects, dislocations, plasticity mechanisms, and hardening in materials science for mechanical engineering.

Atomic-scale Modeling: Interactive Exercises and Graded Assignments

Explores atomic-scale modeling through interactive exercises and graded assignments, covering crystallography, diffraction, defects, and regression models.

Deformation and Diffusion in Crystals

Explores thermal activation, dislocations, diffusion, and the influence of solute atoms in crystal deformation.

Heterodiffusion in Solids

Explores heterodiffusion, including electrolyte diffusion in liquids and solids, autodiffusion, and factors influencing diffusion rates.