Micro-and Nanostructured Metallic Systems

Lecturer(s)

J. F. Löffler, F. Dalla Torre, Y. Ekinci, M. Niederberger

Hour(s) of lecture(s), exercise(s) and credit points

2L
2E
4CP

Teaching goals

To impart detailed physical and chemical knowledge of the synthesis, properties, and applications of micro- and nanostructured materials, and metallic glasses.

Summary and outline

The course focuses on the synthesis and processing of microstructured, nanostructured and amorphous metallic materials using wet-chemical and physical routes. It details how unique optical, mechanical, magnetic, and thermal properties are achieved in materials of mesoscopic dimensions. Typical characterization techniques for these materials are presented, together with various applications. Students are also provided with a practical knowledge of the synthesis, processing and characterization of these materials in our laboratories (Lab. of Metal Physics and Technology; Lab. of Multifunctional Materials).

Literature

J. F. Löffler, A. A. Kündig, F. H. Dalla Torre, ‘Rapid solidification and bulk metallic glasses – processing and properties’ (Ch. 17), in CRC Materials Processing Handbook, edited by J. R. Groza, J. F. Shackelford, E. J. Lavernia, M. T. Powers (Taylor & Francis CRC Press, 2007), ISBN-978-0-8493-3216-6.

“Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications,” edited by A. S. Edelstein and R. C. Cammarata (Institute of Physics Publishing, Philadelphia, 1996).

(For further details, see: www.metphys.mat.ethz.ch/education/courses/adv_metal_sys)