Solid State Organic

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Organic solid state materials have numerous practical applications in a broad range of areas e.g. structure determination, pharmaceuticals, energetic materials, agrochemicals and electronics. This class will introduce some of the historically important concepts from which much of the current field is derived and attempt to show how ideas develop to the current state of the art. Topics covered include fundamentals of crystalline materials, nucleation & growth, solid state reactivity & phase changes, and structure-property relationships and their applications. Other topics may be included depending on collective interest.