3.071
Amorphous Materials
Discusses the fundamental material science behind amorphous solids (non-crystalline materials). Covers formation of amorphous solids; amorphous structures and their mechanical, rheological, electrical and optical properties; processing and characterization methods; and technical applications of amorphous materials in consumer electronics, renewable energy, information technology, and beyond.
Fall 2015
This course discusses the fundamental material science behind amorphous solids, or non-crystalline materials. It covers formation of amorphous solids; amorphous structures and their electrical and optical properties; and characterization methods and technical applications.
Readings
- [AV] = Varshneya, Arun K. Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses . Academic Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780127149707.
- Doremus, Robert H. Glass Science . 2nd ed. Wiley-Interscience, 1994. ISBN: 9780471891741.
- Musgraves, J. D., L. Calvez J. Hu, eds. The Springer Handbook of Glass . Springer, 2016. (forthcoming)
- [AV] Chapters 1 and 2.
- [JS] Chapter 1.
- [AV] Chapters 1 and 5.
- [JS] Chapter 5.
- [AV] Chapter 3.
- [JS] Chapter 2.
- [AV] Chapter 9.
- [JS] Chapter 6.
- SES #: 6 · READINGS: No readings.
- [AV] Chapters 8 and 13, Appendix A
- [JS] Chapter 9. (does not cover relaxation)
- [AV] Chapter 18.
- [JS] Chapter 9.
- [AV] Chapters 13.8 and 18.12.
- [JS] Chapter 9, Section 4.4.
- [AV] Chapters 14 and 16.
- [JS] Chapter 8.
- Kasap, Safa, and Peter Capper. “Amorphous Semiconductors: Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties.” and “Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon.” Chapters 25, and 26 in Handbook of Electronic and Photonic Materials . Springer, 2007. ISBN: 9780387260594.
- Street, R. A. Technology and Applications of Amorphous Silicon . Springer, 1999. ISBN: 9783540657149.
- [AV] Chapter 19.
- [JS] Chapter 10.
- SES #: 13 · READINGS: No readings.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 3.030 or permission of instructor U (Spring) 3-0-9 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2015
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.