Materials Engineering Laboratory/Materials Chemistry Laboratory

Graduate

The laboratory is designed to familiarize students with the use of materials testing and characterization equipment commonly found in industrial and research laboratories. This laboratory will provide hands-on skills for the synthesis of conductive, surface active, and carbon-rich materials. It will also provide hands-on skills on the characterization of materials optoelectronic and thermomechanical properties by spectroscopic and microscopy methods, including optical metallographic microscopy (OM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The experiments will also include basic film processing by physical and solution-based techniques (such as spin coating and printing), electrical characterization of conductive materials and the fabrication of different organic electronic devices such as transistors and sensors. (Equivalent to 2 courses over 2 semesters) (Co-requisite: MATL-8820 Materials Engineering and Chemistry Course) (This course is offered only to students enrolled in the Master of Materials Chemistry and Engineering)