ECTS - Functional and Smart Materials
Functional and Smart Materials (CEAC551) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Functional and Smart Materials | CEAC551 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Ph.D. |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The course explains the synthesis, fundamentals, and device applications of smart molecules. The main aim of the course is to bridge the gap between the synthesis of smart materials and smart devices. Also, the course explains a large variety of smart devices (Shottky barrie diodes and field-effect transistors, batteries, supercapacitors, light emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, sensors, actuators and so on) based on the smart molecules and functional structures. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Fundamental principles of electron and energy transfer, wires and related systems, switching electron- and energy transfer processes, light-harvesting antennae, memories, logic gates, conducting polymers, stimuli-responsive polymers, fullerene c60 and carbon nanotubes, sensors, actuators and nanomechanical devices, electronic and photonic devices, |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Concepts | 1-18 (1) 1-37 (2) |
| 2 | Fundamental Principles of Electron and Energy Transfer Wires and Related Systems | 21-32 (1) 33-63 (1) |
| 3 | Switching Electron- and Energy Transfer Processes | 64-95 (1) |
| 4 | Light-harvesting Antennae | 96-131 (1) |
| 5 | Memories and Related Systems | 175-199 (1) |
| 6 | Memories and Related Systems | 200-234 (1) |
| 7 | Logic Gates | 235-266 (1) |
| 8 | MID-TERM | |
| 9 | Conducting Polymers | 41-80 (2) |
| 10 | Stimuli-responsive Polymers | 81-116 (2) |
| 11 | Fullerene C60 and Carbon Nanotubes | 134-200 (2) |
| 12 | Sensors and Sensor Arrays | 405-425 (2) |
| 13 | A General Overview for Electronic and Photonic Devices | 321-404 (2) |
| 14 | Actuators and Nanomechanical Devices | 461-490 (2) |
| 15 | Student Oral Presentations | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. V. Balzani, A. Credi, M. Venturi, Molecular Devices and Machines-A Journey into the Nano World, Wiley-VCH, 2003. |
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| 2. L. Dai, Intelligent Macromolecules for Smart Devices: From Materials Synthesis to Device Applications, Springer, 2004. | |
| Other Sources | 3. J. Singh, Smart Electronic Materials: Fundamentals and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
| 4. M. Addington, D. L. Schodek, Smart Materials and Technologies, Elsevier (2005) |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | 1 | 30 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Ability to carry out advanced research activities, both individual and as a member of a team | |||||
| 2 | Ability to evaluate research topics and comment with scientific reasoning | |||||
| 3 | Ability to initiate and create new methodologies, implement them on novel research areas and topics | |||||
| 4 | Ability to produce experimental and/or analytical data in systematic manner, discuss and evaluate data to lead scintific conclusions | |||||
| 5 | Ability to apply scientific philosophy on analysis, modelling and design of engineering systems | |||||
| 6 | Ability to synthesis available knowledge on his/her domain to initiate, to carry, complete and present novel research at international level | |||||
| 7 | Contribute scientific and technological advancements on engineering domain of his/her interest area | |||||
| 8 | Contribute industrial and scientific advancements to improve the society through research activities | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||