Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Defects and Diffusion
Discover the principles of point defect evolution that explain materials science phenomena.
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About this Course
A four-part series of online modules, Microstructural Evolution of Materials introduces various phenomena in various classes of materials. In this course, you will learn how materials develop different microstructures based on the processing technique used, and how these microstructures relate to the properties of the material.
Covering similar content to the MIT course 3.022: Microstructural Evolution of Materials, this online version is intended for undergraduate engineering and science students, as well as professionals, who are interested in materials statistics, kinetics, and microstructural transformations.
Microstructural Evolution of Materials is a series of the following four modules:
- Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Statistical Mechanics
- Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Defects and Diffusion
- Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Surfaces & Surface-Driven Reactions
- Microstructural Evolution in Materials: Phase Transformations
This second module focuses on point defect evolution, including diffusion, substitutional diffusion, ionic defects, and ionic conductivity.
What you'll learn
At the end of this second module of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand the microscopic mechanisms that govern diffusion
- Explain how ion exchange can be used to chemically strengthen glass
- Predict the charge carrier concentration in various charge compensation regimes using the Brouwer approximation.
Prerequisites
- University-level Calculus
- Part 1 of Microstructural Evolution of Materials
- Structure of Materials or other similar course
- Thermodynamics; ideally, 3.012Tx: Thermodynamics of Materials
Meet your instructors
Juejun Hu
John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Hu earned a BS in materials science and engineering at Tsinghua University in 2004 and a PhD in the same discipline at MIT in 2009. Before joining MIT, he was an assistant professor at the University of Delaware from 2010 to 2014. Professor Hu is a fellow of professional societies the American Ceramics Society, Optica, and SPIE.
