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2017　Organic Materials Laboratory II

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Instructor(s)
Mori Takehiko 
Class Format
    
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue5-8(S8-108,S8-109)  Fri5-8(S8-108,S8-109)  
Group
-
Course number
MAT.P351
Credits
2
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

Understanding the principle of experiments and the obtained meanings of the properties by the experiments is essential in material science and engineering.The learning of fundamental skills of chemical and physical measurement opeation is required for the correct and safe experiments. In this experiment course, the following topics will be covered: measurement and discussion of physical properties of conducting polymers; explanation of fundamental properties of a superconductor; retrieval and read requisite articles written in English; learning measurement method to evaluate physical properties of a polymer film; understanding status of the film based on the obtained data; getting knowledge of basic preparation and evaluation methods of thin solid films; learning the measurement method for surface/interface and understanding the relationship between macroscopic property and microscopic structure of material surfaces /interfaces. The safety training programs for experiments will be also learned.
The aims of this course are to make students to get the basics for organic and polymeric materials through the learning of experimental operations, principles, comparison between the theoretical and observed data, in order to improve their skills and understandings from the viewpoints of general education covering the wide area from the basics to the advanced research of science and engineering.
Additionally, the number of students will be restricted by the limitations such as experimental space and so on. The learning quarters and orders could be also changed. Students can learn whole themes in Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials I, II and III in a different order, by taking all courses of Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials at 1st, 3rd and 4th quarters.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. have acquired fundamental skills of chemical and physical measurement operations, 2. understand the chemical reactions and analysis,
3. understand the meanings of measured properties and their principles,
4. understand the relation between the conditions of sample preparation and their properties, 5. understand the experimental methods, data analysis and discussion based on obtained data, and learning the basics for more advanced experiments.

Keywords

Organic and polymeric materials, material engineering, experiment, operation of chemical experiment, analysis method, property measurement

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students work in teams throughout this course and conduct a series of experimental themes. The learning quarters and orders could be also changed. Students can learn whole themes in Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials I, II and III in a different order, by taking all courses of Experiments of Organic and Polymeric Materials at 1st, 3rd and 4th quarters.The written report must be submitted by a specified date. Students must read the experiment text before the start of each experiment to ensure safety and smooth running.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Safety training program 3 (risk assessment, X-ray and Laser)
Class 2 Synthesis and properties of conducting polymers Measure and discuss physical properties of conducting polymers. Explain fundamental properties of a superconductor. Retrieval and read requisite articles written in English.
Class 3 Conducting polymers as an electrode for a battery
Class 4 Introduction to superconductivity
Class 5 document retrieval
Class 6 Measurement of mechanical properties of polymer film Learning measurement method to evaluate physical properties of a polymer film. Understanding status of the film based on the obtained data.
Class 7 Measurement of thermal properties of polymer film
Class 8 Measurement of orientation behavior of polymer film during elongation
Class 9 Effects of elongation and crystallization on physical properties of polymer film
Class 10 Fundamentals of solid film preparation methods Getting knowledge of basic preparation and evaluation methods of thin solid films.　Learning the advanced measurement method for surface and interface and understanding the relationship between macroscopic property and microscopic structure of material surfaces and interfaces.
Class 11 Solid film preparation and evaluation
Class 12 Synthesis and evaluation of a new liquid material "ionic liquid"
Class 13 Structural analysis of solid film and ionic liquid surfaces
Class 14 Safety training program 4 (electronics, mechanics, high pressure gas and liquid nitrogen)
Class 15 Course for virtual experiments (simulation, molecular orbital, molecular mechanics, etc.) Leaning concept of simulation and so on.

Textbook(s)

SAFETY HANDBOOK, Tokyo Institute of Technology　(in Japanese)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Course texts are provided during class.

Assessment criteria and methods

Full attendance and completion of all experiments are compulsory. Assessment is based on the quality of the written reports and on the status of submission thereof. The instructor may fail students if they repeatedly come to class late or delay the submission of reports too often.

Related courses

  • MAT.P350 ： Organic Materials Laboratory I
  • MAT.P352 ： Organic Materials Laboratory III
  • MAT.A250 ： Materials Science Laboratory I
  • MAT.A251 ： Materials Science Laboratory II
  • MAT.A252 ： Materials Science Laboratory III

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.

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