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2019　Advanced Course in Surface Properties of Organic Materials A

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Instructor(s)
Mori Takehiko  Ouchi Yukio  Ishikawa Ken  Matsumoto Hidetoshi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Fri3-4(S8-509)  
Group
-
Course number
MAT.P463
Credits
1
Academic year
2019
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2019/3/18
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

1, The first half of this class will focus on two advanced topics of liquid crystals. They are ferroelectric liquid crystals including their sub-phases, and self-modulation structure formation observed at the phase transition between nematic and smectic c phases. Basic knowledge of the liquid crystal is required. Students should have the credit of Mat.P401 (Organic Optical Materials Physics). or have the equivalent knowledge. At the beginning of the class, a pre-examination will be done. .
2, For understanding of fundamental properties of organic functional materials, fundamental concepts of surface, interface, state of matter and optical properties are lectured.

Student learning outcomes

Acquiring specialized knowledge on advanced topics of liquid crystal sicience.
Understand important concepts necessary to design organic functional materials.

Keywords

Chiral Smectic Liquid crystal, Phase transition, Selof-Organization, Solid/liquid interfaces, Polymer nanomaterials

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

Screening examination will be done at the beginning of the first class. Students have to pass the examination to attend this class. This class will be done using interactive teaching.


At the beginning of each class, solutions to exercise problems assigned during the previous class are reviewed. Towards the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to what is taught on that day to solve. Before coming to class, students should read the course schedule and check what topics will be covered. Required learning should be completed outside of the classroom for preparation and review purposes.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Chiral SmC liquid crystal phases Understand chiral SmC subphases and experimental methods to distinguish these phases.
Class 2 Phase transitions in Chiral SmC phases Understand theories treating phase transitions between SmC subphases.
Class 3 Self-organization of helical structure during N-SmC transition Understand the transition bar structure observed during the phase transition between the nematic and smectic C phases and recognize the difference between observed structures and reported theories of the structure.
Class 4 Self-organization and Cubic-phase Understand the relationship between the transition bar and cubic phase.
Class 5 Physicochemical properties of solid/liquid Interfaces: diffusion double layer and surface forces. Understand diffusion double layer, Poisson-Boltzmann equation, and surface forces.
Class 6 Physicochemical properties of solid/liquid Interfaces: surface tension and wetting behavior Understand surface tension and wetting behavior.
Class 7 Nanotechnology and polymeric nanomaterials Understand fundamentals of nanotechnology and polymer nanomaterials.
Class 8 Fundamentals of polymeric nanofibers Understand polymeric nanofibers.

Textbook(s)

Jacob N. Israelachvili, Intermolecular and Surface Forces (3rd Ed.), Chapters 14 and 17, ISBN: 978-0-12-375182-9

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Materials used in class can be found on OCW-i.

Assessment criteria and methods

Student's course scores are based on exercise problems, reports, and a term-end examination.

Related courses

  • MAT.P464 Advanced Course in Surface Properties of Organic Materials B

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

Have the credit of Mat.P401 or equivalent knowledge.

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