Week 1: New and "high tech" materials (composition-structure-properties). Types of bonds in solids (ionic, metallic, covalent, Van der Waals), molecular solids. Week 2: Crystalline solids, technology of crystal growth, basic types of crystal structures, introduction to symmetry, space groups, X-ray and neutron diffraction in solids. Week 3: Crystal defects, bonding in solids and introduction to band theory, from conductors to insulators, crystalline solids, physical properties of crystalline substances. Minerals - homogeneous crystalline substances found in the earth's crust, raw material sources. Week 4: Semiconductors (inorganic and organic), Si, Ge, compounds III-V, II-VI, moleciles and polymers with system of conjugated bonds, synthesis-properties and uses; p-n junction, integrated circuits, LEDs, lasers, luminescence, thermoelectric materials, photovoltaic systems. Week 5: Zeolites and related structures, synthesis and structures, use (catalysis, sorption), mesoporous aluminosilicates and new materials. Week 6: Binary oxides and perovskites (synthesis, composition-structure-properties (magnetic polarization, magneto-resistance, piezoelectrics,). Week 7: Metals and alloys (examples of Fe, Al, Pb, and others, structure, properties, amorphous metals, processing, new applications) Week 8: Glass - amorphous solids, methods of preparation, glasses, metal glasses, chalcogenide glasses, physical properties of amorphous substances, structure and its reflection in band theory. Significant and new applications. Week 9: Phase diagrams, metastable phases, ceramic materials, glass-ceramic materials. Week 10: Ion-conductive compounds, alloys, batteries (anodes, electrolytes, cathodes), fuel cells, H2 sources. Week 11: Liquid crystals. Week 12: Organic semiconductors (types, structure, properties, hybrid structures, applications, printed electronics). Week 13: Inorganic nanomaterials and bio-materials, dimensionality (0D-2D), preparation of nanotubes, nanofibers, nanolayers and nanodots, overview of properties vs. structure (surfaces), characterization, biomineralization and self-organizing structures
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