Syllabus
1. Historical remarks. Technology of materials in ancient and medieval times.
2. Technology of materials as a part of materials physics.
3. Overview of materials for structural and some functional applications.
4. Thermomechanical treatment of important structural materials (steels and light alloys). Types of thermal treatment (annealing, quenching etc.), types of mechanical treatment (casting, rolling, forging etc.), microstructure refinement (equal-channel-angular-extrusion, torsion under high pressure etc.).
5. Surface engineering, surface modification.
6. Technology and basic properties of ceramic materials, high temperature superconductors.
7. Technology of polymers. Notes on conducting polymers.
8. Technology of semiconductors.
9. Technology and basic properties of some special materials. Liquid crystals, quasicrystals, metallic glasses, fullerens, carbon nanotubes & onions, whiskers, cellular materials.
10. Technology of composite materials.
11. Introduction to technology of thin films, fabrication methods and applications.
Annotation
Classical and advanced technology of materials for structural and some functional applications. Fabrication and treatment of metallic materials. Metallic materials with fine and ultrafine microstructures. Surface engineering.
Ceramic materials, polymers, composite materials. Technology of semiconductors and special materials (liquid crystals, quasicrystals, metallic glasses, fullerens, carbon nanotubes and carbon onions, whiskers, cellular materials). Thin films – fabrication methods and applications.