Chapter 1. WHAT IS MATERIALS CHEMISTRY?
1.1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
1.2 CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DESIGN OF NEW MATERIALS
1.3 DESIGN OF NEW MATERIALS THROUGH A “CRITICAL THINKING” APPROACH
Chapter 2. SOLID-STATE CHEMISTRY
2.1 AMORPHOUS VS. CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
2.2 TYPES OF BONDING IN SOLIDS
2.3 THE CRYSTALLINE STATE
2.4 THE AMORPHOUS STATE
Chapter 3. METALS
3.1 MINING AND PROCESSING OF METALS
3.2 METALLIC STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES
3.3 METAL SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR CORROSION RESISTANCE
3.4 MAGNETISM
3.5 REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN STORAGE
Chapter 4. SEMICONDUCTORS
4.1 PROPERTIES AND TYPES OF SEMICONDUCTORS
4.2 SILICON-BASED APPLICATIONS
4.3 LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES: THERE IS LIFE OUTSIDE OF SILICON
4.4 THERMOELECTRIC (TE) MATERIALS
Chapter 5. POLYMERIC MATERIALS
5.1 POLYMER CLASSIFICATIONS AND NOMENCLATURE
5.2 POLYMERIZATION MECHANISMS
5.3 “SOFT MATERIALS” APPLICATIONS: STRUCTURE VS. PROPERTIES
5.4 POLYMER ADDITIVES
Chapter 6. NANOMATERIALS
6.1 NANOTOXICITY
6.2 WHAT IS “NANOTECHNOLOGY”?
6.3 NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS AND APPLICATIONS
Chapter 7. MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
7.1 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
7.2 ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
7.3 SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES BASED ON PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
7.4 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY (SPM)
7.5 BULK CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES