Electrical and magnetic materials
4 points * 2 lectures per week plus tutorials * First semester * Clayton * Corequisites: MTE3502
Electrical conductivity and semiconductivity: free electron and band theory. Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, transistor and integrated circuit manufacture, optoelectric devices. Dielectrics: harmonic and Debye models of polarisation and loss, optical fibres, dielectric breakdown. Ferro electrics, piezoelectricity. Magnetic behaviour, domain wall motion and pinning, single domain particles. Hard and soft magnetic materials.
Recommended texts
Allison J Electronic engineering materials and devices McGraw-Hill, 1971
Cullity B D Introduction to magnetic materials Addison-Wesley, 1972
Jakobovics J P Magnetism and magnetic materials Institute of Metals, 1987
Kittel C Introduction to solid state physics 5th edn, Wiley, 1976
Pascoe K J Properties of materials for electrical engineers Wiley, 1974
Rossiter P L The electrical resistivity of metals and alloys CUP, 1987
Solymar L and Walsh D Lectures on the electrical properties of materials OUP, 1979