Università Roma Tre

1. Atomic structure and chemical bonds: Review of general chemistry: atoms, chemical bonding, molecular geometry (VB valence bond, molecular orbitals MO)
2. organic chemistry
3. LED and OLED
4. Traditional and organic solar cells
5. Liquid crystals; LCD
6. Solids: crystals and crystal structures: metallic solids, ionic solids, covalent solids, molecular solids. crystal systems; morphology of the crystals, the Miller indices; Packing of spheres in a plane: hcp, fcc, bcc, density of a crystal. crystal lattice; 32 crystallographic point groups; unified and reduced cell, the 14 Bravais lattices. crystal classes and properties.
7. Structure and energy of the surfaces
to. surface structures of metals: fcc {100} {110} {111}; hcp {0001}; bcc {100} {110} {111}; energy surfaces, relaxation and reconstruction
8. Structural defects: point defects, linear defects or dislocations; planar defects or interfacial or grain boundaries; volume defects
9. Techniques of surface survey
11. Silicon Technology
12. The electronic balance :, electrochemical cells, electrode processes, Nerst equation; electrolysis; corrosion, galvanic corrosion and differential, methods of protection. Commercial batteries. Fuel cells

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