Dr. Michael Lufaso
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Office Hours: MW 9-10:30 am, TR 3-4 pm, Bldg/office - 50/2716
Lecture: MW 3-4:30 pm, Bldg/lecture room - 50/1404
Syllabus Fall 2013 (tentative)
UNF Blackboard for lecture scores
Textbooks:
L.E. Smart and Moore, "Solid State Chemistry An Introduction", 4th edition, ISBN 978-1-4398-4790-9 (required)
Supplemental Textbooks:
S.E. Dann, "Reactions and Characterization of Solids", ISBN 0-471-22481-2 (recommended)
R. Tilley, Understanding Solids: The Science of Materials
A.R. West, "Basic Solid State Chemistry"
Solid State Chemistry Lecture Notes: (tentative)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Crystal Structures
Chapter 2 Physical Methods for Characterizing Solids
Chapter 3 Synthesis of solids
Chapter 4 Bonding in Solids and Electronic Properties
Chapter 5 Defects and Non-stoichiometry
Chapter 6 Microporous and Mesoporous Solids
Chapter 7 Optical Properties of Solids
Chapter 8 Magnetic and Electrical Properties
Chapter 9 Superconductivity
Chapter 10 Nanostructures and Solids with Low-Dimensional Properties
Homework:
Exams:
See the syllabus for exam dates.
Course Resources:
General Chemistry I, General Chemistry II, Inorganic Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Crystallographic CourseWare from Bucknell, plane group symmetry elements (glide planes)
Crystallography In a Nutshell - By Charles E. Strouse - UCLA
Symmetry Resources and Tutorial
Symmetry and Point Groups - Many Examples
Chemistry, Structures and 3D Molecules at 3Dchem.com
Rotatable Solid State Structures at the University of Sydney
MIT OpenCourseWare - Introduction to Solid State Chemistry Fall 2010
Are you interested in Materials Chemistry? Check out the Materials Chemistry track in the Department of Chemistry at UNF.