Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering

Course Description

Compulsory Courses

Modern Display and Lighting Technology (2 credits)

Liquid crystal displays (LCD), inorganic light-emitting diodes (LED), organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), quantum dot LEDs (QLED), and perovskite LEDs (PeLED) are regarded as modern/new generation display and lighting technologies. The course will teach an advanced understanding of the measurement of "light" and the differences between brightness, illuminance, color saturation and color gamut; The course will introduce the basic working principles of thin film transistors (TFT) and their applications in the most advanced TFT-LCD and TFT-OLED ; Comparative analysis of different display and lighting technologies, linking the principles, advantages and disadvantages, research progress, challenges, and applications of each technology, so that students can have a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the development and trends of future panel display and semiconductor lighting technologies.

Physics of Semiconductor Devices (2 credits)

This course explains semiconductor physics and semiconductor devices. It includes the crystal structure, bonding mode, electronic structure, and energy band model of semiconductors; It also includesthe following microscopic mechanisms: carrier generation and annihilation, carrier drift and diffusion, carrier injection and transport mechanisms, and doping effects; The courses also illustrates the working principles and applications of classic semiconductor devices such as diodes, transistors and memories.

Frontiers in Nanomaterials and Technology Research (2 credits)

This course aims to enable students to master the basic concepts and connotations of nanomaterials and technology, understand the basic principles of nanomaterial analysis and characterization technology, and understand the latest research on nanotechnology in the fields of information, chemistry and chemical engineering, environmental protection, energy, biomedicine and other fields. The course also illustrates achievements and industrialization development trends, focusing on the breakthroughs and leading achievements made by Chinese scientists, thereby expanding students' knowledge system, stimulating students' interests, cultivating cross-disciplinary innovation capabilities, and stimulating students' interest in learning and enthusiasm for scientific research.

Micro nano manufacturing technology and applications (2 credits)

This course mainly introduces the commonly used processes and methods for micro-nano manufacturing, including traditional silicon-based micro-nano processing technologies such as photolithography, electron beam direct writing, and reactive ion etching, as well as recently developed technologies such as nanoimprinting and nanoprobe technologies. Through a systematic introduction to the basic concepts, methods, theories, processing equipment, development and evolution processes and latest development trends of micro-nano manufacturing technology, the course is combined with a discussion of the application of micro-nano manufacturing technology in the fields of integrated circuits, nano-sensing, optoelectronics and other devices, which enables students to have a preliminary understanding of the cutting-edge research field of micro-nano manufacturing, establish a knowledge reserve structure in related fields, and be able to combine and apply it in future work.

Organic luminescent materials and devices (2 credits)

This course is based on applied physics and also involves fields such as materials science, chemistry and microelectronics. The key task of the course is to teach students important knowledge about organic light-emitting materials and devices or other related devices. It includes: introduction, basic photophysics and photochemistry, principles of organic electroluminescence, preparation and characterization of organic light-emitting devices, physics of organic light-emitting devices, and the structure and properties of organic light-emitting materials.

Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (2 credits)

This course includes biomaterials, nanomedicine, bioimaging, biosensors, etc., and introduces the application of biomaterials in medical imaging, tumor therapeutics, and immune engineering. The content includes inorganic biomaterials, organic high-tech Molecular biomaterials, bionic biomaterials, biosensors, bioimaging, etc.

Optoelectronic Device Technology (2 credits)

This course illustrates various performance parameters of optical devices and their relationship with semiconductor material parameters, process parameters and device geometric structure parameters, allowing students to grasp the application prospects of optoelectronic devices. Through this course, students can master the theoretical knowledge and practical key points of optoelectronic devices and optoelectronic technology.

Elective Courses

New Energy Materials and Technologies (2 credits)

This course aims to enanble the students to identify, represent, and analyze complex issues in the field of nanotechnology by teaching the basic principles of semiconductor devices. The course also aims to enanble the students to be able to evaluate the feasibility and rationality of analysis results of complex problems in the field of nanotechnology and obtain effective conclusions. At the same time, students can master the basic knowledge of new energy devices and technologies, use modern tools, understand the advantages and limitations of various modern tools, and predict and simulate complex problems in the field of nanotechnology.

Themed studies on materials (2 credits)

This course aims to enable students to fully understand the cutting-edge academic issues by selecting hot issues focused on the field of materials science and in the form of special topics. Through the classroom discussions, the course will cultivate students' independent learning and thinking abilities.

Solar Energy Conversion Science and Materials (2 credits)

This course will cover in depth the scientific principles of solar energy utilization, focusing on various approaches and technologies for solar energy conversion and utilization, as well as related basic scientific knowledge, research methods and cutting-edge developments. The content will cover photonic science and solar energy, biological transformation in the natural photosynthesis process, photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalytic conversion in the artificial photosynthesis process, photoelectric conversion in the photovoltaic power generation process, and photothermal chemical conversion processes.

Environmental functional nanomaterials (2 credits)

Starting from the mainstream research direction of environmental science and engineering, and oriented to solving water, air, soil and solid pollution problems, the course teaches the basic concepts, research content and research methods of environmental nanomaterials. Starting from typical environmental nanomaterials, the design ideas and synthesis routes of various environmental nanomaterials are discussed in details. At the same time, combined with the research status and possible future development directions of various environmental nanomaterials research fields, the applications of various environmental nanomaterials are briefly described, which will indeed improve Student understanding of environmental nanomaterials.

Advanced Nanophotonics (2 credits)

This course describes the latest special research on nanophotonic materials, focusing on allowing students to master the advanced basic concepts and applications of low-dimensional materials (such as graphene and other layered two-dimensional materials) in the field of optics and photonics, and understand the current nanometer Research status, future development directions and challenges for practical applications of photonics materials and devices. It focuses on the recent new concepts, new principles and new applications developed by international nanophotonics research institutes based on novel natural materials and metamaterials; leading achievements in advanced nanomanufacturing and processing; nanooptical imaging and spectroscopy with space-time super-resolution cutting-edge breakthroughs in characterization technologies; as well as the latest progress in the application of nanophotonic devices in artificial intelligence, quantum information and other fields.

Materials Analysis Science and Technology (2 credits)

This course starts from physics, chemistry and materials science, and interdisciplinaryly introduces the analytical techniques and methods to characterize the composition, structure, valence bond, valence state and performance of materials in the research process of chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and environmental science. Mainly The content includes elemental composition analysis (AAS, AES-MS, EDX, ICP-MS), structural analysis (XRD, ED, XAS), chemical valence bond analysis (IR), morphology analysis (SEM, TEM, AFM, STM), Valence and surface analysis (XPS) and physical property analysis (optical, electrical, catalytic properties, physical structural properties). Through this course, students can understand the basic instrument structure and working principles of the above-mentioned analytical technologies, master the practical applications of various analytical testing technologies and methods, and facilitate the use of these technologies to solve practical problems in this major in the future.