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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Karsten Albe; Apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Yuri Genenko
Event type:
Lecture
Org-unit: Dept. 11 - Institute of Materials Science
Displayed in timetable as:
Theor.Mat.Sci.
Subject:
Crediting for:
Language of instruction:
Englisch
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Course Contents:
- Landau theory of phase transitions
- Criticallity
- Phase transitions
- Statistical models for describing phase transitions
- Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn equations
- Phase-field method
- Ising Model
- Molecular Dynamics
- Thermodynamic integration
- Monte-Carlo Methods
- Kineitc Monte Carlo
Literature:
- D. Kondepudi, I. Prigogine, Modern Thermodynamics: From heat engines to dissipative structures, Wiley (1998)
- D. C. Wallace, Thermodynamics of Crystals, Dover (1998)
- R.K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics, Elevier Butterworth-Heinemann (2005)
- Rob Philips, Crystals, Defects and Microstructures, Cambridge (2001)
- Alexander K. Tagantsev, L. Eric Cross and Jan Fousek, Domains in Ferroic Crystals and Thin Films, Springer 2010
- M.E. Lines and A.M. Glass, Principles and Application of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1977
- S. Yip (ed.), Handbook of Materials Modelling, Springer, 2005
Expected Number of Participants:
80
Official Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to theoretical concepts relevant in materials science for
describing and modeling properties and processes on the atomistic and continuum scale.
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