MATSCI214

Chemical foundations of materials science concerning structure and bonding from a physical and solid-state chemistry perspective. Topics include quantum chemistry; molecular structure, symmetry, and spectroscopy; bonding in molecular orbital, crystal field, and ligand field theories; coordination compounds; chemistry of solid-state metallic, covalent, and ionic materials; introductory defect chemistry; and links to the electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of solid state, polymer, and nanoscale materials.