10 courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for 2020–21 (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021), from UW Open Data. ucalendar asks programs not to read that year’s calendar, so this stands in for it. Original: ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/2021/COURSE/course-MNS.html
Overview of materials, including physical and chemical classification of materials, and structure-property relationships; survey of emerging fields in materials and nanoscience research such as: nanotechnology, quantum materials and devices, bionic research; societal impacts of materials and nanoscience research. [Offered: F]
LEC · Course ID 013979On ucalendarMNS 101 today
Overview of materials synthesis, including both wet chemical and dry physical based methodologies; basic metrology and materials characterization of surface and bulk properties; introduction to the design, fabrication, and evaluation of simple devices; survey of emerging new techniques in materials and nanosciences. [Offered: W]
LEC · Course ID 013980On ucalendarMNS 102 today
The laboratory course is aimed at students enrolled in the MNS program and is composed of experiments involving the syntheses of materials and nano-particles; in addition to their characterization and application using modern instrumentation techniques. [Offered: W, S]
Prereq: Materials and Nanosciences students only; Coreq: MNS 211 or 221
LAB · Course ID 014028On ucalendarMNS 201L today
Crystal structures and bonding in solids; introduction to diffraction, solid state synthesis, and thermal analysis techniques employed in the study of materials; defects, non-stoichiometry, and solid solutions; phase diagrams for solid systems. [Offered: F]
LEC · Course ID 013981On ucalendarMNS 211 today
Physical properties of crystalline and amorphous solids; introduction to electric, magnetic and optical properties of solids. [Offered: W, S]
Prereq: MNS 211
LEC · Course ID 013984On ucalendarMNS 221 today
Optical properties of and electrical transport in materials; topics may include insulators, semiconductors, metals, superconductors and their applications in photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, and nanocomposites.[Offered: S, F]
Prereq: MNS 221; Level at least 3A
LEC · Course ID 013988On ucalendarMNS 321 today
Basic definitions and polymer nomenclature, molecular weight distributions and averages, molecular weight measurements, step-growth and radical chain polymerization reactions, chain conformations, glass transition, crystallization, mechanical properties of polymers, phase behaviour and morphologies, and self-assembly. [Offered: W]
LEC · Course ID 014029On ucalendarMNS 322 today
Mechanical, chemical and biological properties of biomaterials; relationships between biomaterials and their properties, functions, manufacture, and applications; applications of biomaterials in technologies, such as tissue engineering, prosthesis manufacture, drug delivery systems, bioreactors. [Offered: W]
Prereq: Level at least 3A; Materials and Nanosciences students only
LEC · Course ID 013987On ucalendarMNS 331 today
After a review of the essential concepts in solid-state materials, in-depth discussion includes two or three of the following topics: transistors, semiconducting materials and devices, superconducting materials and superconductivity-based devices (such as Josephson junctions, SQUIDS), effects of low dimensionality and interfaces, quantum dots, magnetoresistance, spintronics, multiferroics, topological phases, and, nanofabrication of new materials. [Offered: W]
Prereq: Level at least 4A; Materials & Nanosciences students only
LEC · Course ID 013990On ucalendarMNS 410 today
After a review of the essential concepts in nano-biomaterials, in-depth discussion includes two or three of the following topics: biomaterials on atomic and nanometre scales in which DNA, RNA, and/or polypeptides are incorporated as components; physical, chemical, and biological processes; nanoscale forces, adhesion, indentation; applications in nanomotors, nano-biomimetic materials, nanocomposite materials, and nano-biosensors. [Offered: W]
Prereq: Level at least 4A Materials and Nanosciences Plan
LEC · Course ID 013989On ucalendarMNS 431 today