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+ MSE 019 Fiat Lux
+ MSE 120 Physics of Materials
+ MSE 121 Materials Science of Semiconductors
+ MSE 130 Phase Relations in Solids
+ MSE 200 Principles of Materials Science I
+ MSE 224 Deposition Technologies and Their Applications
+ MSE 226 Si-CMOS Technology
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MSE 019 Fiat Lux
Course Description: Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of
current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and
illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.
Enforced Requisites: None
MSE 120 Physics of Materials
Course Description: Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisites: courses 14,
110
(or Chemistry 113A). Introduction to electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of solids.
Free electron model, introduction to band theory and Schrödinger wave equation. Crystal
bonding and lattice vibrations. Mechanisms and characterization of electrical conductivity, optical
absorption, magnetic behavior, dielectrical properties, and p-n junctions. Letter grading.
Enforced Requisites: Courses 14 and (110 or Chemistry 113A)
MSE 121 Materials Science of Semiconductors
Course Description: Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 120.
Structure and properties of elemental and compound semiconductors. Electrical and optical
properties, defect chemistry, and doping. Electronic materials analysis and characterization,
including electrical, optical, and ion-beam techniques. Heterostructures, band-gap engineering,
development of new materials for optoelectronic applications. Letter grading.
Enforced Requisites: Course 120
MSE 130 Phase Relations in Solids
Course Description:Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisites: course 14,
and Chemical Engineering M105A or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M105A. Summary
of thermodynamic laws, equilibrium criteria, solution thermodynamics, mass-action law, binary
and ternary phase diagrams, glass transitions. Letter grading.
Enforced Requisites: Course 14
MSE 200 Principles of Materials Science I
Course Description: Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course 120.
Lattice dynamics and thermal properties of solids, classical and quantized free electron theory,
electrons in a periodic potential, transport in semiconductors, dielectric and magnetic properties
of solids. Letter grading.
Enforced Requisites: None
MSE 224 Deposition Technologies and Their Applications
Course Description: Lecture, three hours; outside study, nine hours. Designed for graduate
engineering students. Deposition methods used in high-technology applications. Theory and
experimental details of physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD),
plasma-assisted vapor deposition processes, plasma spray, electrodeposition. Applications in
semiconductor, chemical, optical, mechanical, and metallurgical industries. Letter grading.
Enforced Requisites: None
MSE 226 Si-CMOS Technology
Course Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, eight hours.
Recommended preparation: Electrical Engineering 221B. Requisites: courses 130, 131, 200, 221,
222. Selected topics in materials science from modern Si-CMOS technology, including
technological challenges in high k/metal gate stacks, strained Si FETs, SOI and three-dimensional
FETs, source/drain engineering including transient-enhanced diffusion, nonvolatile memory, and
metallization for ohmic contacts. Letter grading.
Enforced Requisites: None
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