Alternative 1: 120 credits with 60 credits in chemistry, including 10 credits in inorganic chemistry and 10 credits in physical chemistry. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. Alternative 2: 120 credits with 75 credits in physics, chemistry, materials science and/or materials engineering, and 30 credits materials science. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
The course includes detail on solid-state synthesis, solution-based synthesis (co-precipitation, solvothermal, sol-gel, microwave synthesis), synthesis from the melt, combustion synthesis, gas phase synthesis for thin films (PVD, CVD, sputtering), and polymer synthesis. It covers scattering techniques (e.g. XRD, PDF), spectroscopic techniques (e.g. IR, Raman, XPS, XAS, UV-vis), imaging (e.g. SEM, AFM, TEM), methods for studying materials properties such as electrochemical, mechanical and magnetic characterisation.
