Subject Code: ML4L002 Name: Elements of electroceramics L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-Requisites: Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering; Thermodynamics of Materials; Physical Metallurgy.
Introduction: Brief review crystal structure of materials. Review of selected topics of introductory solid state physics.
Structure of crystalline ceramics:  Structure rules with special emphasis on radius ratio concept; Oxide structures, Silicate structures; Derivative structures and polymorphism.
Synthesis methods of ceramic materials:Bulk preparation routes; Thin film preparation methods;
Defect chemistry and defect equilibria: Point defects; Kröger–Vink notation; Defect reactions; Defect equilibria; Defect equilibrium diagram.
Conduction in ceramics: Diffusion; Mobility and diffusivity;Ionic Conductors and applications.
Linear dielectric ceramics: Theory of polarization, Frequency dependence; Dielectric relaxation;Equivalent circuit representation and impedance analysis; Dielectric breakdown.
Non-linear dielectric ceramics:  Classifications; Piezoelectrics:Direct and converse piezoelectric effects, Pyroelectrics;Ferroelectrics: Curie-Weiss law, domains;Applications.
Magnetic Materials: Magnetism- classical and quantum approaches: diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism; Structures of magnetic ceramics;Applications. 
Multiferroic and magnetoelectric ceramics:Theory;Magnetoelectriccoupling; Type I and Type IImultiferroics; Applications.
Superconducting ceramics: Meissner effect; Type I and II Superconductors;High temperature superconductivity in ceramics; Applications.
Texts/Reference Books
  1. Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Edition, W. D. Kingery, H. K. Bowen, D. R. Uhlmann, John Wiley and Sons, 1976.
  2. Principles of Electronic Ceramics, by L. L. Hench and J. K. West, New York, NY: John Wiley, 1990
  3. Electroceramics: Materials, Properties, Applications, by A. J. Moulson and J. M. Herbert, Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd Edition, 2003.
  4. Nonstoichiometry, Diffusion and Electrical Conductivity in Binary Metal Oxides (Science & Technology of Materials), P.K. Kofstad, New York, Wiley-Interscience, 1972.
  5. Solid State Physics, A.J. Dekker, Prentice-Hall, 1969
  6. Transition Metal Oxides: An Introduction to Their Electronic Structure and Properties, P.A. Cox, Oxford University Press, 2010 (republished)
  7. Non-stoichiometric Oxides, O. ToftSørensen, Academic Press, 1981