Course detail

Introduction to Functional Materials for Advanced Technologies

FCH-BC_FMPTAcad. year: 2025/2026

The first half of the semester will consist of lectures on functional materials for electrotechnical applications such as semiconductors, ferroelectric and ferromagnetic ceramics, dielectrics for capacitors, piezoelectric materials and superconductors. In the second half of the semester, students will be introduced to the application of these materials in lectures and practical demonstrations of regional technology companies that produce functional elements for the automotive and aerospace industries, electrical engineering and electronics.

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Eva Bartoníčková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Materials Science (ÚCHM)

Entry knowledge

The student should have the basics of the structure of solids.

 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Oral exam in the presented material.

 

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with a basic orientation in functional materials and their applications in the automotive and aerospace industries, in electrical engineering and electronics.

 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Banerjee S., Tyagi AK., Functional Materials. London: Elsevier; 2012, ISBN 978-0-12-385142-0
Moulson, A. J. , Herbert , J. M., Electroceramics: Materials, Properties, Applications, Wiley, 2003, ISBN: 978-0-471-49748-6
Richerson, D. W.: Modern Ceramic Engineering: Properties, Processing, and Use in Design. 2. vyd. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1992. 860 s. ISBN 0-8247-8634-3
Rogers B.: Nanotechnology : Understanding Small Systems, Third Edition. Taylor & Francis Group, Oakville 2017.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Eva Bartoníčková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the electrical and magnetic properties of solids.
2. Semiconductor ceramics - general theory, production, applications - Si technology, fuel cells
3. Dielectric ceramics - general introduction
4. Ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics
5. Ferromagnetics
6. Nanotechnology in the production of functional materials
7. Lecture by semiconductor and chip manufacturer ON Semiconductors Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
8. Lecture by semiconductor and chip manufacturer ON Semiconductors Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
9. Lecture of ferromagnetic ferrite ceramics manufacturer TDK Electronics s.r.o. Šumperk
10. Lecture of PTC perovskite ceramics manufacturer TDK Electronics s.r.o. Šumperk
11. Lecture of capacitive dielectric ceramics manufacturer KYOCERA AVX Components s.r.o. Lanškroun
12. Lecture by CRYTUR s.r.o., manufacturer of single crystals and optoelectronic elements Turnov