GENERAL COURSE: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(Prof. Vladimir P. Zlomanov)
The course consists of the following parts: the fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, solution chemistry, theory of chemical bonds, the molecular structure of substances. The trends in the properties of chemical elements are considered on the examples of non-metals (1st semester) and metals (2nd semester), including the structure and properties of complex compounds as well as the solid state chemistry.
GENERAL COURSE: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITH ELEMENTS
OF QUALITY ANALYSIS
(for students of the Higher School of materials sciences)
(Dr. Alexander I. Zhirov)
The course consists of the general laws of chemistry (principles of chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, solution theory, theory of chemical bond, structure of molecules), chemistry of elements (structure and properties of simple substances and mains of inorganic compounds, relationships of properties changes on the base of Periodic Law), reactions and methods of quality analysis.
SPECIAL COURSE: MATERIALS: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
(for students of the Higher School of materials sciences)
(Prof. Yury D. Tretyakov)
(Prof. Nikolay N. Oleynikov)
The course includes a review of the materials applied in science and technology based on the classification of chemical elements and substances used to create the materials. A comparison correlation of the unique properties of the materials, responor its use in the different areas of science and technology is conducted.
SPECIAL COURSE: INTRODUCTION INTO THE SPECIALIZATION
(Prof. Nikolay N. Oleynikov)
Synthetic methods and diagnostics of solid state inorganic substances and materials. Chemical analysis, X-ray analysis, DTA. Starting notions about fundamental classes of materials. Electron and ion conductors. HTSC. Solid electrolytes. Magnetic ox ferrites.
SPECIAL COURSE: INTRODUCTION INTO CHEMICAL SCIENCE OF
MATERIALS. PART 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE OF MATERIALS
(Prof. Nikolay N. Oleynikov)
Complex structure of solid state materials. Crystallographic structure. The main types of one-dimensional imperfections in solid state and their role in materials design. "Defects concentration - temperature" and "Defects concentration - partial pressure of fluid component" diagrams. Fine crystalline structure. Reological structure of powders and ceramic structure of bulk materials. Relationship between actual structure and materials characteristics.
SPECIAL COURSE: INTRODUCTION INTO CHEMICAL SCIENCE OF
MATERIALS. PART 2. OXIDES MATERIALS
The course considers main types of oxides materials: the high-temperature ceramic, the solid electrolyte, the heat emit materials, the technique, practice and fields of application. Synthesis of laser oxide materials is also discussed.
SPECIAL COURSE: THE METHODS INVESTIGATION OF INORGANIC
SUBSTANCE. PART 1: VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY OF INORGANIC
COMPOUNDS
(Dr. Viktor A. Sipachev)
The nature of vibrational spectra and techniques of interpreting spectral data oriented to inorganic objects are considered. Especial attention is given to the mathematics of the classical theory of vibrations of molecular systems and systems with ational symmetry elements, the use of the perturbation theory for solving the reverse spectral problem with including diffraction experiment data, the modern techniques of semi-empirical interpretation of spectra, the introduction to the problems of spectroscopy of systems with substantial anharmonicity, and an analysis of vibrational spectra based on the theory of representations of symmetry groups (point and space).
SPECIAL COURSE: THE METHODS INVESTIGATION OF INORGANIC
SUBSTANCE. PART 2: THEORY OF THERMAL ANALYSIS
(Dr. Igor V. Arkhangelskii)
This course deals with methods of thermal analysis - DTA, TG, DSC. Interpretation of thermoanalytical curves is based on solving the heat conductivity equation. Experimental and theoretical methods of non-isothermal kinetic investigations are considered.
SPECIAL COURSE: THE METHODS INVESTIGATION OF INORGANIC
SUBSTANCE. PART 3: X-RAY PHASE ANALYSIS
The course considers methods of X-ray phases analysis (using powder diffraction file ICPDC) for photomethod and diffractometer. Indexing for various syngonia. Calculation of theoretical difractogram.
SPECIAL COURSE: SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY: PART 1:
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF SOLID
Electronic structure of solids. Electronic structure of crystals within one-electron valence approximation. The methods of bond structure calculations. Schema of energy bands in tight-bond approximation. Phase transformation metal-dielectric, metal-superconductor. Main types of defects in crystals, their effect on energy spectrum. Application of the method of static concentration waves for analysis of defect ordering process. Discrete fragment in crystals of typical salt compounds. Electron and ion transport. Structural features of ion-conductors.
SPECIAL COURSE: SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY:
PART 2: PHASE EQUILIBRIA.THE CHEMISTRY OF IMPERFECT CRYSTALS
(Prof. Vladimir P. Zlomanov)
Analytical and geometrical presentation of phase equilibria. Stoichiometry of inorganic compounds. Congruent and incongruent phases and phase processes. "Partial pressure - temperature - composition" diagrams. Synthesis of inorganic compounds with well-defined composition. Chemistry of imperfect crystals.
SPECIAL COURSE: SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
PART 3: KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF SOLID STATE REACTION
(Prof. Nikolay N. Oleynikov)
Classification of the reactions, proceeding with the participation of solid reagents. Mechanisms of the base types of solid state reactions. Mathematical description and formal kinetics modeling of solid state reactions. Real systems analysis models. Sintering processes. Kinetics and mechanism of sintering model and real solid state phases.
BASIC SPECIAL COURSE: CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF HIGH
TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS
(Prof. Yury D. Tretyakov)
(Dr. Eugene V. Antipov)
Thermodynamics of HTSC formation. Phase diagrams of base types of HTSC-systems. Methods of synthesis, kinetics and mechanism formation of multicomponent oxide HTSC-phases. Degradation processes. Main types of HTSC-materials and methods of their preparation. Ceramics, thin and thick films, melt technique samples. Structural features of superconducting inorganic compounds. Structural design of new superconductors.
SPECIAL COURSE: GROWTH OF SINGLE CRYSTALS
AND THIN FILMS OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
(Dr. Olga I. Tananaeva)
(Prof. Alexander M. Gaskov)
The course contains general modern principals of crystal growth processes and growing methods. The first part, "The crystal nucleation and growth phenomena" (lector: O.I. Tananaeva), considers these processes from the solid state chemistry point of view. The second part, "The chemistry of surface" (lector: A.M. Gaskov), touches upon the questions of the surface thermodynamics, the crystal surface preparation procedures, and surface investigation methods.
SPECIAL COURSE: BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS
(Prof. Lyudmila I. Ryabova)
The band theory concepts, statistics of the charge carriers, kinetic properties and unequilibrium processes in crystalline solids are considered.
SPECIAL COURSE: SURFACE ANALYSIS METHODS
(Prof. Alexander M. Gaskov)
Peculiarities of the irradiation-substance interactions. Methods of the diagnostics of the surface of solids. Practical questions of the qualitative and quantitative surface analysis of inorganic compounds: Auger Electron Spectroscopy, Secondary Ion and Neutrals Mass Spectrometry, Laser Mass Spectrometry.
SPECIAL COURSE: X-RAY DIFFRACTION EXPERIMENT
(Dr. Sergei N. Putilin)
(Dr. Roman V. Shpanchenko)
(Andrei V. Mironov)
The course describes the theory of X-ray diffraction and the equipment used for X-ray studies of inorganic compounds. The application of powder and single crystal analyses is discussed.
SPECIAL COURSE: CHEMISTRY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS
(Prof. Larisa I. Martynenko)
This course deals with coordination compounds of elements-metals with organic and inorganic ligands and the methods of their synthesis. The variation of composition, structure, properties, thermodynamic and kinetic stability of solid and dissolved coordination compounds according to Periodic Law is considered. Besides that the field of coordination compounds application in synthesis and inorganic technology is proposed. The possibility of coordination compounds properties (volatility, solubility, stability) variation in connection with ligand and central atom nature is discussed. The use of chemico-preparative and physical methods for study of the composition, properties and structure of coordination compounds is discussed.
SPECIAL COURSE: COMPUTATIONAL TREATMENT OF
EXPERIMENTAL DATA IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(Dr. Viktor A. Sipachev)
Problems leading to sets of simultaneous equations, sets of differential equations, problems of interpolating experimental data, etc. are considered. Most attention is given to techniques used in dealing with poorly conditioned and incorrectly stated problems of physical chemistry and to estimating uncertainties in sought parameters.
SPECIAL COURSE: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL BASES OF SOLID
STATE SYNTHESIS OF INORGANIC MATERIALS
(Prof. Nikolay N. Oleynikov)
Main processes occuring in solids by mechanical treatment. Mixing processes as a general principle of organization of a physico- chemical system by solid state synthesis of materials. Role of highly dispersed materials in material science. Ultra dispersed materials and techniques of their preparation. Kinetic and mechanism of solid state reactions in systems formed by mechanical means. Sintering processes.
SPECIAL COURSE: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL BASES OF
CRYOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF HTSC
(Prof. Alexander P. Mozhaev)
Application of low temperatures in chemistry and chemical technology. Cryochemical technology of solid state materials. Equilibrium crystallization in water-salt systems. Processes of rapid freezing - cryocrystallization of solutions. Physical and chemical features of cryocrystallization and cryoprecipitation processes. Processes of thermolysis and phase formation of products of cryochemical synthesis. Diffusion processes by thermal treatment of HTSC.
SPECIAL COURSE: SYNTHESIS OF INORGANIC MATERIALS BY
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
(Dr. Andrey R. Kaul)
Chemistry, thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals of CVD processing of simple and complex oxides, chalcogenides and nitrides are considered. The application of CVD technology for thin films, powders, whiskers and ceramics of advanced materials is discussed.
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