Amorphous Materials

A pearlescent sap-like substance on a rock.

Hyalite opal (opal-AN), or glass opal is an amorphous material with a structure similar to silica glass. (Image courtesy of James St. John on Flickr. License: CC BY.)

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MIT Course Number

3.071

As Taught In

Fall 2015

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

This course discusses the fundamental material science behind amorphous solids, or non-crystalline materials. It covers formation of amorphous solids; amorphous structures and their electrical and optical properties; and characterization methods and technical applications.

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Juejun Hu. 3.071 Amorphous Materials. Fall 2015. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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