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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS PHY 5178 APERIODIC CRYSTALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN KARABIYIK

Offered to

PHYSICS PHYSICS

Course Objective

The course will provide an understanding basic principles and properties of aperiodic materials.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to categorize non-periodic crystal structures properly 2   to be able to understand the effects from forbidden symmetries on stabilities of quasicrystals 3   to be able to express and apply mathematically properties quasicrystalline materials 4   to be able to understand the relationships between usual and higher-dimensional crystallography 5   to be able to understand production methods of quasicrystalline materials 6   to be able to express and describe dynamics of quasicrystalline materials

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Periodic and Aperiodic Crystal Structures 2 Modulated Crystals 3 Fibonacci Tiling 4 Thue-Morse Tiling 5 2D-Penrose Pentiling 6 Real Structures: Heptagonal-Octagonal-Dodecagonal Tiling 7 3D-Amman Tiling 8 Midterm 9 Phonons and Phasons 10 Quasicrystallography 11 Dislocations in Quasicrystals 12 Higher Dimensional Space Groups 13 Stability Mechanisms of Quasicrystals 14 Landau Theory: Transition from Crystals to Quasicrystals 15 Experimental Methods for Producing Quasicrystalline Materials

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Aperiodic Crystals, Ted Janssen, Gervais Chapuis, Marc de Boissieu, Oxford University Press, 2007. Supplementary Book(s): Quasicrystals, C. Janot, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures 2. Problem solving 3. Presentations 4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory. 2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.karabiyik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84 Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20 Preparation for final exam 1 30 30 Preparing assignments 13 4 52 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 LO.1 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 LO.2 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 LO.3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 LO.4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 LO.5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 LO.6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3