COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRYSTAL ENGINEERING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 5115 CRYSTAL ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

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 understanding supramolecular architectures for design and synthesis of novel functional materials

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to recognize importance of intermolecular interactions to finely tune properties of materials
2   to be able to identify importance of collective behaviors molecular assemblies
3   to be able to express and apply charge transfer mechanism in supramolecular assemblies
4   to be able to understand the nature of pi bondings
5   to be able to understand H-bonds in bio-macromolecules
6   to be able to use crystallographic database for crystal engineering

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Molecules as Tools for Material Design
2 Molecular Assemblies
3 Supramolecular Engineering: Symmetry Aspects
4 Interactions and Organization in Molecular Assemblies: Solid State Approach
5 Effects of Crystal Structure on Molecular Structure
6 Industrial Applications of Molecular Materials
7 Host-Guest Interactions
8 Architecture of Coordination Polymers
9 MIDTERM
10 Clathrate Systems
11 Pharmaceutical Co-crystals
12 Solvent Free Reactions
13 Database Mining for Crystal Engineering
14 Principles of Analysis Data

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:
G. R. Desiraju, Crystal Engineering: The design of Organic Solids, Elsevier, 1989, Amsterdam

Supplementary Book(s):
J. Simon, P. Bassoul, Design of molecular materials: supramolecular engineering, 2000 Wiley.
Edward R.T. Tiekink and Jagadese J. Vittal (Ed.), Frontiers in Crystal Engineering, John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm, Final,Homework

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)
Lectures 10 3 30
Tutorials 3 3 9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 4 8 32
Preparing presentations 13 5 65
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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