Syllabus (416/516)

GLASS (416/516)

635:416 Dr. Stephen H. Garofalini (A217)
sgarofalini@gmail.com http://glass.rutgers.edu 

 

 
Description:
The course is designed to introduce students to the atomistic behavior affecting the properties of glasses and glass surfaces. Lectures and student participation are designed to make us think about the various atomistic mechanisms that can be used to explain the macroscopic behavior of glasses. Applications include obvious ones, such as windows, fiber optics, etc, as well as less obvious areas where amorphous phases are important, such as electrolytes for energy, electrochromics, membranes, and even structural ceramics. Results and interpretation of both experimental and computational studies will be presented.

 

    TOPIC CLASSES
    1. Purpose and scope: Nature of the glassy state:
    Concepts, questions, criticality, correlations, ideality, 
    formation of non-crystalline solids: classical formation and important variations

    2

    		 Paul,
    Stillinger, Folgar2007, Martin
    2. Glass formation and glass transition (Tg): Structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic effects on Tg: 
    Supercooled Liquid - why does it form
    Structural basis for glass formation - common glasses
    Kinetic basis for Tg
    Thermodynamic basis 

    5

    Larson-Garside, Weinberg, 

    Cohen-Turnbull papers, Swalin

    3. Structure of glasses: General features, RDFs, FSDP, glassy metals, oxide glasses:
    Glassy Metals
    Oxide Glasses: simple oxides
    Defects in silica-rings
    Review

    6
    Greer, Chen (Ch. 2-4, 6.4.1, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 8.3)
    Ma
    Exam**

    1

    		 Topics 1-3
    4. Effects of composition on structure and properties:
    liquidus, structure, ion transport, MAE

    6

    		 Geisenger, Zirl, Ingram, Wu (Stebbins), Ha, Garofalini, deJong
    5. Structure of glass surfaces and interfaces:

    6

    		 Lockwood 1 and 2, Brinker, Vaccaro, Rudd, Lentz
    6. Durability, Water/Glass interactions:

    1

    		  Bunker, Tomozawa, Garofalini
    7. Fracture behavior:

    1

    		 Kurkjian
    8. Topological constraint model

    1

    		 Gupta
    Exam

    -

    		 Topics 1-8

    *Reading should be completed prior to the relevant class.

    ** Scheduling of Exam is approximate 
    Grade: The final grade for the course will be compiled approximately as follows: 
    Exams ~60% (Class Participation, Quizzes, Homework) ~40%