Kursinformation

Lehrinhalte
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[*]Landau theory of phase transitions
[*]Criticallity
[*]Phase transitions
[*]Statistical models for describing phase transitions
[*]Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn equations
[*]Phase-field method
[*]Ising Model
[*]Molecular Dynamics
[*]Thermodynamic integration
[*]Monte-Carlo Methods
[*]Kineitc Monte Carlo
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Literatur
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[*]D. Kondepudi, I. Prigogine, [i]Modern Thermodynamics: From heat engines to dissipative structures[/i], Wiley (1998)
[*]D. C. Wallace, [i]Thermodynamics of Crystals[/i], Dover (1998)
[*]R.K. Pathria, [i]Statistical Mechanics[/i], Elevier Butterworth-Heinemann (2005)
[*]Rob Philips, [i]Crystals, Defects and Microstructure[/i]s, Cambridge (2001)
[*]Alexander K. Tagantsev, L. Eric Cross and  Jan Fousek, Domains in Ferroic Crystals and Thin Films, Springer 2010
[*]M.E. Lines and A.M. Glass, Principles and Application of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1977
[*]S. Yip (ed.), Handbook of Materials Modelling, Springer, 2005
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Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl
80

Offizielle Kursbeschreibung
This course provides an introduction to theoretical concepts relevant in materials science for
describing and modeling properties and processes on the atomistic and continuum scale. 

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