Course Offerings: Waterloo

This course will introduce the fundamental concepts that underlie modern electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies. These concepts will be used to build an understanding of common experimental techniques, such as cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and impedance spectroscopy and their application to the analysis of real-world electrochemical systems. Modern technologies for electrochemical energy conversion and storage will then be compared and contrasted through a series ...

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This graduate-level course introduces the physics of gate-defined semiconductor quantum dots, with an emphasis on spin qubits for solid-state quantum information processing. Topics include semiconductor heterostructures, electrostatic confinement, Coulomb blockade, quantum transport, double-dot charge stability diagrams, spin states, exchange interactions, Pauli spin blockade, spin-to-charge conversion, coherent control, readout, and decoherence. The course alternates between lectures, ...

Atomic and molecular clusters constitute intermediates between molecules, with clearly defined quantum states, and condensed matter where these states form bands or continua. As such, the study of clusters can be viewed as a means of unravelling the evolution of bulk properties from those of the constituent atoms/molecules. Interestingly, owing to the high ratio of surface atoms to bulk atoms, there are many analogies between the chemistry and physics of clusters and of solid surfaces. For ...

The goal of organic synthesis is to efficiently create valuable and interesting molecules. Towards this goal, modern research efforts seek to discover and invent powerful chemical reactions that make new bonds that are difficult or impossible to form using traditional methods.  This course will cover how metals can be used to perform such reactions. An emphasis will be made on the use of homogeneous complexes of late transition metals as catalysts. Basic concepts of organometallic ...

Contents 1.      Basic definitions: Monomers, polymers, polymerization reactions. Polymer structure, nomenclature. Molecular weight distributions and average molecular weights. 2.      Chain conformations: End-to-end distance, radius of gyration, molecular dimensions, excluded volume. 3.      Molecular weight measurements: Colligative properties, osmometry, light scattering, viscosity, gel permeation ...

This course introduces living and controlled polymerization techniques for the synthesis of polymers with well-defined molecular structures, including control of molecular weight, chemical composition, and polymer architecture. Major approaches include anionic polymerization, living free-radical polymerization, ring-opening metathesis polymerization, and chain-growth condensation polymerization. Learning objectives Understand the concepts and mechanisms of living and ...

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This course is concerned with the relations between crystal structure and electronic structure. The major goal is to understand and be able to predict materials properties solely based on the structure. Basic knowledge of simple solid state structures (e.g. NaCl, TiO2, CdI2, NiAs, MoS2 etc.) is highly recommended. Structure/materials families will comprise metals, semiconductors, superconductors, and (Mott and topological) insulators. Topics ...

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