- Understand fundamental electronic structure and chemistry of oxide.
- Relate electronic structure to electronic properties.
- Describe the principle of the unique properties in oxide thin films and heterostructures.
- Understand the principles of growth and characterization of oxide thin films
- Apply what you have learned in the class to your research on oxides.

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(1) Final Exam. 50 %, (2) Final Presentation, 30 %, (3) Homework & Attendance: 20 %

* Main Lecture Materials:
Lecture Notebook will be distributed by the Instructor (PDF files posted on e-class)

* Important References:
(1) "The electronic structure and chemistry of solid" by P. A. Cox
(2) "Introduction to solid state physics," by C. Kittel
(3) “Materials fundamentals of molecular beam epitaxy”, by J. Y. Tsao
(4) “Materials science of thin films”, by M. Ohring
(5) “Transition metal oxides”, by P. A. Cox
(6) "Semiconductor device physics and design“, by U. K. Mishra and J. Singh

* Fundamental electronic structure and chemistry of oxides
- Electronic energy levels and chemical bonding
- Elementary band theory
- The effect of electron repulsion
- Lattice distortions
- Defects, impurities, and surfaces
* Dielectric properties in oxide thin films
- High-k oxides
- Piezoelectricity
- Ferroelectricity
- Relationship between crystal structure and dielectric properties
* Semiconducting properties in oxide thin films
- Band alignment
- Defects and doping in oxide thin films
- Transparent oxide semiconductors
- Oxide heterostructures
- Emergent phenomena in oxide interface
* Metallic properties in oxide thin films
- Simple metallic oxides
- Beyond simple metallic oxides
- Magnetic, correlated, Peierls insulators
* The growth of thin films
- Growth kinetics
- Growth technique
* The characterization of thin films
- High-resolution x-ray diffraction techniques
- In-situ monitoring