Ph.D. Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering-江苏大学材料科学与工程学院

Discipline code: 0805

I. General introduction of the discipline and the research fields
The discipline of Materials Science & Engineering at Jiangsu University (hereafter mentioned as "the discipline") is recognized as both at national and international perspective for its excellence in research and teaching programs. Beginning from 1972, the very specialty of majoring in Materials Science and Engineering, the discipline at Jiangsu University possesses the qualification to run PhD programs in the first-level discipline and to train postdoctoral-level researchers. The discipline is consecutively deemed the "advanced discipline of materials science & engineering" in the advanced discipline development program at Jiangsu Provincial universities (2010-2013, and 2014-2017). The discipline is currently ranked top 1% (the accurate number is 0.37% as ranked No. 40 in mainland of China) in the Essential Science Indicators (ESI), and worldwide No. 285 as well as nationally No. 58 in the US news. The quality of publication derived from the discipline is worldwide ranked No. 197 and nationally No. 37 in the National Taiwan University (NTU) Ranking. There are 101 national-level, 147 provincial-level projects including the state key development projects 973 and 863, as well as the National Science Foundation of China in Materials Science and Engineering discipline, in the past five years. The total research funding has been well over 100 million CNY since 2012. The output included 528 SCI-indexed publications (46 papers were published in the first-lever rank), 332 approved invention patents, and 16 provincial and ministerial level scientific prizes and awards.
Research Fields
The Ph.D. Degree Program in Materials Science & Engineering focuses on:
(1) High-tech metal-based structural materials, where the focus is on the design, characterization and optimization of high-tech special steel and lightweight high-performance alloys used as key components in thermal powers, nuclear power equipmenst, aviation, transportation, etc.
(2) Preparation and processing of advanced materials: where the key focus is on involved in material molding, composite technology and connection is highlighted, electromagnetic field-mediated synthesis of aluminum matrix composites, laser welding, plastic molding, high-speed processing technology, etc.
(3) Inorganic non-metallic materials and their multi-functionalized design: where the research focus lies in the coupling effects of electricity, magnetism, heat, and light in the multifunctional materials. To meet the practical needs for new functional and low-dimensional materials with respect to the application in electronic devices and optical catalysis.
(4) Bioenergy- materials: which are aimed at the self-assembled nanostructures of biomolecules and battery-related nanomaterials, performing studies on micro-force microscopy, three-dimensional structures of DNA, quantum dots, low-dimensional nanostructure, etc.
(5) Biomimetic polymer materials: an internationally recognized center of excellence in research and is worldwide known by its advances in designing polymers and polymer catalysts capable of biomimetic recognition, selective catalysis, and self-switchable catalysis.
Ph.D. degree program in Materials Science & Engineering offers graduate students with the PhD degree Program in Materials Science & Engineering. The program aims at bringing about adequate practical training opportunities for engineering graduates to enable them complete their training and attain professional status. To reach the target, students must have basic knowledge and profound expertise on materials science & engineering, have the technical ability to the preparation, processing and characterization of advanced materials, have the ability to carry out research works independently and can obtain creative achievements in science or expertise. To begin the PhD program in materials science and engineering in our school, a student must:
1. Have the academic qualification admitted by Jiangsu University.
2. Have obtained a Master degree in materials science or in a related discipline before enrolling as a candidate for PhD degree

II. Goal and objectives
Requirements：
1. With a rigorous and realistic scientific attitude and style of work, a strong professional ethics and an all-round development of moral, intellectual and physical level;
2. To have a magnificent foundation in theory, systematic expertise in-depth;
3. To have R&D and innovation ability when engaged in theoretical research and high-tech project independently, to undertake and complete research subjects in this field on one’s own, capable of performing scientific research, teaching and technology of scientific projects.
The Ph.D. training is based on Tutorial System. The training process is a joint effort of Supervisor and Ph.D. Tutor Committee. Graduation time is decided by Ph.D. Tutor Committee. General studying period is 3 to 5 years. Ph.D. candidates should finish prescribed research work and dissertation.

III. Study duration and the way to cultivate
The PhD students for Materials Science & Engineering should finish the required course credits that must be at least a total of 15 credits, and the credits for degree courses should be more than 12. The completion of these courses is usually within 1 to 2 years, while the additional 2 to 3 years is used to complete the dissertation research and thesis oral defense. Moreover, every student is also required to commit several presentations/lectures that are closely relevant to his/her research project, attend academic conferences/workshops for at least 15 times, which will be counted for 3 credits of this seminar course. In addition, the required course credits can be added beyond the total required course credits if that is necessary in terms of your knowledge background and the research project in which you will involve.

VI. Requirement for the course credits

Course Category		Course name	Credit	Term	School by which Courses opened	Remark
Degree Courses	Compulsory Subjects for Public	Overview of China	3	1	Overseas Education College	Compulsory
	Compulsory Subjects for Public	Chinese	4	1	Overseas Education College	Compulsory
	Fundamental Theories	stochastic differential equations	2	1	Faculty of Science	At least two of them
		Mathematical model and numerical analysis	2	1	Faculty of Science
		Advanced structural material chemistry	2	1	School of Materials Science and Engineering(School of MSE)
	Professional Foundation or Specialized Courses	Advanced Materials Chemistry	3	1	School of MSE	At least one of them
	Professional Foundation or Specialized Courses	Advanced X-ray diffraction studies	3	1	School of MSE	At least one of them
Specialized Elective Courses		Chemical synthesis of inorganic materials	2	1	School of MSE	At least one of them
		The characterization in Bionanomaterials	2	1	School of MSE
		Introduction to Energy Materials	2	1	School of MSE
		Composite Materials	2	1	School of MSE
		Mechanical Behavior of Ceramics	2	1	School of MSE
		Functional Materials	2	1	School of MSE
		Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology	2	1	School of MSE
		Fundamentals of Solidification	2	1	School of MSE
		New Polymer Materials	2	1	School of MSE
Elective Courses for Public		All the Courses in Graduate School				Selective

Type of the courses: English-taught course or experimental platform courses

V. Advisory committee and supervisory
The Ph.D. students should be directed by a qualified major supervisor (Ph.D. graduate faculty), as well as a committee panel containing several qualified co-advisors/committee members. The Advisory Committee initially consists of at least 4 members of the Graduate Faculty, including the Major Advisor, who acts as the chair. At least 2 members must be from the School of the Materials Science & Engineering, with at least 1 of these being a full member of the Graduate Faculty. The remaining 2 members may be from School of Materials Science & Engineering or other colleges, with 1 being a full member of the Graduate Faculty. If the student declares a minor, 1 committee member must be from the minor department. The committee should be established by the end of the second semester of the student’s graduate career.

VI. Dissertation
The level of the quality of doctoral thesis is a comprehensive measure of doctoral training quality and academic standards as an important symbol. Dissertation can be basic research, applied basic research, and Engineering application research, particularly to strengthen the study of the frontier disciplines and the field of cross interdisciplinary penetration, participate in a major issue to solve the forefront of high-tech development, put forward a new concept, new theories, new methods, new technologies；Participate in solving the major theoretical and engineering problems of national economic construction, and, as far as possible, participate in an important national research project which is undertaken by the supervisor or School of Materials Science & Engineering. The thesis should reflect that the author has grasped solid and wide basic theory as well as systemic expertise in this discipline. The dissertation should normally include two aspects of theoretical analysis and experimental research. It also should focus on the depth and breadth of content, highlighting the innovative and original insights or open up new areas. Dissertation should be, under the guidance of an instructor, completed by the doctoral students himself or herself to indicate that the author has the ability to undertake independent scientific research or to be independently responsible for the specialized technical work.
including：
（1）Topics of the report
After enrollment, the Ph.D. student should know his research direction clearly, under the guidance of the instructor, and participate in scientific research. Usually after passing the qualification exam within the second school year, through the collection and read literature, the Ph.D. student should carry out research and experimental work, complete the report about topics of dissertation, and employ experts of the relevant disciplines and evaluate the report of the topics. After the passage of the deliberations of the topics of the report, the Ph.D. student prepares the implementation plan of thesis under the guidance of the instructor. Topics of reports and papers on the work plan are triplicate. One is saved by the supervisor, another by the student, and the third by College within 2 weeks after the passing. In the process of dissertation work, allowing for partial adjustment of the work plan, however, in principle, the titles are not allowed to change. If there are special reasons that support to change the title, candidate for Ph.D. degree should write an application himself or herself, and signing an opinion on the application by your major supervisor, recorded by the College Graduate Office, and timely redo report about topics of dissertation.
（2）Novelty
In order to improve the quality of the doctoral students in our school, ensure the innovation of doctoral thesis further strengthen the materials science and engineering of the Ph.D. degree theses, topics of Doctoral Dissertation implement check of Novelty. Under the guidance of the major supervisor, the doctoral candidate should check the Novelty on the topics in School science and technology project consulting department or the new center of other outcomes, retrieve topics of the research dynamics, horizontal, and research methods at home and abroad, and fill out and submit the novelty report.
（3）Thesis stage research report
The major supervisor of doctorial student should carry out regular checks on the Ph.D. dissertation work. In the medium-term of doctoral thesis work, Ph.D. student should stage research report. Assessment team (including the supervisor) are organized by more than five associate professors of the colleges or experts of equivalent professional and technical positions, specify the person in charge, and hold Public report meetings. Through the full description of the work of stage thesis by doctorial students, members of the assessment team question, and point out the problems and suggest improvements. The report meetings are needed to make a detailed record, and when the report meetings end, appraisal forms for postgraduate research work will be filled out, based on reviews and results given by the assessment team after discussion. Then the doctorial student hands it over to assessment team for signature. Test results are served as one of the reference materials for degree-granting.
（4）Workshop
Seminar would be held for doctoral students l ~ 2 times per semester, the total number should be at least six times; Symposiums are participated in by the supervisor, the member of the Advisory Committee (or some teacher and graduate students of related discipline) and the candidate; Symposiums are held in public, the candidate reviews literatures in his research field or report on his thesis in progress, and other members question and give guidance; After the symposium, doctoral student fills in the seminars profile table, together with the report of symposium, hands it over for auditing.
（5）Papers pre-defense
To improve the quality of the level of doctoral thesis, Ph.D. dissertation of the discipline should implement the pre-defense system. Doctoral dissertation pre-defense is an important part of effectively checking the doctoral thesis work, ensuring the quality of doctoral thesis.
（6）Paper Reviewers and respondents
Work of Application for the respondent of the doctoral thesis, reviewing and defense should be strictly in accordance with the requirements of the "Interim Implementation Measures of the Regulations Concerning Academic Degrees of the People's Republic of China”, as well as adopted by the Academic Degrees Committee of the degree-granting work rules and other related documents and regulations.

VII. OTHER ISSUES AND REQUIREMENTS
All graduate students are required to initiate their dissertation study project prior to the end of the second semester. The medium-term examination for dissertation project is generally scheduled in the fourth semester. Other following schedules relevant to your graduate study could be found from the Overseas Education College (OEC) at Jiangsu University. By the end of the first year, students are required to have a research proposal and program of study accepted by his/her Graduate Advisory Committee. A list of completed courses and those proposed to meet school requirements should also be prepared. A meeting of the Advisory Committee should be convened by the student to discuss his/her proposal and course work.
Every graduate student is required to publish at least 1 research papers in the relevant SSCI/SCI/EI journals prior to being eligible to apply a dissertation defense. The dissertation must demonstrate a mastery of research techniques, ability to perform original and independent research, and skill in formulating conclusions that enlarge upon or modify accepted ideas.
The above achievements are required to be with the first unit of Jiangsu University.

VIII. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Applicants from a foreign country can apply a variety of Chinese government scholarship that may fully or partially support your degree study at JU. For further information regarding these scholarships provided by Chinese government, you can surf on the website of Overseas Education College (OEC), JU, at http://oec.ujs.edu.cn/pub/eng/Scholarship/GS/. In addition to apply these funding supports, School of Materials Science & Engineering in JU also provides a financial assistance for each enrolled graduate student at least 3000 Yuan a year for PhD graduate students, with which the total amount of the funding assistance may be possibly updated, depending on the funding availability from a professor’s grants, as well as your performance in academic research.

Attachments：

(I). Guide for thesis and dissertation research proposal and plan of study

School of Materials Science & Engineering, Jiangsu University Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province

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TITLE: A brief, clear, specific designation of the subject of the research. The title, used by itself, should give a good indication of the project.
OBJECTIVES: A clear, complete, and logically arranged statement of specific objectives of the project. If several objectives are proposed, they must be closely related. List them as 1, 2, 3, etc.
JUSTIFICATION: Should present the motivation and importance of the research.
PREVIOUS WORK AND PRESENT OUTLOOK: A brief summary covering pertinent previous research on the problem, citing important and recent publications, the status of current research, and additional information needed, to which the project is expected to contribute. This review will help to determine work already accomplished.
PROCEDURE: A statement of essential work plans and methods to be used to attain each of the stated objectives. The procedure should correspond with objectives, and follow the same order. Phases of the work to be undertaken should be designated.
RESEACH METHOD: should specify the research method of the project, if the theoretical analysis is conducted, the basic model description should be given, if the empirical study is conducted, the possible source of data should be indicated.
PROBABLE DURATION: An estimate of the maximum time likely to be required to complete research and publish results.
LITERATURE CITED: List important and recent publications involving this field of work.

(II).The directory of mainly classic books needed to be read.
1. Principles of Polymer Chemistry.Paul J. Flory，Cornell University Press, 1953-12.
2. Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering.Smith, William F.; Hashemi, Javad McGraw-Hill Higher Education2009-07.
3. Science and Design of Engineering Materials E-text. Schaffer, James P.; Saxena, Ashok; Sanders Jr., Thomas H.; Antolovich, Stephen D.; Warner, Steven B.
McGraw Hill Education Europe2001-01.
4. Manufacturing Technology. Lindbeck, John R.; Williams, Molly W.; Wygant, Robert M.Prentice Hall1995-01.
5. Fundamentals of solidification (Fourth revised edition). Kurz & Fisher. Tans Tech Publications Ltd., 1998.
6. Fundamentals of materials science and engineering. William D. Callister, David G. Rethwisch.John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2007-12.
7. Nanoscale Science and Technology. Robert W. Kelsall.John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2005
8. Polymer Chemistry (2nd Ed). Paul C. Hiemenz and Timothy P. Lodge.CRC Press，2007-2
9.Principles of Polymer Chemistry. A. Ravve.Springer-Verlag New York，2012
10. The Structure of Materials. Allen S.M and Thoms E. New York:John ＆Sons. Inc.,1998
11. Ceramic Materials - Science and Engineering C，arter C. Barry,Norton M. Grant,Spring,2007
12. PHYSICAL METALLURGY，Robert W. Cahn and Peter Haasen 共三卷，全面
13. Dislocations and plastic flow in crystals, A.H. cottrell，专业，经典
14. The coming of Materials Science, Robert W. Cahn

(III).The directory of mainly professional academic journals needed to be read.
1.Macromolecules, ACS
2.Polymer Chemistry, RSC
3.Polymer, Elsevier
4.Materials characterization,
5.Journal of Materials Processing Technology
6.Materials Science and Engineering A
7.Journal of Alloys and Compounds
8.Journal of Materials Science Letters
9.Journal of Materials Science
10.Journal of the American Ceramic Society
11.Journal of the European Ceramic Society
12.Scripta Materialia
13.Nanotechnology
14.Journal of composite Materials
15.Journal of Mechanical Working Technology
16.Ceramics International
17.Advanced Materials
18.Acta Materialia
19.Small
20.Carbon
21.Journal of American Society Chemistry
22.Corrosion Science

(IV).COURSE CONTENT
Course name: Advanced structural material chemistry
Overall goal:
The overall goal of this course "advanced structural material chemistry" is to endow PhD-level students with knowledge in materials' structural chemistry, serving their future research in the development of novel materials.
Specified objectives:
The overall goal can be accomplished through three-phase' learning, that is, the basic knowledge gained in the first phase in materials' structure (such as metallic, nonmetallic and organic polymer materials), followed by the hot issues of materials' structures discussed in the second phase (including molecular self-assembly, phase-transition of smart materials, and shape-memory materials etc.), and finally the discussion in the materials structure performance and how it can be improved using modification.
Content covered:
"Advanced structural material chemistry" is a discipline atop materials science, addressing the relationship between materials' microstructures and macroscopic performance. Researchers can achieve opportunities to improve and adjust materials' performance by resorting for the basic knowledge gained in materials' structure and the hot issues captured in materials' structures. The major content involved in this course covers basic knowledge in materials themselves and their structures, including metallic, nonmetallic and organic polymer materials. The course also covers current hot issues in the materials, such as molecular self-assembly, phase-transition of smart materials, and shape-memory materials. The objective of this course is to serve in innovative researches and particularly in the development of novel materials.
Evaluation: Close-book examination.
Course Name: Advanced X-ray diffraction studies
Goal
XRD is a tool for the investigation of the crystal structures of materials. It is an extremely important analytical tool for researchers in materials related disciplines. This class is intended to provide the students with the knowledge of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and its applications.
Essential Objectives
1. This course will provide fundamentals and applications of powder x-ray diffraction, which is an extremely important analytical tool for research. This course is useful for the students from Materials Science and Chemistry.
2. As a result of attending this course, you will
1) Learn the fundamentals of crystallography and diffraction
2) Be able to use Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction data by Fullprof program
3) Understand the properties of Synchrotron radiation and use for structural investigation of complex novel materials or fast data acquisition for in situ investigation of phase transition or chemical reactions under a variety of physical conditions.
4) Gain hands-on experience with techniques and programmes for data analysis.
Content Coverage
This course covers the fundamentals of crystallography and diffraction. 24 crystal structure types of importance to various branches of materials science and engineering will be introduced. The intense X-ray radiation from a synchrotron can provide high quality powder X-ray diffraction data which will also introduced. The technique can provide high resolution data for structural investigation of complex novel materials or fast data acquisition for in situ investigation of phase transition or chemical reactions under a variety of physical conditions. Methods for data analysis of Rietveld refinement will be discussed using Fullprof program. The teaching will be a number of lectures and workshops where the participants will gain hands-on experience with techniques and programmes for data analysis..
Evaluation：Essay Report

Course Name: Materials Chemistry
Goal
The emphasis in this course is on materials structure, from atomic level to macro-scale and its relationship to properties, and fabrication methods, to develop advanced materials with good performance.
Essential Objectives
The course relates to the chemistries of materials on synthesis, process, application, etc. By the studying of the course, the students should well understand the relationship of the structures and properties of materials, get solid mastery on the chemical synthesis method and preparation technology of materials, have basic knowledge on novel metallic materials, inorganic materials, nano-materials, polymer materials and high performance composite and their applications.
Content Coverage
The course begins in Part I with an overview of the elementary chemistry that underlies much of modern materials science. Chapter 1 is a general introduction to the subject, Chapter 2 deals with descriptive ideas of chemical bonding, and Chapter 3 summarizes the background synthesis and reaction chemistry that play a crucial part in many aspects of materials science. Part II focuses on the core of materials chemistry-on different classes of materials, with five chapters dealing with polymers glasses, oxide and non-oxide ceramics, metals, alloys, and composites. The emphasis in this section is on materials diversity, chemical synthesis, solid-state structure and its relationship to properties, and fabrication methods. Part III builds on the foregoing chapters and continues with an emphasis on materials that are important in electronics, energy-related applications, membranes, optics and photonics, biomedical materials, and an introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Evaluation：Open-book examination

Course Name: Introduction to Energy Materials
Goal：
Enable the students to have a relatively comprehensive understanding of today's energy situation, energy technology and materials.
Essential Objectives
(1) Recognize the energy situation, (2) Understand the importance of energy material and technology, particularly for the new energy material and technology, in solving our energy crisis.
Content Coverage
The course will be divided into five chapters. The first chapter is a general introduction to today's energy situation, structure, as well as the technologies and materials. Chapter 2 is about the advanced secondary battery technology and materials, mainly including Ni-MH secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery. Chapter 3 is a comprehensive introduction to the fuel cell technologies and corresponding materials. Chapter 4 is about the solar cell technology, in which the history, basic principles and four kinds of solar cells are included. Chapter 5 is reports and discussion part, in this part, students are encourage to give a report about energy materials, and a discussion focus on this kind of materials may taken.
Evaluation: Essay Report

Course Name: Functional Materials
Goal
The purpose of this course is to give participants in-depth knowledge of some functional materials that were developed for specific purposes, their properties and their function in technical applications. Practical projects give the student the opportunity to become familiar with preparation of materials and structures, along with evaluation of their properties and function. Special attention is paid to materials and structures in the nanometer or micrometer scale in at least one dimension. Students are trained in poster presentation techniques.
Essential Objectives
·The participants must be familiar with the kinds, preparation and application of functional materials, understand the theory and characterization of special properties, and know the state of art of the functional materials.
Content Coverage
·Chapter 1 Introduction　　（2 credits）
·Chapter 2 Negative Thermal Expansion Materials　　（4 credits）
·Chapter 3 Nanocrystalline and Disordered Carbon Materials　　（4 credits）
·Chapter 4 Fundamentals and Applications of the Photocatalytic Water Splitting Reaction　　（4 credits）
·Chapter 5 Graphene based functional materials (Seminar)　　（4 credits）
·Chapter 6 Functional Superconducting Materials　　（4 credits）
·Chapter 7 Hydrogen Storage Materials　　（4 credits）
·Chapter 8 Optical Materials: Fundamentals and Applications　　（4 credits）
·Chapter 9 New Photocatalytic Materials (Seminar)　　（2 credits）
Evaluation：Essay Report

Course Name: Science of Composite Materials
Goal
Selective course for material graduates
Essential Objectives
From the course, people will understand the basic effects of material compositing, and the composite principles of the structure and properties of composite materials. People will also have a brief understanding about the characteristics of main construction composite materials and functional composite materials, which will benefit the development and application of composite materials.
Content Coverage
Starting from the definition and classification of composite materials, the composite effects, the interfacial bonding characteristics, the compositing of mechanical properties, the compositing of physical and chemical properties are introduced in the present course. Brief introduction is also given to the main construction composite materials and functional composite materials, respectively.
Evaluation:Essay Report

Course Name: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Goal
The overall goal of this course "Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology" is to endow PhD-level students with knowledge of applications, synthesis, microstructure, properties, and characterization involved in nanomaterials and nanotechnology, serving their future research in the development of novel materials.
Essential Objectives:
The course can be accomplished through three-phase learning, that is, the knowledge of the basic science, nanotech's applications and synthesis addressed in the first phase, followed by the hot issues of nanostructured materials in the second phase including the microstructure, properties, deformation mechanism and structure–property relationships etc., and finally the introduction of the advanced characterization techniques applied in nanomaterials.
Content Coverage:
"Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology" course will first offer a quick recap of some of the basic science involved, do a grand tour of nanotech's applications and synthesis, and then look in more depth at the hot issues in nanostructured materials. The major content covers the applications of nanotechnology, the most important synthesis methods, and the microstructure, properties, deformation mechanism of nanostructured materials, and the advanced characterization techniques applied in nanomaterials such as high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), scanning tunneling microscope (STM), atomic force microscope (AFM) and three dimensional atom probe (3DAP). Special emphasis is laid on the structural features such as grain boundary structure, stacking faults and deformation twins, their effects on the deformation mechanism, as well as the structure–property relationships in nanostructured materials.
Evaluation: Assignments (a essay report, a proposal and/or a literature review, etc.)

Course Name: Chemical synthesis of inorganic materials
Goal
This course will focus on the chemical synthesis of inorganic functional materials, so that students can understand the cutting-edge technology of inorganic materials and make preparations for their future career.
Essential Objectives
·Master the principles and techniques of hydrothermal synthesis of inorganic materials
·Master the principles and techniques of atmospheric solution growth of inorganic materials
·Master the principles and techniques of sol-gel preparation of inorganic materials
Content Coverage
Inorganic synthesis techniques: hydrothermal synthesis; atmospheric solution growth; sol-gel preparation.
Evaluation：
Presentation
Essay Report

Course Name: The Characterization in Bionanomaterial
Goal
The students could get to know about the basic knowledge of the biomaterials and the characterization techniques applied in nanomaterials. Some frontier research of bionanomaterials will be introduced. The students could learn it well and design some possible projects based their background and the characterization technique they learned in this course. Finally, the students will be familiar with these techniques and make full use of them in their future projects.
Essential Objectives
·Get to know the basic knowledge about the characterization techniques
·To further understanding these techniques in the section of experiments
·To design some possible project based every one’s background and the kinds of characterization techniques.
Content Coverage
The course includes the variety of characterizations such as the SEM, TEM, STM and AFM which were applied in the topography characterization of nanostructures, the molecular assembled structure by STM and the mechanical properties of nanomaterials by advanced AFM; QCM-D and SPR as surface sensitive techniques were applied in protein adsorption, and the interaction between the biomolecule with nanomaterials; CD and FTIR and Fluorescence spectra were applied in characterizing the secondary structure of protein and DNA, and the chirality and optical activity of nanomaterials. Finally, some examples from frontier research recently will be introduced in the course and the students will learn it well and design some possible projects based these technique and their background.
Evaluation
·Open exam: summary report and design the project and presentation.

Course Name: New Polymer Materials
Goal：Introduce the basic concepts and the knowledge of new polymers and their preparation and characterization method, structure and performance relationship. Establish a solid theoretical foundation for the development, molecular design and application of new polymer materials.
Essential Objectives: Design and preparation of new polymer materials with specific properties
Content Coverage: Introduce the basic concepts, preparation and characterization methods, and the relationship between structure and performance of the new polymers, including photic functional polymeric materials, electrical functional polymer materials, magnetic polymeric materials, reactive functional polymers, functional polymer materials for adsorption and separation, biomedical functional polymer materials, liquid crystal polymer materials, polymer composites, hyperbranched polymers.
Evaluation：Essay Report

(V). Information of Professors
The detailed information of professors in School of Materials Science and Engineering can be obtained from the following website:http://material.ujs.edu.cn/

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