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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
SKT1013
CHAPTER 1
What is materials chemistry
• WHAT IS INORGANIC CHEMISTRY?
Microwave oven
Hybrid-car
materials
Natural Synthetic
Semi- nanotube
Inorganic Organic thinfilm
conductor
Optical Integrated nanofiber
glasses composite crystal circuits
nanoparticle
Iron, alloys polymer zeolite
Cement, gemstone
fabric
ceramic
• This broad field consists of studying:
• structures/properties of existing materials
• synthesizing and characterizing new materials
• using advanced computational techniques to
predict structures and properties of materials
1774
(telegraph, telephone)
Polymers/Fibers
1872
Automobiles
1885
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Computational
electronics
1936
Nanostructural
materials
1985
Nanomaterials
Major Developmental Efforts Related to Materials Science
Applications
2002+
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
• Each of these areas is still of current interest, including
the design of improved ceramics and glasses,
originally discovered by the earliest