GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DIELECTRIC PHYSICS/6181302
Course Title: DIELECTRIC PHYSICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Dr. Adem TATAROGLU
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr/~ademt
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ademt@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
-To gain knowledge and skills about the dielectric properties of materials
-To learn about experimental methods of the dielectric spectroscopy







 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  INTRODUCTION INTO THE PHYSICS OF DIELECTRIC - Defination and General Relations - Dipole Moment - Induced Dipole Moment - Dipole Moment of a Sphe
2. Week  - Laplace’s Equation - Band Theory of Solids - Polarization and Static Dielectric Constant
3. Week  MECHANISM OF POLARIZATION - Electronic Polarization - Atomic and Ionic Polarization - Orientational Polarization
4. Week  - Spontaneous Polarization - Space Charge Polarization - Hopping and Interfacial Polarization
5. Week  CLASSIFICATION OF DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - Nonferroelectric Materials (Normal Dielectric or Paraelectric Materials) - Nonpolar Materials - Polar Mat
6. Week  INTERNAL FIELDS - Local fields for Nondipolar Materials - The Reaction Field for Dipolar Materials - The Clausius-Massotti Equation - The Lorentz
7. Week  - MIDTERM EXAM
8. Week  - The Onsager Equation - The Kirkwood Equation - The Fröhlich Equation
9. Week  THE THEORY OF DIELECTRIC RELAXATION - Complex Permittivity - The Cole-Cole Equation - The Cole-Cole Plot - The Davidson-Cole Equation
10. Week  - Dielectric Susceptibility - Distribution of Relaxation Times - The Kramers-Kronig Equations
11. Week  DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES - Dielectric Constant - Dielectric Loss and Conductivity - Dielectric Loss Faktor (Angle)
12. Week  - AC Electrical Conductivity - Dielectric Modulus - The effect of DC Conductivity
13. Week   MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES OF DIELECTRIC CONSTANT - Equivalent Circuits
14. Week  - Frequency Dependence of Dielectric Constant
15. Week  - Temperature Dependence of Dielectric Constant
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - A. Jhonsher, Dielectric Relaxation of Solids, Chelsea Dielectric Press, London, 1996. - A. Chelkowski, Dielectric Physics, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo, 1980. - H.Froehlich, Theory of dielectric:Dielectric Constant and Dielectric Loss Clarendon Printed; 2nd edition, 1989. - G.G. Raju, Dielectrics in Electric Fields, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 2003. - K.C. Kao, Dielectric Phenomena in Solids, Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, 2004.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
4
56
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
1
22
22
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Develop, enhance and deepen and obtain creative original definitions by combining current knowledge of the field and critical thinking and researchX
2comprehend interdisciplinary interactions and relations relevant to physics; analyze, compose, synthesize and evaluate new and complex ideas and to obtain original results by using expertise knowledge of the field,X
3obtain new scientific knowledge and gain higher level of skills in field of searchX
4develop a new scientific method in the field or apply a known method to a different problemX
5research, understand, design, adopt and apply an original subjectX
6question, compose, synthesize and evaluate new and complex ideasX
7publishtheir original works in refereed journalsX
8develop original ideas and methods in the field and also in interdisciplinary fields by using higher level skills such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and judgmentsX
9present their works and original ideas effectively in a scientific environmentX
10communicate anddiscuss in advance level of writing, oral and visual in at least one foreign languageX
11introduce technological developmentsin anacademic and professional manner and contribute to theprogress of it societyX