Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Materials
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this materials science course covering how bonding, crystalline structure, defects, energy bands, and microstructure determine the electrical, optical, magnetic, and mechanical behavior of metals, semiconductors, ceramics, and polymers. The course builds from atomic-level bonding theory up to bulk material behavior, then applies these principles through case studies including semiconductor diodes, optical detectors, sensors, thin films, biomaterials, composites, and cellular materials. Materials are drawn from MIT's OpenCourseWare archive and typically include lecture notes, problem sets, and exams, though exact contents vary by term posted. The course is aimed at students with a background in physics and chemistry who want to understand why different classes of materials behave so differently under electrical, thermal, or mechanical stress. No certificate is offered since this is a self-paced OCW archive, but all materials are free to access and download.