Introduction to Solid State Chemistry
MIT's Professor Donald Sadoway teaches the chemistry behind solid-state materials, covering atomic structure, bonding, crystal structures, and defects, then linking those principles to real engineering applications like semiconductors and batteries. Built as an OCW Scholar course for independent learners, it includes a complete set of lecture videos, detailed course notes, suggested textbook readings, homework problem sets with solution keys, self-assessment quizzes and exam problems, and help session videos where teaching assistants walk through exam solutions step by step. The course satisfies MIT's general chemistry degree requirement and is designed to be substantially more complete than typical OpenCourseWare offerings, with enough material to function as a standalone first-year chemistry course. All materials are freely available online under MIT OpenCourseWare's license, with no certificate offered.