MAT SCI 271 · MSE 271Electronic Structure of Materials
Materials Science and Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction to modern first-principles electronic structure calculations for various types of modern materials. Properties of electrons and interatomic bonding in molecules, crystals, and liquids, with emphasis on practical methods for solving Schrödinger equation and using it to calculate physical properties such as elastic constants, equilibrium structures, binding energies, vibrational frequencies, electronic band gaps and band structures, properties of defects, surfaces, interfaces, and magnetism. Extensive hands-on experience with modern density-functional theory code.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: basic knowledge of quantum mechanics. Recommended requisite: course 200.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MAT SCI 271
- MAT SCI 200Principles of Materials Science I
- MAT SCI 120Physics of Materials
- MAT SCI 110Introduction to Materials Characterization A (Crystal Structure, Nanostructures, and X-Ray Scattering)
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