As a rule of thumb, you register by emailing the course responsible. If anything else applies, you will be able to read it in the course description.
Any questions about the courses are best answered by the course responsible.
The list below contains all the courses given at IFM, please check if the course you are interested in is given VT (Spring term) or HT (Autumn term), or both.
Information about rutines and processes for PhD students at IFM can be found at the intranet.
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM05.
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FTFK01.
This is an engineering course designed for PhD students, but suitable also for post-docs and other professionals who wish to acquire leadership and management skills to improve their work performance, and get ready for their next step, which can either be a career development in academia or a transition to industry. Not only scientists and engineers, but also any other professionals are most welcome, due to the intuitive and easy-to-follow approach to the subject.
To be admitted to this course, the participants should have completed an MSc degree.
Aside from understanding some engineering terminology, no specific prerequisites are needed.
Regardless of your specific career goals and experience level, there is an increased need of talented professionals able to lead teams and exceed goals. From identifying key problems and building team dynamics to innovating complex solutions and setting objectives, leaders and Agile project managers are key players in any corporate structure that thrives on efficiency, productivity, problem solving, and decision making.
After completing this course, you should be able to accelerate and improve decisions by learning Agile’s facilitating leadership principles to unleash productivity, motivation, problem solving, and strategic thinking. Therefore, you should be able to:
In this course, you will acquire versatile and popular elements of leadership and Agile project management by combining the field’s primary methodologies and tactics. This course will serve as a professional training to enter the job market better prepared after the end of your PhD studies. This one-stop resource for getting started will prepare you to ace the first exams for the world-renowned Project Management Professionals (PMP) certification. Leadership is a key skill for any role, independent of the position or type of job you have or are looking for. Agile project management is an innovative approach, very different from traditional project management, that companies – both in Sweden and abroad – are more and more adopting. Old-style of command-control is now belonging to the past, except for the most conservative organizations. Agile takes self-empowerment to new levels and challenges traditional beliefs in what leadership means.
In this course, you will learn about:
This course combines lectures, seminars, and tutorials with practical exercises, study aids, prep tips, discussion forums, and other longer-term engagement from students with the purpose of creating an active learning environment and meaningful student interaction, supported by sustained, freewheeling conversation. The class hours will be alternated with remote activities in a way that gives the students greater control of their own schedule and priorities, more freedom to reflect and respond with deeper thinking, and more sophisticated arguments than is possible in a classroom setting. Course participants are expected to be mature students willing to learn new skills and contribute to building a community of future leaders.
The course literature will be provided during the course to registered participants.
The course is examined based on an active participation at the proposed learning activities as well as through assessment of the individual assignments. The final examination task will be in the form of a presentation or short essay.
Pass / Fail
Donatella Puglisi, IFM, donatella.puglisi@liu.se
English
The course is structured in 14 sessions during eight weeks, for a total of 30 hours plus about 130 hours for self-study. The teaching and learning sessions will include group activities, skills training, and individual assignments. Active participation is expected each time through group discussions, games, assignments, mini-presentations, feedback, and other activities mixing theory and practice.
The planned activities will be carried out on campus or remotely (live streaming) depending on participants’ needs and circumstances.
This course is designed especially for PhD students at the later stage of their studies who wish to enter better prepared the job market and acquire new knowledge and skills in the perspective of their future career development. The course is conducted in a manner where both men's and women's experience and knowledge are made visible and developed.
The course is limited to 24 participants. PhD students have priority. Seats will be distributed on a first-come-first-served basis.
Course responsible
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM25.
The course will provide knowledge in:
Participants will gain:
The focus is on business and patents, and the course will provide an increased knowledge of when to file for a patent and when not to file, and also how to gain a better business effect from your patents. Further, the course content will examine closely related rights and provide a picture of Swedish company history from a patent viewpoint. Branding management and development will also be discussed.
The course is primarily focused for PhD students and Postdocs, but all researchers are welcome. Maximum number of participants is 20.
The course comprises seminars/workshops, home work and home assignments. The students will be given two assignments and work in small groups of 2-3 students. The topics are listed below. Completed assignments will be presented in writing, and orally at the last two workshops.
Planned 6 workshops will comprise the following topics:
Arne Jacobsson LiU, Patent Adviser LiU Innovation/Lead.
Arne has previously worked as Patent Attorney, IPR Coordinator in Swedish and US industry and Tech transfer officer at University California at Berkeley.
Examiner for the course is Professor Magnus Klofsten, IEI.
Participating in workshops, completed homework and assignments.
3 hp
Before applying for a course, you should always consult your supervisor/PI. Applications to arne.jacobsson@liu.se. Deadline for application is Jan 25, 2024.
Six Wednesday mornings from 8:30 to 12:00.
2024: 7 Feb, 14 Feb, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, 6 March, 13 March, and please allocate 27 March in reserve.
The significance of electrochemistry in today’s society is unquestionable as it has been used in a wide range of important technological applications. One of major application of electrochemistry can be seen in energy devices such as batteries and fuel cells which are essential not only in storing energy for portable devices and electric or hybrid electric vehicles, but also can serve as an electricity reservoir for large grids. Electrochemistry is also being used for production and destruction of materials using electrodeposition and corrosion methods.
The objective of the course is to help the students with the basic understanding of electrochemistry and its various experimental techniques. This course also provides insights of electrode kinetics, ion transport mechanism, electrode materials and various electrochemical energy storage devices. The goal of the course is to give students and researcher specially beginner basic and advance knowledge of complex electrochemical processes in simplified way. The course is prepared for students and researchers from different backgrounds such as material science, medicine, chemistry, physics and electronics.
Part 1: Basics of electrochemistry (VG)
Thermodynamics and electrochemistry
Part 2: Experimental techniques (MV)
2.1. Electrochemical experiments
2.2. Electrodes
2.3. Pulsed techniques
2.4. Voltammetry
2.5. EIS
2.6. Microelectrodes, RDE
Part 3: Electrode kinetics (MV, VG)
3.1. Double layer
3.2. Faradaic reactions
3.3. Tafel slopes and exchange currents
3.4. Overpotentials
3.5. Electrocatalysis in energy conversion
3.6. Mass transport limitation
3.7. Hydrodynamic electrodes
Part 4: Ionic transport and membranes (SL)
4.1. Transport of ions – general, Diffusion and migration, Conductivity and mobility, Osmosis and electroosmosis in membranes, Size and ion selectivity in membranes; Nanochannel conduction phenomena; Diffusion polarization
4.2. Characterization and types of membranes
4.3. Membrane applications
Part 5. Discussion
Part 6: Electrochemical devices: batteries and supercapacitors (ZK)
7.1. Batteries, supercapacitor and pseudocapacitor
7.2. Ragone plot, specific capacity, specific energy, specific power, ESW
7.1.3. Charge storage mechanism in batteries and supercapacitors
7.4. Advanced rechargeable batteries: An overview
Part 7: Electrochemical devices: fuel cells and electrolyzers (MV)
8.1. Fuel cell principles and types
8.2. Fuel cell performance
8.4. Principles, types and performance of hydrogen electrolyzers
8.5. RFB
Part 8: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS): Basics (MV)
Part 9: Electrode materials (UA)
5.1. Carbon materials: activated carbon, Graphite, Graphene, CNT.
5.2. Conducting polymers.
5.3. Redox charge storage.
Part 10. Q&A
Examination: Oral, one by one
This course is intended for Masters and PhD students in the area of material science, semiconductor materials and devices. The aim of this course is to give an introduction of different wide bandgap semiconductor materials (SiC, GaN, AlN, Ga2O3, diamond etc…) suitable for high power electronic devices, challenges in material growth technologies, different device structures and applications.
The course will be given in the form of lectures/seminars, one per week. Exam will be in the form of home assignments and project seminars (total number of seminars depend on the number of students). Final assessment will be made on the base of home assignments and project seminars.
The course will run through Feb-March 2024.
Email Jawad.ul-hassan@liu.se to register, before the end of this year.
This course focuses on the fundamentals of semiconductor for understanding photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion. It is designed for the PhD students and other students such as master students who are interested in this field.
The course will be based on some book chapters, mainly from S.M. Sze, “Semiconductor Devices, Physics and Technology”, 2nd edition.
Before each lecture, you will get an assigned text to read. At the start of each lecture, there is a pre-lecture quiz around 15 minutes on the content of the upcoming lecture.
After each lecture, a set of home assignments will be given. The home assignment will be handed in at the latest at the start of the next lecture.
There will be no written exam. But the final grade (pass) will be given based on how well you performed in the continuous quizzes, homework assignments and discussions in the course. Thus, the participation and discussions would be mandatory.
The course is planned for 6 weeks from Oct to Nov, 2023 (one lecture per week).
Please send email to Jianwu Sun jianwu.sun@liu.se no later than Oct. 1, 2023.
Modern Optics is master/advanced level course (TFYA97, 6hp) containing the four modules:
I. Wave Optics, II. Materials Optics, III. Polarization Optics, and IV. Ray & Particle Optics.
The course is also offered to PhD students in two versions.
corresponds to the full master course and gives 6 points. In this version you will get short repetitions of the most common treatments of optics (the wave-, and ray-, and particle models) followed by more advanced aspects of these. A large part of the course is dedicated to materials optics and polarization optics.
Scheduled: From the end of August to the end of October (see below for details).
Organization: 16 tutorials and 4 Q&A sessions, 2 guest lectures, 2 assignments and 2 laboratory work sessions. Literature: Eugene Hecht, Optics (5e) & Hans Arwin, Thin Film Optics and Polarized Light (7e, caeruleus)
Examination: Approved assignments and laboratory work. Attendance at guest lectures. A written home exam.
(Continuous examination during the course can give bonus points to use at the written home exam).
corresponds to half of the master course and gives 3 points. This version contains the materials optics and polarization optics modules and is a suitable if you are most interested in materials aspects and the spectroscopic ellipsometry technique.
Scheduled: From mid-September to mid-October (see below for details).
Organization: 8 tutorials and 2 Q&A sessions, 1 guest lecture, 1 assignment and 1 laboratory work session Literature: Hans Arwin, Thin Film Optics and Polarized Light (7e, caeruleus)
Examination: Approved assignment and laboratory work. Attendance at guest lecture. A written home exam.
(Continuous examination during the course can give bonus points to use at the written home exam).
Course responsible: Kenneth Järrendahl
Tutorials, Q&A: Roger Magnusson, Hans Arwin, Kenneth Järrendahl + guest lecturers
Labs: Roger Magnusson
Intro (Kenneth Järrendahl)
Module I. Wave Optics (Kenneth Järrendahl)
Tutorial 1: Ia. Interference
Tutorial 2: Ib. Diffraction
Tutorial 3: Ic. Fourier optics
Tutorial 4: Id. Coherence
Q&A 1: Ia-Id Guest lecture I | Lab 1: I. Coherence and Fourier imaging
Module II. Materials Optics (Roger Magnusson/Hans Arwin)
Tutorial 5: IIa. Optical response
Tutorial 6: IIb. Dispersion models
Tutorial 7: IIc. Inhomogeneous materials
Tutorial 8: IId. Layered structures
Q&A 2: IIa-IId (Roger Magnusson)
Guest lecture II | Assign 1: II. Drude Model
Module III. Polarization Optics (Roger Magnusson/Hans Arwin)
Tutorial 9: IIIa. Polarized Light
Tutorial 10: IIIb. Polarizing materials and components
Tutorial 11: IIIc. Analytic methods
Tutorial 12: IIId. Plane waves in complex media
Q&A 3: IIIa-IIId
Guest lecture III | Lab 2: III. Spectroscopic ellipsometry
Module IV. Ray & Particle Optics (Kenneth Järrendahl)
Tutorial 13: IVa. Aberration and third order theory
Tutorial 14: IVb. Variational and transformation optics
Tutorial 15: IVc. From waves to particles
Tutorial 16: IVd. From particles to rays
Q&A 4: IVa-IVd Guest lecture IV | Assign 2: IV. Achromatic doublet
Outro (Kenneth Järrendahl)
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM76.
This course is intended for Ph D students (and other interested, such as master students and post docs) who in some way work with some sort of thin films deposition such as CVD, ALD, PVD, ECD etc. or just want to broaden their view on thin film deposition and semiconductor manufacturing. The course will cover the major applications of thin film deposition techniques used in high volume production world today such as:
The focus is on the use of thin film following manufacturing:
The course will be based on recent research by Jonas Sundqvist as a consultant to the semiconductor industry and experience from running a start-up in the electronics industry. All reading material and other course material will be available in a shared OneDrive folder.
Lectures are 2x 45 min, 15 min break / Q&A
The course will be examined by an assignment due as a presentation given to the course during January, 2024. Each course participant to pick one of the following topics that is to be presented to the course members and the examiner (Jonas Sundqvist).
PowerPoint (or equivalent program), approx.10 slides, 15 min
The examination presentation will be peer reviewed during the ending seminars, in which active participation is mandatory.
Jonas Sundqvist, jonas@alixlabs.com
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM89.
Time-resolved spectroscopic techniques are powerful tools that are utilized to unravel intricate photo-physical and molecular processes as light interacts with matter. This course will provide a fundamental understanding of the photophysics of optoelectronic materials and related molecular systems probed by appropriate transient spectroscopic techniques. The spectroscopy methods that will be examined cover the time scales from femto- to milli-seconds having energies from micro- to kilo-electronvolts.
PhD students in Physics, Materials Chemistry, Chemistry, Materials Science, Engineering and other fields related to development of photovoltaic materials and devices.
Homework on literature review to be presented in class (3 ECTS)
Student seminar on their own spectroscopic data from current research (3 ECTS)
Pass/Fail (6 ECTS)
Language: English
Note: Attendance in all lectures/seminars is required.
Shimoda, K., Introduction to Laser Physics, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986.
Ponseca, C. S., et al., Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Solar Energy Conversion, Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 10940−11024.
Course responsible
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM28.
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM22.
For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM47.
This is the first part of an introductory graduate course in Statistical and Thermal Physics with the emphasis on the basic concepts in equilibrium statistical physics and its connection to classical thermodynamics.
Part I of the course gives 7.5 ECTS credits. A second part is scheduled for the spring 2024. The formal prerequisite to attend the course is an undergraduate course in statistical and thermal physics. However, this can be discussed.
The textbook is Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, Author: Frederick Reif. It is published under several different ISBN numbers including ISBN: 978-1-57766-612-7.
This first part of the course will cover approximately chapters 2 - 8 in the textbook and thus cover:
There will be 10 lectures of two hours each. Wednesdays 10:15-12:00, in Laplace N323.
The mandatory homework problems are chosen to illuminate the theory and to make it easier to understand the theory in itself as well as how it can be applied. There will be
roughly four homework problems for each of thechapters 2 - 8. A list will gradually appear below.
To pass on the first part of the course all mandatory homework problems should be solved correctly before amandatory oral exam. The deadline for the oral exam will be early in
the spring 2024. An exact date will be published here later.
The course is a continuation of the Solid State Physics course (Part I), however, you can attend even if you did not take Part I.
The main textbook is "Solid State Physics" by N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin. Main focus will be on the description of atomic vibrations in crystals (phonons and anharmonism), defects, introduction into magnetism and superconductivity (Chapters 21, 22, 23, 25, 30, 31, and 34 + lecture notes).
Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics
To get 7.5 points you will need to pass a written exam based on the problem solving.
You can participate in person, on Zoom, or even in a self-study mode (self-reading of the textbook + lecture notes), if you manage to solve the problems.
Please send me an email if you are going to participate online to receive the Zoom-link and/or if you want to receive Lecture notes. You get the problems, which you will need to solve to pass the course, during the lectures or in lecture notes sent by email if you miss the lectures.
All PhD students in Theoretical Biology, jointly with the students from Biology, should attend the PhD seminar series in order to acquire an overview of the research field of biology and to actively participate in the seminar series for PhD students. Active participation consists of presenting one’s own seminar each academic year as well as actively engaging in other seminars. Completion of the seminar series gives 10 ECTS (5 ECTS for Degree of Licentiate).
The course is based around the book An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology, by Jonathan M Cahase. This book uses a combination of visual presentations and the symbolic logic of algebra and calculus to provide an accessible introduction to ecological theory. It gives students the basic tools they need to understand the complexities of ecological systems and to analyze simple quantitative ecological problems.
The course consists of 5 seminars. Until each seminar all students read the assigned chapters in the book, and the student with responsibility that week will summarize and lead the discussion on the chapter/those chapters.
The course is based around the book An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology, by Jonathan M Cahase. This book uses a combination of visual presentations and the symbolic logic of algebra and calculus to provide an accessible introduction to ecological theory. It gives students the basic tools they need to understand the complexities of ecological systems and to analyze simple quantitative ecological problems.
The course consists of 5 seminars. Until each seminar all students read the assigned chapters in the book, and the student with responsibility that week will summarize and lead the discussion on the chapter/those chapters.
This course is aimed at giving a theoretical background behind state-of-the-art methods for quantum simulations of materials properties. A series of 10 lectures will be devoted to the basics of the solution of the electronic structure problem in solids using plane wave basis sets and all-electron techniques.
The course is based on the book by R. M. Martin "Electronic Structure. Basic Theory and Practical Methods" (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004).
The lectures introducing the methods will be complemented with computer exercises. During these practical classes, the students will run a mini-project, which include several simulations using VASP package, to apply the techniques discussed in the lectures and be acquainted with this package. Examination will be in the form of an oral project presentation.
The course does not assume any previous knowledge in first-principles simulations. However, an elementary knowledge in quantum and solid-state physics is required for understanding the course material.
Preliminarily, the lectures are given on Thursdays at kl. 10 (1 lecture per week except weeks 44 and 46, finishing on Thursday, November 30).
A detailed schedule, including the schedule for the computer classes will be distributed separately. I will do my best to accommodate suggestions on the schedule from the students, though I realize that it is generally impossible to fulfill all the wishes.
Please, sign up for the course by sending an e-mail to igor.abrikosov@liu.se.
The course will give an avenue of the application of group theory in physics.
There will be 12-14 lectures in a form of 2 hour seminars or lectures depending on the participants. The course will start with abstract groups and representation theory. Then
we will discuss finite and continous groups in the quantum mechanics of atoms, molecules and solids.
The last lecture will focus on spacetime symmetries and symmetries in particle physics.
2023-10-01 until 2023-12-22
Teacher: Alexandra Ahler: Alexandra.ahler@liu.se
The graduate course in "NMR relaxation studies of protein dynamics”, Feb-May 2023, 6hp, will be given at the chemistry department by Alexandra Ahler.
The course is theoretical and practical and are aimed for PhD students with their own structural biology project suitable for protein dynamics. The students need to have a basic understanding of NMR spectroscopy in use to study proteins and structural biology background as well as the knowledge of how and means to express and purify their own sample for the practical parts of the course.
The scope of the course is to enable PhD students in different subclasses of chemistry to put their own science into a broader perspective and to discuss science from a field of chemistry that is more distant from their own research questions. The purpose of the Chemistry seminars is to get to the core of the science performed at the chemistry department and to give opportunity for discussion in depth.
The Chemistry seminar series is open for anyone to attend but the speakers are mainly researchers at the chemistry department at IFM, Linköping university and invitation is directed towards the Chemistry department. We have in total 8 seminars per year. At each occasion we have two presentations. The first presentation will be given by a PhD student or postdoc, the second presentation will be given by a senior/PI. The aim is that the two presentations at one seminar should be from different fields/research groups within the chemistry department. The presentation should be 15 minutes and then 5 minutes for questions. The material presented can either be an introduction to a project that is about to get started, preliminary data from “work in progress” or a completed paper. You can also present a procedure or technique that you think more people at the department should learn and benefit from.
The outline of the talk should resemble that of a Journal paper. Start with an introduction to let the audience know why your work is important. Present your data at a level that is comprehensive to members of your own group and to the groups interested/experts in your field. Discuss your data and provide some concluding remarks. Perhaps you want to tell the audience what the future plans for the project are. Finally, leave the paper open for discussion.
PhD students are encouraged to ask questions to both senior and junior presenters. Attendees that are not PhD students (or temporary guests at the seminar) are asked to save their questions for after the seminar.
To be credited 3 hp, the PhD candidate shall attend 75% of the seminars during the 4 years of PhD studies and give a presentation on at least one occasion. Some will be lucky enough to be given two opportunities to present their work.
The seminars take place 8 times a year, normally first Monday of the months February, March, April, May, September, October, November, December.
Examiner: Sofie Nyström
All PhD students in Theoretical Biology, jointly with the students from Biology, should attend the PhD seminar series in order to acquire an overview of the research field of biology and to actively participate in the seminar series for PhD students. Active participation consists of presenting one’s own seminar each academic year as well as actively engaging in other seminars. Completion of the seminar series gives 10 ECTS (5 ECTS for Degree of Licentiate).
