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- Course name
- Electronic Structure and Applications of Materials Chem 485
- Institution
- University of Washington
- Instructor
- Alexandra Velian
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Course dates
- 2022-01-07 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-04-02 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to basic electronic structure theory from a chemical perspective and to show students the modern trends in research surrounding inorganic materials in the bulk and on the nanometer scale. The course is divided into two halves with the first five weeks focusing in detail on band theory and the second five weeks presenting a survey - style discussion of inorganic materials, their electronic structure, and their applications in energy and related technologies.
By the end of this course students should have a working understanding of the free electron model and the linear combination of atomic orbital model in so far as they relate to band theory and be able to construct simple band diagrams of 1D systems and 2D square nets. By the end of this course, students should understand the origin of band gaps and bandwidths and their implications in the electronic properties of materials. By the end of this course, students should be able to extract the basic properties of real materials from their band diagrams. By the end of this course, students should understand the basic perturbations to simple band theory, including lattice distortions, electron repulsion, and defects. By the end of this class, students should be able to use the particle in a box model and the hydrogenic model to compute properties of materials including (for example) impurity ionization energies and exciton energies and radii. By the end of this course, students should have an appreciation for the most relevant inorganic materials and their applications including (for example) graphene, silicon, gallium arsenide, metal oxides, perovskites, metal nanoparticles, and quantum dots.
The Wikipedia assignment will entail students creating new content or editing stub pages that are relevant to the topics covered in the course, as detailed above, and this project will be done either in teams or individually.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 January 2022 | Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 January 2022 | Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- Assignment - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 February 2022 | Thursday, 3 February 2022
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - Discussion
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 8 February 2022 | Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 February 2022 | Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 February 2022 | Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 March 2022 | Thursday, 3 March 2022
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
- Assignment - Polish your work
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 8 March 2022 | Thursday, 10 March 2022
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your article.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
- Assignment - Research paper
Instructions here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13opGzAhaBHayjYUjLMDAfpU1JeC4UM87wY0ErYcYy9k/edit#gid=0
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.