- Crystalline structure: Periodic Array of Atoms; Lattice Translation Vectors; Basis and the Crystal Structure; Primitive Lattice Cell; Fundamental Types of Lattices; Index Systems for Crystal Planes; Direct Imaging of Atomic Structure; Nonideal Crystal Structures; Random Stacking and Polytypism; Crystal Structure Data
- Wave diffraction and the reciprocal lattice: Diffraction of Waves by Crystals: Bragg Law; Scattered Wave Amplitude; Fourier Analysis; Reciprocal Lattice Vectors; Diffraction Conditions; Laue Equations; Brillouin Zones;
- Multi-scale modeling: Simulations of microporous systems, like Zeolites and MOFs; ab-inito approach; classical Molecular Dynamics method; Monte Carlo method; Cellular Automata method.
-Crystal Binding: Crystals of Inert Gases; Van der Waals-London Interaction; Repulsive Interaction; Equilibrium Lattice Constants; Cohesive Energy; Ionic Crystals; Electrostatic or Madelung Energy; Evaluation of the Madelung Constant; Covalent Crystals; Metals; Hydrogen Bonds; Atomic Radii; Ionic Crystal Radii.
- Electric properties in solids: molecular orbital theory; valence bond theory; energy levels and density of states; Band theory for solids; Fermi-Dirac distribution; Fermi level; application of band theory to real systems.
- Characterization techniques in solids: X-ray diffraction; scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy.
- Thermal Properties in solids: heat capacity; Dulong and Petit law; Einstein model; Debye model.
- Piezoelectric properties: piezoceramics, properties and structure; piezoelectric constant; piezoelectric domains; ferroelectricity; characterization techniques applied to piezoceramics materials.