Programme

INTRODUCTION TO THE OPTICAL LINEAR PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF CRYSTALS AND GLASSES. ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS. RADIATION – MATTER INTERACTION. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS AND NON-METALS: REFRACTION, REFLESSION, ABSORPTION, TRANSMISSION, COLOR OPACITY. REFRACTIVE INDEX AND LIGHT DISPERSION; ABBE CONSTRINGENCE. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS, ELASTIC DEFORMATIONS, STRAIN AND RUPTURE. PLASTIC MATERIALS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY. SYNTHETIC POLYMERS AND THEIR RANKING ACCORDING TO: DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION, MOLECULAR WEIGHT, POLIDISPERSIVITY, ETC.. INTRODUCTION TO THE THERMODYNAMICS OF POLYMERS AND THEIR CHAIN STRUCTURE. POLYMERS MOST COMMONLY USED IN FABRICATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PROTHESIS AND THEIR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCES. CONTACT LENS (HARD, SOFT, ETC.). GLASSES AND KINETICS OF THE GLASS PHASE TRANSITION. SILICA AND ITS PROPERTIES. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASSES. FABRICATION OF GLASSES FOR OPTICAL DEVICES AND QUALITY CONTROL. THIN FILMS FOR LINEAR OPTICS APPLICATIONS. SURFACE TREATMENTS OF THE OPTICAL DEVICES AND LENSES.

Core Documentation

(CALLISTER W.D. ) SCIENZA ED INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI, UNA INTRODUZIONE [EDISES (NAPOLI)]