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==Introduction: Emergence in Condensed Matter==
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[[Image:beat-up car.jpg|thumb|right|300px|This beat-up car certainly does not look nearly as pretty as the "''girl's best friend"'' - the diamond. Under the microscope, however, they both look very similar: both the diamond and the iron are '''simple crystals: neat periodic arrays of atoms''']].


Macroscopic properties of materials and classification of phases: gases, liquids, solids, and more...
*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Emergence? New phenomena for macroscopic objects]]


=Phase Transitions=
*[[PHZ3400-09_Modern_Physics|Review of "Modern Physics" (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics)]]


Van der Waaals equation and the liquid-gas critical point. Concept of universality.
*[[PHZ3400-09_Atoms|Atoms as building blocks; inter-atomic forces]]


==Atoms as Building Blocks==
*[[PHZ3400_Phase_Transition|Phase transitions: gases, liquids, and solids]]


How important is Quantum mechanics for understanding "Big" objects around us? Inter-atomic forces.
*[[PHZ3400_Symmetry_Breaking|Critical Phenomena and Symmetry Breaking]]


==Review==
*[[Free electron model of metals ]]


Modern physics and elementary concepts in quantum mechanics.
*[[Monte Carlo Method]]


==Crystalline Solids==
*[[PHZ3400_Crystals|Crystalline solids]]


Classification and measurement of crystal structures; crystal growth.
*[[Band theory of solids]]


== Lattice Properties ==
*[[Superconductivity]]


Phonons, thermal properties, phonon density of states and scattering.
*[[PHZ3400_Sound|Classical lattice vibrations]]


== Free Electron Model of Metals ==
*[[PHZ3400_Phonons|Quantum sound: phonons]]


Electric conductivity and Hall effect, electronic specific heat.
*[[Semiconductors, and semiconductor devices]]


== Band Theory of Solids ==
*[[Mott metal-insulator transition and magnetism]]


Electron in a periodic potential, Fermi surface, classification of solids.
=Other Notes=
''Sometimes the pages given to us by our illustrious leader are not enough. Post links to the student created pages here.''


== Semiconductors ==
*[[Math Notes|Math Notes]]
 
*[[Matrix|Notes on Matrices]]
Semiconducting materials, electrical and optical properties.
*[[Ising model]]
 
*[[Bipartite lattice]]
== Semiconductor Devices ==
*[[Ferromagnetism]]
 
Diodes, transistors, opto-electronics, integrated circuits, molecular electronics.
 
== Superconductivity ==
 
Materials and phenomena, BCS description, superconducting junctions and devices.
 
== Magnetism ==
 
Classification of magnetism, ferromagnetic materials, information storage, spin electronics.

Latest revision as of 10:20, 29 April 2011

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This beat-up car certainly does not look nearly as pretty as the "girl's best friend" - the diamond. Under the microscope, however, they both look very similar: both the diamond and the iron are simple crystals: neat periodic arrays of atoms

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