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*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Introduction: Emergence in Condensed Matter]]
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*Atoms as Building Blocks; inter-atomic forces.
 
*Review: Modern physics (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics).
 
*[[PHZ3400-09_Phase_Transitions|Phase Transitions]]
 
*[[PHZ3400-09_Crystaline_Solids|Crystalline Solids]]
 
[[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''']].
[[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''']].


*Lattice Properties
*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Emergence? New phenomena for macroscopic objects]]


Phonons, thermal properties, phonon density of states and scattering.
*[[PHZ3400-09_Modern_Physics|Review of "Modern Physics" (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics)]]


*Free Electron Model of Metals
*[[PHZ3400-09_Atoms|Atoms as building blocks; inter-atomic forces]]


Electric conductivity and Hall effect, electronic specific heat.
*[[PHZ3400_Phase_Transition|Phase transitions: gases, liquids, and solids]]


*Band Theory of Solids
*[[PHZ3400_Symmetry_Breaking|Critical Phenomena and Symmetry Breaking]]


Electron in a periodic potential, Fermi surface, classification of solids.
*[[Free electron model of metals ]]


*Semiconductors
*[[Monte Carlo Method]]


Semiconducting materials, electrical and optical properties.
*[[PHZ3400_Crystals|Crystalline solids]]


*Semiconductor Devices
*[[Band theory of solids]]


Diodes, transistors, opto-electronics, integrated circuits, molecular electronics.
*[[Superconductivity]]


*Superconductivity
*[[PHZ3400_Sound|Classical lattice vibrations]]


Materials and phenomena, BCS description, superconducting junctions and devices.
*[[PHZ3400_Phonons|Quantum sound: phonons]]


*Magnetism
*[[Semiconductors, and semiconductor devices]]


Classification of magnetism, ferromagnetic materials, information storage, spin electronics.
*[[Mott metal-insulator transition and magnetism]]


*Beyond solids: soft materials
=Other Notes=
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Liquid crystals, polymers, membranes, and more.
*[[Math Notes|Math Notes]]
*[[Matrix|Notes on Matrices]]
*[[Ising model]]
*[[Bipartite lattice]]
*[[Ferromagnetism]]

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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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