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*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|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''']].


*Atoms as Building Blocks; inter-atomic forces.
*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Emergence? New phenomena for macroscopic objects]]


*Review: Modern physics (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics).
*[[PHZ3400-09_Modern_Physics|Review of "Modern Physics" (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics)]]


*[[PHZ3400-09_Phase_Transitions|Phase Transitions]]
*[[PHZ3400-09_Atoms|Atoms as building blocks; inter-atomic forces]]


*[[PHZ3400-09_Crystaline_Solids|Crystalline Solids]]
*[[PHZ3400_Phase_Transition|Phase transitions: gases, liquids, and 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''']].
*[[PHZ3400_Symmetry_Breaking|Critical Phenomena and Symmetry Breaking]]
 
*[[Free electron model of metals ]]
 
*[[Monte Carlo Method]]
 
*[[PHZ3400_Crystals|Crystalline solids]]


*Lattice Properties
*[[Band theory of solids]]


*Free Electron Model of Metals
*[[Superconductivity]]


*Band Theory of Solids
*[[PHZ3400_Sound|Classical lattice vibrations]]


*Semiconductors
*[[PHZ3400_Phonons|Quantum sound: phonons]]


*Semiconductor Devices
*[[Semiconductors, and semiconductor devices]]


*Superconductivity
*[[Mott metal-insulator transition and magnetism]]


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

Latest revision as of 10:20, 29 April 2011

I want you to type, and type, and type here... add as much information as comes to mind... formulas, links... whatever helps make the story more convincing... This is the Age of Wikipedia, after all...

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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Other Notes

Sometimes the pages given to us by our illustrious leader are not enough. Post links to the student created pages here.