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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''']].
[[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''']].


*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Emergence? New phenomena for macroscopic objects]] (Group 1)
*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Emergence? New phenomena for macroscopic objects]] (Group 1; due Jan. 18)


*[[Review of "Modern Physics" (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics)]] (Group 3)
*[[PHZ3400-09_Modern_Physics|Review of "Modern Physics" (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics)]] (Group 3; Due Jan 21)


*Atoms as building blocks; inter-atomic forces (Group 4)
*[[PHZ3400-09_Atoms|Atoms as building blocks; inter-atomic forces (Group 4; due Jan. 24)


*Phase transitions: gases, liquids, solids, and more...
*Phase transitions: gases, liquids, solids, and more...

Revision as of 22:28, 20 January 2009

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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  • [[PHZ3400-09_Atoms|Atoms as building blocks; inter-atomic forces (Group 4; due Jan. 24)
  • Phase transitions: gases, liquids, solids, and more...
  • Crystalline solids
  • Lattice properties
  • Free electron model of metals
  • Band theory of solids
  • Semiconductors
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Superconductivity
  • Magnetism
  • Beyond solids - soft materials: liquid crystals, polymers, membranes, and more.