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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''']]. | ||
Revision as of 20:13, 6 January 2009
- Atoms as Building Blocks; inter-atomic forces.
- Review: Modern physics (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics).
- Crystalline Solids
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- 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.