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Macroscopic properties of materials and classification of phases: gases, liquids, solids, and more... | Macroscopic properties of materials and classification of phases: gases, liquids, solids, and more... | ||
*Atoms as Building Blocks | *Atoms as Building Blocks; inter-atomic forces. | ||
How important is Quantum mechanics for understanding "Big" objects around us? | ''How important is Quantum mechanics for understanding "Big" objects around us?'' | ||
*Review | *Review: Modern physics and elementary concepts in quantum mechanics. | ||
Modern physics and elementary concepts in quantum mechanics. | |||
*Phase Transitions | *Phase Transitions | ||
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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, both look very similar - they both are simply '''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, both look very similar - they both are simply '''periodic arrays of atoms''' .]] | ||
*Lattice Properties | *Lattice Properties | ||
Revision as of 19:35, 6 January 2009
- Introduction: Emergence in Condensed Matter
Macroscopic properties of materials and classification of phases: gases, liquids, solids, and more...
- Atoms as Building Blocks; inter-atomic forces.
How important is Quantum mechanics for understanding "Big" objects around us?
- Review: Modern physics and elementary concepts in quantum mechanics.
- Phase Transitions
Van der Waaals equation and the liquid-gas critical point. Concept of universality.
- Crystalline Solids
- Lattice Properties
Phonons, thermal properties, phonon density of states and scattering.
- Free Electron Model of Metals
Electric conductivity and Hall effect, electronic specific heat.
- Band Theory of Solids
Electron in a periodic potential, Fermi surface, classification of solids.
- Semiconductors
Semiconducting materials, electrical and optical properties.
- Semiconductor Devices
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.
- Beyond solids: soft materials
Liquid crystals, polymers, membranes, and more.