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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''']]. | |||
*[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Emergence in Condensed Matter: new phenomena for macroscopic objects]] | *[[PHZ3400-09_Emergence_in_Condensed_Matter|Emergence in Condensed Matter: new phenomena for macroscopic objects]] | ||
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*Crystalline Solids | *Crystalline Solids | ||
*Lattice Properties | *Lattice Properties | ||
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- Atoms as Building Blocks; inter-atomic forces.
- Review: Modern physics (elementary concepts in quantum mechanics).
- 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.