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| ====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2013 ====== | ====== General Information for PH575, Spring 2014 ====== |
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| This course is intended to provide an introduction to the physics of condensed matter for graduate students in physics, chemistry and engineering areas in which materials science is important. Senior undergraduates in physics will also find the course quite accessible. Topics include the theoretical basis of the electronic structure of solids, viewed from the real-space perspective of the interactions between atoms; the free electron description and physical properties of electrically conducting materials; semiconductors; optical properties of materials; the origins of magnetism; lattice excitations (phonons), and nanoscience. The goal of this course is attainment of an understanding of the concepts underlying modern condensed matter physics and familiarity with some of the experimental and computational techniques available to test those concepts. A major project is the computation of the band structure of a real material using density functional theory. | This course provides an introduction to the physics of condensed matter for graduate students in physics, chemistry and engineering areas in which materials science is important. Senior undergraduates in physics will also find the course accessible. Topics include the theoretical basis of the electronic structure of solids, viewed from the real-space perspective of the interactions between atoms; the free electron description and physical properties of electrically conducting materials; semiconductors; optical properties of materials; the origins of magnetism; lattice excitations (phonons), and nanoscience. The goal is to understand the concepts underlying modern condensed matter physics and to become familiar with some of the experimental and computational techniques available to test those concepts. A major project is the computation of the band structure of a real material using density functional theory. |
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| **Detailed syllabus** is found at [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575]] | **Detailed syllabus** is found at [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575]] |
| - Describe magnetism and phonon processes in solids. | - Describe magnetism and phonon processes in solids. |
| - Apply band structure knowledge to understand nanostructures. | - Apply band structure knowledge to understand nanostructures. |
| | - Have a good general knowledge of important properties and materials parameters of metals and semiconductors, including the approximate scales of relevant properties (e.g. band gap, resistivity, frequencies, lattice parameters, and so on.) |
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