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(undergraduate course)
Topics: Crystal Structures and Interatomic Forces: Bravais lattices, amorphous solids and liquids, types of bonding. Experimental techniques for Structure Analysis: X-ray, neutron, and electron diffraction. Lattice Vibrations: elastic waves, specific heat, phonons, lattice waves, thermal conductivity. Free –Electron Model: conduction electrons, free-electron gas, electrical conductivity, electrical resistivity, Fermi surface, Hall effect, failure of the free-electron model.
Book: Elementary Solid State Physics, by Ali Omar
Assignments:
HW 01
HW 02
HW 03
HW 04
HW 05
Extra Materials:
Klaus von Klitzing (Nobel Lecture: Quantum Hall Effect)
Klaus von Klitzing (25 Years of Quantum Hall Effect)