Crystal Lattices, Difraction From a Lattice, Reciprocal Lattice. Drude Model of Conduction in Metals - Electrical End Thermal Conductivity, Sommerfeld Correction - Ideal Fermi Gas, Electronic Heat Capacity. Quantum Theory of Conduction - Bloch's Theorem, Energy Bands, Electrons and Holes, Effective Mass, Fermi Surface, Electron Dynamics In a Magnetic Field, Band Structures of Semiconductors - The Intrinsic State, Statistics of Charge Carriers, Impurity Levels, Optical Properties - Excitons, Lattice Dynamics-phonons, Heat Capacity, Optical Properties of Ionic Crystals.

Faculty: Chemistry
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Pre-required courses

(124413 - Statistical Thermodynamics and 124416 - Electromagnetism and Matter and 124417 - Physical Chemist.-molecular Spectroscopy)


Course with no extra credit

46129 - Solid State Physics Ee 314150 - Solid State Physics


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