Winter
semester 2008/2009
Institut für Physik, von-Seckendorff-Platz 1, room 1.26, 06120 Halle, Monday, 9-10,
Contents of the course
- Physical
properties of materials; connection between structure and properties.
We start at nanoscopic length scales (atoms, lattices), follow
mesoscopic features, and describe how macroscopical properties depend
on the former.
- The basis of all is the structure of
atoms. For their description, classical physics is not sufficient.
Quantum-mechanical tools are needed for their description, as well as
for the description of particular properties of crystals (Chap. 1, 8).
- Knowledge of atomic (molecular) lattices (Chap. 2) and methods for their characterisation (Chap. 3) and of
- Lattice defects (Chap. 4) is needed as further basis.
- Implications
of the periodic order and their perturbations on mechanical (Chaps. 5,
6), thermal (Chap. 7), electrical (Chap. 8), dielectric (Chap.
9), optical (Chap. 10), and magnetic (Chap. 11) properties follow.
- The
properties of semiconductors, solid state devices and a decription of
concepts for advanced materials in given in Chaps. 13–15.
- Disordered/amorphous
materials are outside the scope of this lecture. For this it is
referred for example to the course on polymer physics.
Literature
- R. Turton: The physics of solids. Oxford University Press 2000, 2002.
- M. N. Rudden, J. Wilson: Elements of solid state physics. Chichester: Wiley 1993.
- J. I. Gersten, F. W. Smith: The physics and chemistry of materials. New York: Wiley 2001.
- R. J. D. Tilley: Understanding solids. New York: Wiley 2006.
- C. Weißmantel, C. Haman: Grundlagen der Festkörperphysik; Berlin: Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften 1989.
- Bergmann Schäfer Lehrbuch der Experimentalphysik, Volume 6 Festkörper. Ed. W. Raith. Berlin: de Gruyter 1992.
Additional material
List
of symbols
and abbreviations
Literature/references
Physical
constants
Collection
of questions and problems 2006/2007
Exam
2002
External links
Materials
science for engineers
Solid
state
physics and semiconductors
C.
R.
Nave: Condensed
matter concepts
MATTER
M.
P. Marder: Condensed
matter physics
Materials
today
Additional
information
All downloads are pdf
files. The password is provided by the lecturer. Troubleshooting: Some
pdf files don't open in certain browsers. In this case, please download
the file to your harddisk prior to opening.
http://www.cmat.uni-halle.de/~hsl/PoM.html
October 2002 (last revision January 2011)
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