Course Content

Sommerfeld (free electron) theory of metals, Electronic heat capacity, Shortcomings of the free electron model, Metallic bonds, Tight binding model of covalent bonds, Tight binding model for solids, Band diagram of 1D monatomic and diatomic solids, Energy bands in one and two dimensions, Bloch's theorem, Kronig-Penney model, Band structure and optical properties, Bloch electron in an electric field, Crystal momentum of electrons, Potential between atoms, Normal modes of vibration of a one-dimensional monatomic and diatomic linear harmonic chain, Quantization of lattice vibrations, Einstein's and Debye's model of the density of states, Phonon heat capacity of a solid, Crystal lattices, Positions, directions and planes in crystals, Primitive, conventional and Wigner-Seitz unit cells, Simple 3D crystal structures, Miller indices, Reciprocal lattice, Brillouin zone, Elastic scattering by crystals - Bragg and Laue diffraction

Literature

• Steven H. Simon, The Oxford Solid State Basics, Oxford University Press, 2013
• J. Richard Christman, Fundamentals of Solid State Physics, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1988
• Jorgen Rammer, Physics of Electronic Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2017

Last Updated: Nov 25, 2024