Physics 685, Solid State Physics I

Spring Semester 2004

Lectures:MW 3:30 - 4:45 PM, AYER 113

Instructor: Dr. Alper Buldum

Office: Ayer 230, Phone: 972-8087

Email: buldum@physics.uakron.edu
Office Hours: M 11-12.00, W 11-12.00


Text: Solid State Physics, by N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin and
                  Condensed Matter Physics by M. P. Marder

Website: http://physics.uakron.edu/dept/faculty/buldum/p685.html


Grading: Midterm Exams (two)  25% each
                Final Exam                   30%
                Homeworks                   20%

TOPICS

• Atomic Structure of Solids
• Electronic Structure of Solids
• Lattice Vibrations
• Transport Phenomena
• Semiconductors
• Depending on time and interest

- Optical Properties of Solids

- Magnetic Properties of Solids

- Superconductivity

- Nanoscale materials

- Soft Condensed Matter Physics