http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/ 2009-07-09T17:38:24-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/ http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-04-20T23:37:08-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/doku.php?id=announcements&rev=1240295828&do=diff Current announcements are on the syllabus page. 4/20/09 Posted the notes on reciprocal lattices under L9. See also the Brillouin zone link on the “links” page. 4/??/09 I made a mistake in my posting of the grades for Hwk 2. I have reposted them on BB. Everyone should now have a higher number than previously posted. I apologize for the error. text/html 2009-05-21T16:13:44-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/doku.php?id=hw&rev=1242947624&do=diff * [Homework #1] assigned Mon 3/30; due Wed 4/8 * [Homework #2] assigned Mon 4/6; due Mon 4/13 * email topic for paper; 2 refs plus 1 paragraph; assigned Mon 3/30; reminder 4/6; due Fri 4/17 * [Homework #3] assigned Mon 4/13; due Mon 4/20 * [Homework #4] assigned Tue 4/28; due Wed 5/6 * email outline for paper; assigned Mon 3/30; reminder 4/28; due Fri 5/8 * [Homework #5] assigned Thu 5/7; due Fri 5/15 * [Homework #6] assigned Mon 5/18 (available Sat 5/16); due Fri 6/5 text/html 2009-06-09T13:41:21-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/doku.php?id=info&rev=1244580081&do=diff This course is intended to provide an introduction to the physics of condensed matter for graduate students and seniors in physics, chemistry and engineering areas in which materials science is important. Topics to be covered include the theoretical basis of the electronic structure of solids, viewed from the real-space perspective of the interactions between atoms; the free electron description and physical properties of electrically conducting materials; semiconductors; optical properties of … text/html 2009-05-27T07:05:30-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/doku.php?id=links&rev=1243433130&do=diff * Atomic and molecular orbitals from the Sheffield site. Nice pictures and animations. * Webelements is a great periodic table with easy-to-access properties, electron configurations, group and period trends, etc. * Band structures of elements a periodic table that shows band structures of all the elements in their solid forms. * You can view and rotate cubic lattices at this site. * Data base of Fermi surfacepictures. * Applet that demonstrates the construction of the first few… text/html 2009-06-02T10:54:18-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/doku.php?id=start&rev=1243965258&do=diff * This website is <http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575> * Course Information * Worksheets and journal articles used during the class * [Poster Guidelines] Week 1 DayTopicReadingSummaryAssignments[1]Mon 3/30IntroductionCourse informationMeet each other, Overview of course, New materials[HW#1][2]Wed 4/1H-atomSutton Ch1, pp. 9-20, Ch. 2, pp. 21-25Atomic orbitals, quantum mechanics review - 3Fri 4/3QM formalism S: Ch. 2, pp. 21-25Projections of orbitals; matrix elements- We… text/html 2009-06-09T16:16:14-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/doku.php?id=wien&rev=1244589374&do=diff Wien 2k is a quasi-commercial program that calculates dispersion relations, density of states, partial density of states, and other properties of crystalline solids. There is extensive online documentation, but it is quite extensive and can be hard to digest. Once you have access to the program via the web (see below), you will be able to access the documentation. The program is named Wien 2k (pronounced “VEEN-2-kay”) because it was developed by physicists in Vienna, Austria (“Vienna” is the … text/html 2009-07-03T12:42:15-07:00 http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/COURSES/ph575/doku.php?id=worksheets&rev=1246650135&do=diff Handouts * [Basic mathematical knowledge] reguired in this course. * [Summary of quantum mechanics] used in this course. This is a summary, with no examples. The class notes will provide more examples. Worksheets * [Schönberger's CNT LCAO excercise]