Solid State Physics - PHYS 425 Spring 2013
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Instructor:
Thushari Jayasekera
Email: thushari@siu.edu
Office
Hours: Wednesday 2.00 - 4.00 pm @ Neckers 478
Text
Book: Introduction to Solid State Physics / Charles Kittel
Solid
State
Physics
/
Aschroft
& Mermin
Elementary
Solid
State
Physics
M.
A.
Omar
Syllabus: pdf
| Date |
Detailed Objectives |
Notes |
Assignments |
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| 1 |
January 14th Monday |
- Course overview / Syllabus - Introduction to the Crystalline and Amorphous Structures - Periodic arrays of atoms
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Crystallographic
terminology
with
a
detailed
explanation of two-dimensional lattice
structures |
Syllabus Slides Notes |
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| 2 |
January 16th Wednesday |
- Review of two-dimensional crystal structures - Introducing three-dimensional crystal systems - 7 Lattice systems - 14 Bravais lattices Examples: Polonium (simple Cubic)/Li (BCC)/Cu (FCC) NaCl (FCC)/CsCl (BCC) / Diamond (FCC) / Zinc Blende (FCC) structures (All the structures will be visualized in the class using the XCRYSDEN software) - Visualizing various planes and directions of crystal structures |
Slides Notes |
HW
#
1 (due 28th Jan Monday) |
| January 21st Monday |
---------Martin Luther
King Day ------------
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January 23rd Wednesday |
- Conventional Cell and Primitive cell of Cubic Systems - Detailed review of Crystal Lattices: NaCl, CsCl, Diamond, ZnS etc. - Miller Indices for planes and directions: Introduction and Detailed Examples - Packing Fractions - Introduction to Closely Packed Structures
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Slides Notes |
Quiz
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January 28th Monday |
- Review of the Materials:
(Bravias Lattices, Miller Indices, Close Packed Structures) - Crystalographocally equivalent planes and directios - Miller Indices for Hexagonal systems (Bravais Miller Indices) - Exerimental Determination of long-range structures, - X-Ray Diffraction - Bragg's Law - Introduction to Reciprocal lattice |
Slides Notes |
HW
# 2 (due 06th Feb Wednesday ) |
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January 30th Wednesday |
-Bragg's Law for Diffraction
Conditons - Diffraction condions in a different view: Introduction to Reciprocal Lattice - Laue's Equations: Geometrical Interpretation for Diffraction Condition - Ewald Sphere : Another geometrical explanation of Diffraction condition - Relation between Bragg's Law and the Laue's Equations - Introduction to the Brillouin Zone |
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February 13th Wednesday |
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February 18th Monday |
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February 20th Wednesday |
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