FY508: Physics of condensed matter (10 ECTS)

STADS: 07000801

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
1st and 2nd quarter.

Teacher responsible
Email: svt@ifk.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
ipsen@memphys.sdu.dk
lyngs@memphys.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The content of FY503 Elektromagnetism (or FY02B Electromagnetism), FY507 Introductory quantum mechanics (or FY03 Introductory Quantum Mechanics) and the first part of FY509 Thermal Physics (or FY08 Thermal Physics) must be known.

Course introduction
The course gives an introduction to the physics of condensed matter, including crystalline and amorphous solids and soft materials like polymers and liquid crystals. The course gives an introduction to the theoretical models and experimental methods used to describe and measure the mechanical and thermo dynamical properties of matter and is an introduction to further studies in material science, nano-technology and bio-physics.

Qualifications
After the course the student will be able to
• understand the properties of matter described by the fundamental physical laws from classical mechanics, statistical physics, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics
• use these theories to understand the functional properties of solids, e.g.
o describe how enthalpy and entropic forces lead to self-organizing and structuring of liquids and soft materials
o understand how the electronic states, electron transport and the interaction between phonons, electrons, and photons are responsible for the physical properties of metals, insulators and semiconductors

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
General basis
Phase transitions
Structure
Atomic and intermolecular forces

Crystalline solids
Crystalline structures
Reciprocal lattice. Brillouin zones
Acoustic and optical phonons. Dispersion relations
Heat capacity and heat conductance
Electron in a periodic potential. Blochs theorem
Electron energy band structures
Solution of the Schrödinger equation by Fourier expansion of the crystal potential
Examples of energy band structures of real solids
Electron dynamics. Effective electron mass.

Soft matter
Complex and structured liquids
Colloide solutions
Polymers and gels
Liquid crystals
Self organizing and soft materials

Heterogeneous and Amorphous materials
Semiconductors
Glasses

Literature

• Stephen Elliot: The Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Wiley 1998.
• Richard A.L.Jones: Soft Condensed Matter, Oxford Univ. press, 2002.

Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
Midterm evaluation: Oral exam. Internal examiner. Graded by the 7 point scale. The grade will count 50 % in the final grade. At the end of the course: Oral examination with external examiner. This counts 50 % of the total grade.

Oral exams. Internal exam by lecturer. Eksternal examiner. Marks according to the Danish 7 point scale.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

50 t forelæsninger. 50 t eksaminatorietimer/opgaveregning
Educational activities

Language
No recorded information about the language used in the course.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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