Vaste Stof Fysica

Vibrations in solids: density of states, Debye model, specific heat.

Electrons in metals: Drude model, Hall effect, free electron model, Fermi surface, density of states, specific heat.

Atoms and bonds: periodic table, orbitals, atomic bonds.

Electrons and phonons in 1D: reciprocal space, Bloch theorem, phonon band structure, tight-binding model, nearly-free electron model, effective mass, group velocity, density of states.

Lattices in higher dimensions: crystal structure, unit cells, basis, reciprocal space, Brillouin zone, X-ray diffraction.

Tight-binding and nearly-free electron models in 2D and 3D.

Semiconductors: charge balance, doping, semiconductor devices.