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Cursus: NS-352B
NS-352B
Moderne gecondenseerde materie: the nature of matter
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeNS-352B
Studiepunten (EC)7,5
Cursusdoelen
- After finishing this course, you know about the universal properties of waves in periodic and disordered structures.
- After finishing this course, you know about the diffusive and ballistic propagation of wave in a dense medium
- After finishing this course, you know the difference between crystals and lattices, and learn the tools for their mathematical description.
- After finishing this course, you know how to quantitatively derive properties of solids like heat capacity, thermal expansion, and elastic modulus from quantum mechanical principles
- After finishing this course, you know about electron and phonon density of states, bandstructures, and their relation to macroscopic material properties
- After finishing this course, you can explain the difference between semiconductors and metals, and how they are used to make electronic devices such as transistors and photodetectors.
- After finishing this course, you can derive optical properties of materials based on simple models.
- After finishing this course, you know about the distinctive quantum properties of nanostructures.
- After finishing this course, you know the microscopic origin of magnetic properties in materials.
- After finishing this course, you can calculate basic thermodynamic properties of superconductors and explain the Meissner effect.
- After finishing this course, you can discuss the condensed matter literature.
- After finishing this course, you can compute properties of model systems for solids with a programming language, such as Python.
 
Inhoud
Condensed matter physics is by far the largest single subfield of physics. It deals with the physical properties of condensed phases of matter. Condensed matter physicists seek to understand the behavior of these phases by using physical laws. In particular, they include the laws of quantum mechanics, electromagnetism and statistical mechanics. (read further on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_matter_physics)
 
In this course, theoretical concepts that are commonly used for describing the basic properties of macroscopic and mesoscopic objects will be introduced. The microscopic, wave, or quantum nature of these properties will be distinguished and universal descriptions that can describe seemingly different phenomena will be explained using simplified models. These concepts and models will be connected to realistic and working devices such as transistors and sensors as well as more advanced research topics in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
 
To know more about the vast applications of condensed matter physics, watch "So Close and Such a Stranger: a documentary about Condensed Matter Physics" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3De1rLxvzyU
 
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