Structure and Properties of Matter

Classification of solids. Crystal structures. Energy bands. Metals. Semiconductors. Insulators. Electrical, dielectric, and magnetic properties.

Through the teachings of this module, students will learn how the characteristics of a material at the atomic scale determine its properties at the macroscopic scale. Mastery of the phenomena determining the properties of condensed matter in the fields of electrical conduction, electromagnetic wave propagation, and magnetism.

General Physics, Electromagnetism

100% CC

Introduction:

• Classification of solids - bonds in solids
• Crystallography element

Conductive properties:

• Metals (Drude and Sommerfeld model, interpretation of certain laws and phenomena based on these microscopic models)
• Semiconductors (Band Structure, Semiconductor Properties, p-n Junction)

Dielectric properties:

• Polarization of matter (macroscopic and microscopic approach)
• The different types of polarization of a material medium
• Complex dielectric constant and refractive index
• Polar and non-polar materials
• Debye equation - Clausius Mosotti relation
• Dielectric breakdown

Magnetic properties:

• General definitions
• Fundamentals of Magnetism in Condensed Matter

CM: 6 p.m.

TD: 6 p.m.