Structure and Properties of Matter

Classification of solids. Crystalline structures. Energy bands. Metals. Semi-conductors. Insulators. Electrical, dielectric and magnetic properties.

Through the teachings of this module the student will perceive 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 - connections in solids
• Element of crystallography

Conduction properties:

• Metals (Drude and Sommerfeld model, interpretation of some laws and phenomena from these microscopic models)
• Semiconductors (Band structure, Properties of semiconductors, 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
• Foundations of condensed matter magnetism

CM : 18 h

TD : 18 h