Structure and Properties of Matter

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

In this module, students will learn how the characteristics of a material on the atomic scale determine its properties on the macroscopic scale. Master the phenomena that determine 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 - Bonding in solids
• Crystallography element

Conduction properties:

• Metals (Drude and Sommerfeld model, interpretation of some laws and phenomena based on these microscopic models)
• Semiconductors (band structure, semiconductor properties, p-n junctions)

Dielectric properties:

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

Magnetic properties:

• General definitions
• Fundamentals of condensed matter magnetism

CM: 6 p.m.

TD: 18 h