Lecture slides will be posted shortly after each class.
The suggested reading and teaching schedule can be found on the syllabus.
Lectures
Introduction to Our Course
Defining Crystal Structure
SC, BCC and FCC and Atomic Packing Factors
Crystal Directions and Planes
Distance Between Planes & Specific Crystal Structures
Ionic Crystal Structures and Perovskites
Introduction to Diffraction
Introducing the Reciprocal Lattice
Reciprocal Lattices, Brillouin Zones and Structure Factors
Finishing Structure Factors and the Ewald Sphere
Diffraction Techniques
A Brief Introduction to Symmetry and Group Theory
Finishing Point Groups, Van der Waals Bonding and Atomic Valence
Ionic, Covalent and Metallic Bonding and Resulting Properties
Predicting the Type of Bonding and Stress & Strain
Stress/Strain and Introducing Phonons
Modelling One Dimensional Monoatomic Phonon Dispersion
Expanding from 1D to 3D Dispersion Curves
Real Dispersion Curves and How to Measure Them
Heat Capacity and Start of DOS
DOS and Thermal Expansion
Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Collisions
The Drude Model (Will be OK for Metals with Effective Mass)
Electrical Conductivity in the Drude Model and the Hall Effect
Adding Quantum Mechanics to Understand Metals, Quantum Well Reminders (Sommerfeld Model)
Heat Capacity in Metals and Conceptual Understanding of Energy Bands and Gaps
Empty Lattice Bands and Starting the Kronig Penney Model
Reminder on DOS, The Kronig Penney Model and LCAO
Relating DOS and Energy Bands, Orbital Contributions and Approaches
Concepts of Semiconductors
Introduction to Materials Growth (Supplemented with Class Tour)
RHEED and Point Defects
A Brief Introduction to Magnetic Materials