APN 566 Solid State Physics 2
A follow-on course to Solid State Physics 1 emphasizing the applications of the electronic states of electrons in periodic atomic structures to the analysis of the thermal, mechanical, optical, and magnetic properties of crystalline matter. A detailed discussion of the relevant phenomenology will be followed by a study, at a semi-quantitative level, of the basic theoretical concepts of solid state physics. Also discussed will be departures from periodicity in the form of ordering defects and their consequences for the physical properties of materials.