Physics and Chemistry of Solids

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Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Introductory remarks
What characterizes the solid state?
States of matter
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Crystalline SiO2
Click for details about quartz
Oxygen atom
amorph
Silicon atom
glass
Looks like supercooled Liquid
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Crystalline solid
The problem gt 1023 electrons experience Coulomb
interaction
regularly repeated arrangement of atoms
Help symmetry
Quantum Mechanics
Statistical Physics
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- lattice dynamics, thermal properties
- metals, semiconductors, insulators
- optical and dielectric properties, magnetic
properties
- superconductivity