Solid State Physics

1. Crystal Structures and inter atomic bonding
   1. Importance of solid state matter
   2. Crystalline material
   3. Bravais Lattices
      1. Cubic
      2. Tetragonal
      3. Orthorhombic
      4. Hexagonal
      5. Monoclinic
      6. Triclinic
      7. Trigonal
   4. Crystal Symmetry
      1. Symmetry Elements
         1. Centre of symmetry
         2. Plane of symmetry
         3. Axes of symmetry
   5. Crystal Structures
      1. NaCl
      2. CsCl
      3. HCP
      4. Diamond Lattice Structure
      5. Zincblende Structure
   6. Miller Indices
      1. Directions
         1. [u,v,w] notation
      2. Crystal Planes
         1. (h,k,l) notation
      3. Zone
         1. [u,v,w] notation
   7. Reciprocal Space/Lattice
2. Diffraction methods and Crystal structure determination
   1. X-Ray Diffraction
      1. methods
         1. Bragg's X-ray spectrometer
         2. Rotating Crystal method
         3. Powder method
      2. Applications
   2. Electron Diffraction
   3. Neutron Diffraction
   4. Can Determine
      1. Lattice parameters
      2. Crystal Structures
      3. Symmetry elements
   5. Bragg's Equation
      1. 2dSinθ=nλ
3. Lattice Vibrations and Phonons
   1. Bonding in solids
      1. vander-waals
      2. Ionic
      3. Covalent
      4. Metalic
      5. Hydrogen
   2. Model Inter-atomic potential
   3. Cohesive energy of ionic crystals
   4. Cohesive energy of vander-waals solids

1. Models of Electrons in solids
   1. Classical free electron theory of metals
   2. Quantum free electron theory
   3. Band theory of solids
   4. Konig-Penny model

Annotations:

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1. Classical Theory
2. Einstein's Theory

   Annotations:

   • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_theory
3. Debye Theory