Study of solid materials using both macroscopic and microscopic quantum models from physics. Topics may include early models of solids, mechanical and thermal properties of materials, elasticity, chemical bonding, metals, crystal structure, phonons and vibrational modes, electric conductivity, band gap theory and semiconductors, transistors, magnetic properties of materials, and other selected solid state topics. Fall, odd years.
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 224 and (PHYS 201 or (MATH 259 and MATH 260))
Equivalent:
PHYS 468 - Taken before Summer 2023