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| PHYS0055-1 | Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Jean‑Pierre Gaspard |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Introduction to Materials Science with application to semiconductors, metals, polymers and liquid matter. It aims at understanding the behaviour and physical properties of condensed matter, from the microscopic level to the macroscopic level. |
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| Course objective : | Table of content.
1. Order and disorder in condensed matter.
2. Geometrical crystallography.
3. Crystallochemistry.
4. Chemical bond.
5. Structural analysis by X-Ray and neutron scattering. Production of beams.
6. Nanostructures and small angle scattering.
7. Electronic structure of condensed matter.
8. Lattice vibrations. Thermal properties.
9. Magnetism.
10. Crystal defects and crystal growth.
11. Low dimensional systems : nanophysics.
12. Soft condensed matter.
Textbooks: Y. QUERE, Physique des matériaux, Ellipses (1988)
R. J. ELLIOTT, Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Wiley (1998)
M. MARDER, Condensed matter physics, Wiley (2000)
R. L. JONES, Soft Condensed Matter, Oxford (2002) |
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| Prerequisites : | Mathematical analysis. Fourier transforms.
Basic physics.
Basic chemistry.
Quantum physics. |
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| Workshops : | Exercices on computer and report. |
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| Organization : | Second term. |
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| Written notes : | Lecture notes written by the professor and reference textbooks. |
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| Assessment : | Written and oral exam in May-June, written exam in August-September. |
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| Contacts : | Prof. Gaspard Jean-Pierre, office 3/48, tel. : 04/366.37.45, e-mail : jp.gaspard@ulg.ac.be
Otjacques Celine, office 3/47, tel. : 04/366.53.90, e-mail : celine.otjacques@ulg.ac.be
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| Remarks : | 1. Lectures in English (in part)
2. Scientific paper to be explained at the oral exam. |
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