SOLID STATE PHYSICS - THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

Course Information
TitleΦΥΣΙΚΗ ΣΤΕΡΕΑΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗΣ - ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΕΣ / SOLID STATE PHYSICS - THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
CodeΦΥΥ104
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorIoannis Arvanitidis
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600016865

Programme of Study: Physics and Technology of Materials

Registered students: 5
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course113
Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours2
Class ID
600221023
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
This course aims to introduce students to postgraduate level concepts and techniques that provide the necessary background in specialized subjects. Also, the course assimilates the background of graduates from different Departments and Universities.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Chemical Bonding in Solids, covalent & ionic Bond. Dynamics of Atoms in Crystals’ Thermal properties: Density of States, thermal energy of a harmonic oscillator, specific heat capacity, Effects due to anharmonicity, thermal expansion, heat conduction by phonons. Optical properties of Solids: Dielectric Function, absorption of electromagnetic radiation, dielectric function for a harmonic oscillator, longitudinal and transverse normal modes, free-electron Gas, interband transitions, excitons, dielectric energy Losses of Electrons. "Free" electrons in solids: The Free-Electron Gas in an Infinite Square-Well Potential, Fermi Gas at T = 0 K, Fermi statistics, specific heat capacity of electrons in metals. The electronic bandstructure of Solids: General symmetry properties, nearly free-electron approximation, Tight-binding approximation, examples of bandstructures, Density of states in crystalline and in non-crystalline solids. Motion of Electrons and Transport Phenomena: Motion of electrons in bands and the effective mass, currents in bands and holes, relaxation time, electrical conductivity of metals. Bandstructure of important semiconductors, charge carrier density in intrinsic and doped Semiconductors, carrier scattering and mobility, Hall effect.
Keywords
lattice dynamics, optical & electrical and electronic properties of solids, metals, insulators, semiconductors
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures✓
Total
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
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Last Update
10-12-2019