Lecture |
Date |
Notes handed in class |
What was covered |
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Sept. 2 |
Imagine UBC
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no lecture
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1 |
Sept. 4 |
brief review of QM
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Introductions, material to be covered, general expectations etc.
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2 |
Sept. 9 |
Notes: The elements Supplementary notes
Orbitron website |
Brief review of QM. The elements: generalities
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3 |
Sept. 11 |
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The elements: spectrum and eigenfunctions |
4 |
Sept. 16 |
Notes: Bonding get assignment 1 |
The elements: the periodic table Bonding: van der Waals bonds |
5 |
Sept. 18 |
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Bonding: van der Waals bonds (cont'd) Bonding: H2+ molecule. |
6 |
Sept. 23 |
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Bonding: H2+ molecule. |
7 |
Sept. 25 |
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Bonding: covalent bonds Bonding: ionic bonds |
8 |
Sept. 30 |
return assignment 1; get assignment 2
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Bonding: ionic bonds (cont'd)
Bonding: metallic bonds
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9 |
Oct. 2 |
 
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Bonding: metallic bonds (cont'd) Bonding: hydrogen bonds |
10 |
Oct. 7 |
Notes: Crystals Supplementary notes |
Crystals: 1D lattices, basis, lattice vectors, unit cell, Brillouin zone
Crystals: 2D lattices
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11 |
Oct. 9 |
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Crystals: 3D lattices |
12 |
Oct. 14 |
get assignment 3 Notes: X ray scattering |
Crystals: 3D lattices (cont'd) X-ray scattering |
13 |
Oct. 16 |
return assignment 2 |
X-ray scattering (cont'd) |
14 |
Oct. 21 |
Notes: Band structures |
Bloch theorem and a 1D example: tight-binding vs. nearly free electrons. |
15 |
Oct. 23 |
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Metals, semiconductors, insulators |
16 |
Oct. 28 |
return assignment 3; get assignment 4 |
MIDTERM |
17 |
Oct. 30 |
Notes: Properties of metals and insulators |
Thermal properties |
18 |
Nov. 4 |
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Transport properties: metals |
19 |
Nov. 6 |
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Transport properties: semiconductors
Optical properties: semiconductors |
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Nov. 11 |
Remembrance Day |
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20 |
Nov. 13 |
Notes: Phonons return assignment 4; get assignment 5 |
Optical properties: metals Simple harmonic oscillator |
21 |
Nov. 18 |
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Acoustic and optical phonons |
22 |
Nov. 20 |
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Optical phonons (contd) Additional topic: Polarons |
23 |
Nov. 25 |
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Additional topic: Polarons
Additional topic: Superconductivity, high-T superconductivity, magnetism |
24 |
Nov. 27 |
return assignment 5 |
Additional topic: Superconductivity, high-T superconductivity, magnetism |