PHY10237_Solid State Physics

1. General information about the module

• Module code:  PHY10237
•  Vietnamese module designation :  VẬT LÝ CHẤT RẮN
• English module designation: Solid State Physics
• Credit points: 3
• Workload:

• Contact Hours: Lectures, lesson: 45 hours
• Lab works, project, seminar: 0
• Exercise: 0
• Private study: 90 hours 

• Type of module: Specialization
• Required and recommended prerequisites for joining the module: None
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  2. Brief description of the modules

• Basic crystal lattice structures, reciprocal lattice, X-ray diffraction on crystals
• Types of bonds in crystals
• Lattice dynamics and phonons
• Free electron gas in metals, Fermi-Dirac distribution, and Fermi surface.
• Energy band theory
• Semiconductors and their properties