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Electronic Properties of the Materials: Computational Approach

Prof. Somnath Bhowmick · IIT Kanpur

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About

The course aims to explain the physics of electronic materials in detail, followed by a brief discussion on their applications. A student taking the course will learn about traditional metals, semiconductors, and ionic-conductors, as well as newly discovered low-dimensional materials. In addition to the theory part, students will also learn from simple in-silico experiments.

Prerequisites: Basic physics (classical mechanics and electrodynamics), and mathematics.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Introductory course

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to electronic materials YouTube
  2. Lecture 2: Drude model and failure of classical theory YouTube
  3. Lecture 3: Schrödinger equation and particle in a box YouTube
  4. Lecture 4: Solving Schrödinger equation for different potentials YouTube
  5. Lecture 5: Visualization using python (part 1) YouTube

Week 2

  1. Lecture 6: Visualization using python (part 2) YouTube
  2. Lecture 7: Numerov method: algorithm YouTube
  3. Lecture 8: Numerov method: code YouTube
  4. Lecture 9: WKB approximation (part 1) YouTube
  5. Lecture 10: WKB approximation (part 2) YouTube

Week 3

  1. Lecture 11: Quantum free electrons: Sommerfeld theory (part 1) YouTube
  2. Lecture 12: Quantum free electrons: Sommerfeld theory (part 2) YouTube
  3. Lecture 13: Quantum free electrons: Sommerfeld theory (part 3) YouTube
  4. Lecture 14: Quantum free electrons: Sommerfeld theory (part 4) YouTube
  5. Lecture 15: Sommerfeld model: Selected numerical exercise using python YouTube

Week 4

  1. Lecture 16: Real lattice and Reciprocal lattice YouTube
  2. Lecture 17: X-ray diffraction, periodic potential, Bloch theorem YouTube
  3. Lecture 18: Bloch electrons in 1D solid: part 1 YouTube
  4. Lecture 19: Bloch electrons in 1D solid: part 2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 20: Bloch electrons in 1D solid: part 3 YouTube

Week 5

  1. Lecture 21: Origin of band gap: part 1 YouTube
  2. Lecture 22: Origin of band gap: part 2 YouTube
  3. Lecture 23: Origin of band gap: part 3 YouTube
  4. Lecture 24: Band Structure in 1D: Different Representations YouTube
  5. Lecture 25: Band structure in 2D and 3D YouTube

Week 6

  1. Lecture 26: Fermi Surface Part 1 YouTube
  2. Lecture 27: Fermi Surface Part 2 YouTube
  3. Lecture 28: Fermi Surface Part 3 YouTube
  4. Lecture 29: Semiclassical Electron Dynamics: Part 1 YouTube
  5. Lecture 30: Semiclassical Electron Dynamics: Part 2 YouTube

Week 7

  1. Lecture 31: Semiclassical Electron Dynamics: Concept of hole YouTube
  2. Lecture 32: Semiclassical Electron Dynamics: Concept of effective mass YouTube
  3. Lecture 33: Semiclassical Electron Dynamics: Concept of electron and hole orbit YouTube
  4. Lecture 34: Tight-Binding Method: Part 1 YouTube
  5. Lecture 35: Tight-Binding Method: Part 2 YouTube

Week 8

  1. Lecture 36: Tight-Binding Method: Part 3 YouTube
  2. Lecture 37: Semiconductors: Part 1 YouTube
  3. Lecture 38: Semiconductors: Part 2 (Si, Ge, and GaAs) YouTube
  4. Lecture 39: Semiconductors: Part 3 (Law of Mass Action) YouTube
  5. Lecture 40: Semiconductors: Part 4 (Impurity Conductivity) YouTube

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kanpur
Department
Metallurgy and Material Science
Teacher
Prof. Somnath Bhowmick
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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