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Physics of Materials

Prof. Prathap Haridoss · IIT Madras

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About

Materials display properties. What is the physics behind these properties? Starting from an electronic or atomic level, how can we arrive at the properties of the materials? These are the questions this course will attempt to answer. Focus will be on electronic properties, but other properties will also be looked at.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Any interested Learners

PRE-REQUISITES : First Year under graduate level of physics and mathematics will be beneficial but is not absolutely necessary.

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Introduction Physics of Materials YouTube
  2. Properties of Materials YouTube
  3. Thermal Expansion YouTube

Week 2

  1. Measuring Electrical Conductivity: DC and AC YouTube
  2. Free Electron Gas YouTube
  3. The Ideal Gas YouTube

Week 3

  1. Drude Model: Electrical Conductivity YouTube
  2. Drude Model: Thermal Conductivity YouTube
  3. Drude Model: Successes and Limitations YouTube
  4. Drude Model: Source of Shortcomings YouTube

Week 4

  1. Large Systems and Statistical Mechanics YouTube
  2. Maxwell Boltzmann Statistics YouTube
  3. Classical Particles and Quantum Particles YouTube

Week 5

  1. History of Quantum Mechanics- 1 YouTube
  2. History of Quantum Mechanics-2 YouTube
  3. Introduction to Drude Sommerfeld model YouTube

Week 6

  1. Fermi-Dirac Statistics: Part 1 YouTube
  2. Fermi-Dirac Statistics: Part 2 YouTube
  3. Features of the Fermi Dirac Distribution Function YouTube
  4. Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution Vs Fermi-Dirac Distribution YouTube

Week 7

  1. Anisotropy and Periodic Potential in a Solid YouTube
  2. Confinement and Quantization: Part 1 YouTube
  3. Confinement and Quantization: Part 2 YouTube

Week 8

  1. Density of States YouTube
  2. Fermi Energy, Fermi Surface, Fermi Temperature YouTube
  3. Electronic Contribution to Specific Heat at Constant Volume YouTube

Week 9

  1. Reciprocal Space 1: Introduction to Reciprocal Space YouTube
  2. Reciprocal Space 2: Condition for Diffraction YouTube
  3. Reciprocal Space 3: Ewald sphere, Simple Cubic, FCC and BCC in Reciprocal Space YouTube

Week 10

  1. Wigner Seitz Cell and Introduction to Brillouin Zones YouTube
  2. Brillouin Zones, Diffraction, and Allowed Energy Levels YouTube
  3. E Vs k, Brillouin Zones and the Origin of Bands YouTube

Week 11

  1. Calculating Allowed Energy Bands and Forbidden Band Gaps YouTube
  2. Bands; Free Electron Approximation, Tight Binding Approximation YouTube
  3. Semiconductors YouTube

Week 12

  1. Magnetic Properties YouTube
  2. Electron Compounds; Phonons, Optoelectronic Materials YouTube
  3. Superconductivity YouTube
  4. Bose-Einstein Statistics YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Metallurgy and Material Science
Teacher
Prof. Prathap Haridoss
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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