PHY380 Solid State Physics (10 credits)

Year Running: 2017/2018

Credit level: F6

Pre-requisites for		PHY424 PHY440 PHY477 PHY481 PHY482 (when the module is running)
Excluded		PHY439

Description

Covering the electronic properties of solids, this module details the classification of solids into conductors, semiconductors and insulators, the free electron model, the origin of electronic band structure, the fundamental electronic properties of conductors and semiconductors, carrier statistics, experimental techniques used to study carriers in a solid, and the classification and physics of the principal types of magnetism.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	78.0
Lecture	22.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	0.0	15 %	S1
Exam	2.0	85 %	S1

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2017-18.