MSE 5053 Contemporary Solid State Materials
In a Nutshell
Lecture 1: A quick review of solid state physics
Chi-Feng Pai [email protected]
MSE 5053 More like… Solid State Physics (II)
Lecture 1: A quick review of solid state physics
Chi-Feng Pai [email protected]
What you’ve might already learned…
• Crystal structures of solids
• Phenomenological models of thermal and electrical transport in materials
• Concept of band structure
• Insulators, conductors, and semiconductors
• Concept of magnetism in solids
But in reality…
• What if the materials are NOT crystalline?
• Do we really understand their microscopic origins?
• Does band theory always work?
• What about superconductors and other exotic materials?
• Magnetism and other transport properties?
Outline of this course
• Quick review of basic solid state physics • Second quantization of fermions • Electron-electron interaction • Hubbard model • Mott insulator and localization • Second quantization of bosons • Electron-phonon interaction • Bose-Einstein condensation • Superconductor • BCS theory • Mesoscopic transport • Quantum Hall effect
Textbook
• A Quantum Approach to Condensed Matter Physics by Philip L. Taylor and Olle Heinonen
Other References
• [1] Solid State Physics by N. W. Ashcroft and N. D. Mermin
• [2] Conductors, Semiconductors, Superconductors: An Introduction to Solid State Physics (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) by Rudolf Huebener
• [3] Condensed Matter Field Theory by Alexander Altland and Ben D. Simons
• [4] Condensed Matter Physics by Michael P. Marder
• [5] Condensed Matter in a Nutshell by G. D. Mahan
• [6] Fundamentals of Superconductivity by Vladimir Z. Kresin and Stuart Wolf
• [7] Principles of the Theory of Solids by J. M. Ziman
• [8] Lecture Notes on Electron Correlation and Magnetism by Patrik Fazekas
• [9] Statistical Mechanics by Richard P. Feynman
Other References
• [2] Conductors, Semiconductors, Superconductors: An Introduction to Solid State Physics (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) by Rudolf Huebener
• [7] Principles of the Theory of Solids by J. M. Ziman
Grading
• Homework (60% from 6 problem sets)
• Term paper (20% from 1 written report)
• Final oral presentation (20% from 1 oral presentation)
• Highly recommend to have
– Mathematica, Matlab, or SciPy… etc. for numerical works
– LaTex or Word to prepare report
Office Hours
• Thursday 2pm-3pm (Engineering building 472)
• Email or call in advance is highly recommended
– (02) 3366-2585
So what are materials, anyway?
The “Evolution” of Insulators
Prof. Ming-Che Chang (NTNU) http://phy.ntnu.edu.tw/~changmc/
The Evolution of Superconductors
Let’s Begin!
• “More is Different”
Science 177, pp. 393-396, 1972
Let’s Begin!
• “More is Different”
P. W. Anderson (1923-) Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1977
Science 177, pp. 393-396, 1972
Let’s Begin!
• “More is Different”
P. W. Anderson (1923-) Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1977
Science 177, pp. 393-396, 1972
Let’s Begin!
• “Purity”
Let’s Begin!
• “I don’t like this solid state physics… though I initiated it.”
– Wolfgang Pauli
• "Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!"
– Wolfgang Pauli
(That is not only not right, it is not even wrong)
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Physics that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Chemistry that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Chemistry that are related to condensed matter physics
A Rough Timeline of Solid State Physics
• Nobel Prizes in Chemistry that are related to condensed matter physics
A quick review of electron transport
• Drude model (1900)
• Sommerfeld model (1927)
• Bloch model (1928)
• See “Notes on Electron Transport”
A quick review of electron transport
• Drude model (1900)
• Sommerfeld model (1927)
• Bloch model (1928)
• See “Notes on Electron Transport”
A quick review of electron transport
Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951)
Founding fathers (of theoretical physics) 1.1 Max Planck 1.2 Albert Einstein 1.3 Arnold Sommerfeld 1.4 Max Born 1.5 Niels Bohr 1.6 Lev Landau 1.7 Hermann von Helmholtz
Students of Sommerfeld Peter Debye, Paul Ewald, Wolfgang Pauli, Linus Pauling, Hans Bethe, Werner Heisenberg, Herbert Frohlich, Rudolf Peierls, Alfred Landé…etc.
A quick review of electron transport
A quick review of electron transport
• Band theory (Peierl and Wilson, 1928-1933)
A quick review of electron transport
• Band theory (Peierl and Wilson, 1928-1933)
A quick review of electron transport
• Band theory (Peierl and Wilson, 1928-1933)
– The most immediate triumph
• Magnetism (1926-1932)
– A modest success
• Superconductivity (1929-1933)
– A persistent failure