Course outline: PDF file
Phelps 3519, Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:00 to 9:15 am
Ram's office hours: after class 10:30 am and 11:30 am the MRL Room 2031.
T.A.: Paul Wentzel,
Broida Trailer 939 Room 1003, Phone: x8309
Office Hours: M & W, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
email: pwentzel@engineering.ucsb.edu
| Date | Description | Notes | Hardcopy | Assignment |
| R 9/23 | Why study materials ? | |||
| T 9/28 | Basics of the quantum | |||
| R 9/30 | Orbitals, atoms, bonding | Yes | ||
| T 10/5 | Orbitals, atoms, bonding continued | Yes | ||
| R 10/7 | Crystals, packings etc. | |||
| T 10/12 | Crystals part 2 | Yes | ||
| R 10/14 | Crystals part 2 continued | |||
| T 10/19 | Miller planes, Bragg law etc. | Yes | ||
| R 10/21 | Polymers | Yes | ||
| T 10/26 | Crystal defects | Yes | ||
| R 10/28 | Midterm | |||
| T 11/2 | Metals and semiconductors | |||
| R 11/4 | Metals and semiconductors | |||
| T 11/9 | Metals, and semiconductor devices (contd.) | Yes | ||
| T 11/16 | Magnetism | |||
| R 11/18 | Superconductivity and Polar Materials | PDF PDF | ||
| T 11/23 | Optical properties and devices | |||
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