ram seshadri: 2014, Matrl 286K
Fall 2014: MATRL 286K, Special Topics in Inorganic Materials: Non-metal to Metal Transitions
Course outline: PDF + +
Place and time: Engr. 1335, M & W, 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm.
Course flier:
Key references:
- C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics
- R. Zallen, The Physics of Amorphous Solids
- The review by Imada, Fujimori, and Tokura: doi
- The review by Edwards and Sienko: doi
- Zaanen, Sawatzky, and Allen: doi
- Hubbard: doi
Resources:
| Date |
Subject |
| M 10/6 |
A survey of key issues: Counting electrons, screening, Herzfeld criterion
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| W 10/8 |
No class (to be made up).
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| M 10/13 |
No class (to be made up).
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| W 10/15 |
The filling-driven Mott transition, and the Mott formula
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| M 10/20 |
Percolation, Anderson localization
(PPTX) |
| W 10/22 |
Correlated insulators and the Hubbard Model.
(PPTX) |
| M 10/27 |
No class (to be made up).
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| W 10/29 |
No class (to be made up).
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| M 11/3 |
Mott-Hubbard vs. Charge-transfer
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| W 11/5 |
Driving M-I transitions
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| W 11/5 |
Assignment 1: (PDF) (please turn in, in a week) |
| M 11/10 |
The manganese oxide perovskites:
(PPTX) |
| W 11/12 |
LnNiO3 and LnCoO3
(PPTX) |
| M 11/17 |
VO2 (PPTX) |
| W 11/19 |
Oxide superconductors (PPTX) |
| M 11/24 |
Fe3O4 and other Fe oxides (PPTX) |
| W 11/26 |
Techniques (PPTX) |
| M 12/1 |
Structure and local structure (PPTX) |
| W 12/3 |
4d and 5d (PPTX) |
Final Presentations:
| Date | Name: Topic |
| M 12/8 |
Bjaalie, Lars: Rare-earth titanates:
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| M 12/8 |
Butakov, Nikita: Thermal, electrical, photo, and X-ray induced phase transitions in VO2:
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| M 12/8 |
Flaherty, William: Iridates:
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| M 12/10 |
Freeze, Christopher: M—I transition in rare-earth nickelates and the impact of structural distortions:
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| M 12/10 |
Lamontagne, Leo: NMR studies of M—I transitions:
pptx |
| M 12/10 |
Latture, Ryan: Percolation and M—I transitions:
web |
| M 12/15 |
Raghavan, Santosh: Correlations between structure and transport in BaTiO3: Polarons:
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| M 12/15 |
Rice, Anthony: Seebeck measurements as a probe of electronic structure:
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