1. Crystal structure of solids - mathematical description, symmetry operations, Miller indices, Bragg and Laue theories, Brillouin zones and reciprocal space
2. Bonding in solids - attractive and repulsive forces, ionic, covalent and metallic crystals, hydrogen and van der Waals bonding
3. Mechanical properties - elastic and plastic deformation and their microscopic and macroscopic description, point disturbances and dislocations
4. Thermal properties - lattice vibrations and their description, harmonic oscillator, quantum oscillations and phonons, Einstein and Debye theories, thermal expansion and conduction, diffusion, Fick's laws
5. Electrical properties of metals - Drude model, electrical conductivity of metals, Hall effect, optical reflectivity, Wiedeman-Franz law, quantum aspects of electrical properties of metals, energy bands
6. Semiconductors - intrinsic semiconductors, density of states, types of doping and conductivity, semiconductor devices, PN transitions, transistors and optoelectronic devices
7. Magnetism in solids - macroscopic and quantum mechanical description, paramagnetism, diamagnetism, atomic and electron contribution, Curie and Pauli paramagnetism, magnetic ordering and exchange interaction, ferromagnetic domains, hysteresis and saturation.
8. Dielectrics - macroscopic and microscopic description, frequency dependence of dielectric constant and its modelling, ferroelectric and piezoelectric phenomena.
9. Superconductivity - zero resistance phenomenon, Meissner effect, phenomenological and microscopic theory of superconductors, classes
2. Bonding in solids - attractive and repulsive forces, ionic, covalent and metallic crystals, hydrogen and van der Waals bonding
3. Mechanical properties - elastic and plastic deformation and their microscopic and macroscopic description, point disturbances and dislocations
4. Thermal properties - lattice vibrations and their description, harmonic oscillator, quantum oscillations and phonons, Einstein and Debye theories, thermal expansion and conduction, diffusion, Fick's laws
5. Electrical properties of metals - Drude model, electrical conductivity of metals, Hall effect, optical reflectivity, Wiedeman-Franz law, quantum aspects of electrical properties of metals, energy bands
6. Semiconductors - intrinsic semiconductors, density of states, types of doping and conductivity, semiconductor devices, PN transitions, transistors and optoelectronic devices
7. Magnetism in solids - macroscopic and quantum mechanical description, paramagnetism, diamagnetism, atomic and electron contribution, Curie and Pauli paramagnetism, magnetic ordering and exchange interaction, ferromagnetic domains, hysteresis and saturation.
8. Dielectrics - macroscopic and microscopic description, frequency dependence of dielectric constant and its modelling, ferroelectric and piezoelectric phenomena.
9. Superconductivity - zero resistance phenomenon, Meissner effect, phenomenological and microscopic theory of superconductors, classes