Physics & Chemistry of Solids

1. Introductory remarks

2. Interatomic Binding
2.1 Van der Waals Bond
2.2 Covalent Bond
2.3 Ionic Bond
2.4 Small corrections to lattice energy, Hydrogen and Metallic Bond
2.5 Brief introduction to quantum mechanics

3. Symmetry Operations and lattice Symmetry

4. Miller indices and crystal directions

5. Common crystal structures

6. Crystal Diffraction

7. Lattice Dynamics

8. Thermal Properties of Crystal Lattice

9. Thermal Expansion

10. Electronic Properties of Crystals
10.1 Metallic State and Drude Model
10.2 The Quantized Free Electron Theory
10.3 The Band Theory of Solids

11. Appendix
11.1 Continuum limit of the monatomic linear chain
11.2 Reciprocal lattice and the metric tensor

12. Special assignments in the framework of the honors program
12.1 Semiconductors by Bob Buckley