Module III
Until I began to learn to draw, I was never much interested in looking at art.
Richard P. Feynman
Electrons in Metals
Solid State Physics, N. W. Ashcroft & N. D. Mermin
Solid State Physics, Charles Kittel
The Oxford Solid State Basics, Steven Simons
Principles of the Theory of Solids J. M. Ziman
Lecture notes
Lecture 1 (Drude model 04.03.2024)- Notes I, Notes 2, Video lecture
Lecture 2 (extension) Failures of Drude's model and the need for quantum statistics to describe electrons in a metal Video lecture, Notes 3
Lecture 3 (Optical Conductivity of Metals 05. 03. 2024) Notes, Video lecture
Lecture 4 Degenerate Fermi gas of electrons Notes, Video Lecture
Lecture 5 Specific heat of metals (notes are sketchy, see video lecture for explanation) Notes, Video Lecture
Lecture 6 Curie Vs. Pauli susceptibility (the notes are sketchy, see video lecture for explanation) Notes, Video Lecture
Lecture 7 Thermionic emission Video lecture, Notes (explaining the limits of integration)
Lecture 8 Nearly Free Electron Model Video Lecture 1, Video Lecture 2
Lecture 9 Tight Binding Model Notes, Video Lecture
Lecture 10 Band structure put together Notes