Comprehensive lecture notes, prepared by Prof SH Simon

Other good books:

• Solid State Physics, by Aschroft and Mermin
• Solid State Physics, by Hook and Hall
• Introduction to Solid State Physics, by Kittel

Course outline (lectured by Arzhang Ardavan and Thorsten Hesjedal):

• Heat capacity in solids, localised harmonic oscillator models (Dulong-Petit law and Einstein model)
• Heat capacity in solids, a model of sound waves (Debye model)
• A gas of classical charged particles (Drude theory)
• A gas of charged fermions (Sommerfeld theory)
• Bonding
• Microscopic theory of vibrations: the 1D monatomic harmonic chain [Mike Glazer's Chainplot program]
• Microscopic theory of vibrations: the 1D diatomic harmonic chain
• Microscopic theory of electrons in solids: the 1D tight-binding chain
• Geometry of solids: crystal structure in real space [VESTA, 3D visualization program for structural models; an example crystal structure database]
• Geometry of solids: real space and reciprocal space [Reciprocal Space teaching and learning package]
• Reciprocal space and scattering [a fun way to discover the world of crystals and their symmetries through diffraction]
• Scattering experiments II
• Scattering experiments III
• Waves in reciprocal space
• Nearly-free electron model
• Band structure and optical properties
• Dynamics of electrons in bands
• Semiconductor devices [Intel's "A History of Innovation"; Moore's Law; From Sand to Circuits]
• Magnetic properties of atoms
• Collective magnetism [A micromagnetic simulation tool, The Object Oriented MicroMagnetic Framework (OOMMF); OOMMF movies of magnetic domains and domain reversal]
• Mean field theory

Additional material for Thorsten Hesjedal's lectures (available only from with the Oxford Physics network)