Provide the student with an introduction to some of the topics important for research in condensed matter physics.
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Program of the first part:
Introduction to the physics of liquid and of soft matter
Thermodynamic quantities, structural quantitates and dynamic quantitie for the study of liquid and soft matter, biomatter included.
Introduction to the physics of glasses and disordered systems.
Programme
The whole course consists in three parts.Program of the first part:
Introduction to the physics of liquid and of soft matter
Thermodynamic quantities, structural quantitates and dynamic quantitie for the study of liquid and soft matter, biomatter included.
Introduction to the physics of glasses and disordered systems.
Core Documentation
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The whole course consists in three parts. First part:frontal lesson at the blackboard and with the use of presentations/slides.Attendance
Attendance to the course is strongly advised but it is not compulsory in order to give to all students the possibility to give the exam.Type of evaluation
Written exam that consists in questions that the student has to answer. Each question will be on one of the three parts of the whole course. It will be evaluated the exactness of the answer, the level of understanding, and the clarity in the description in case an extended answer is required. teacher profile teaching materials
Introduction to the physics of liquids, soft matter and disordered systems
Introduction to spintronics: concepts, applications, challenges.
Introduction to the physics of matter at the nanoscale
Programme
PROGRAM:Introduction to the physics of liquids, soft matter and disordered systems
Introduction to spintronics: concepts, applications, challenges.
Introduction to the physics of matter at the nanoscale
Core Documentation
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Program of the third part: Introduction to the physics of matter at the nanoscale.
Wave-particle dualism; electron confinement and quantization of electronic states; "Band Engineering" in semiconductor heterostructures; quantum structures for electronics and photonics. Bottom-up and top-down approaches to nanofabrication; visualization of nanostructured materials; Phenomenology of a single-electron transistor and a quantum cascade laser.
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Programme
The course consists of three parts taken by different professors.Program of the third part: Introduction to the physics of matter at the nanoscale.
Wave-particle dualism; electron confinement and quantization of electronic states; "Band Engineering" in semiconductor heterostructures; quantum structures for electronics and photonics. Bottom-up and top-down approaches to nanofabrication; visualization of nanostructured materials; Phenomenology of a single-electron transistor and a quantum cascade laser.
Core Documentation
Third part:notes provided by the teacher
Type of delivery of the course
The course consists of three parts taken by different professors. Third part: Frontal teaching. Some topics may be presented in a seminar format using slides.Type of evaluation
Written test consisting of questions to be answered. Each question concerns one of the three parts of the entire course. The level of understanding of the phenomenon and the clarity of exposition will be evaluated. .