20410498 - principles of condensed matter

Provide the student with an introduction to some of the topics important for research in condensed matter physics
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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

Notes provided by the teacher

Reference Bibliography

None

Type of delivery of the course

The whole course consists in three parts. First part:frontal lesson at the blackboard and with the use of presentations/slides. If the COVID-19 emergency continues all the new rules for teaching and exams will be applied and in particular for the lesson they will be done online in real time with teams and the material will be put on moodle.

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. If the COVID-19 emergency continues all the new rules for teaching and exams will be applied and in particular for the exams they will be done online with teams and they will be oral. The student will prepare a 10 minutes presentation and after it she/he will be asked two brief questions on the two other parts of the whole course.

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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

Notes provided by the teacher

Type of evaluation

Written test. Each question concerns one of the three sections of the Course. The correctness of the answers and the level of understanding as well as the clarity of exposition will be taken into account in the evaluation.

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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 some nanostructured devices.

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.