Condensed Matter Physics credit:

4 Hours

Bonding and structure of crystals; energy bands in insulators, semiconductors, and metals; electrical conductivity; optical properties; lattice vibrations; elasticity; point defects; dislocations. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Credit is not given for both PHYS 460 and MSE 304 . Prerequisite: PHYS 435 ; PHYS 485 or PHYS 486 .