Office: Moulton 312F
Hours: T/Th Noon - 1 PM
other office hours by appointment of just drop in
Phone: 438 - 5382 or e-mail: marx@phy.ilstu.edu
Class location: Moulton 307B
Class Time: M W F 10:00 - 10:50 AM
Class Materials
Lectures
- Topic 1. Bonding
- Topic 2. Symmetry
- Topic 3. Diffraction
- Topic 4. Diffraction: A Case Study using Neutron Diffraction
- Topic 5. Phonons Part 1: Normal Modes
- Topic 6. Phonons Part 2: Einstein's Model
- Topic 7. Phonons Part 3: Debye's Model
- Topic 8. Phonons Part 4: Anharmonic Effects
- Topic 9. Metals Part 1: Free Electrons
- Topic 10. Metals Part 2: Physical Properties
- Topic 11. Band Theory Part 1: Introduction
- Topic 12. Band Theory Part 2: Tight Binding & Density of States
- Topic 13. Semiconductors
- Topic 14. Semiconductor Devices Part 1: Diodes
- Topic 15. Semiconductor Devices Part 2: More Diodes and Transistors
- Topic 16. Semiconductor Devices Part 3: JFETs, MOSFETs, and LASERs
- Topic 17. Photovoltaics
- Topic 18. Magnetism Part 1: Introduction
- Topic 19. Magnetism Part 2: Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism
- Topic 20. Magnetism Part 3: Ferromagnetism, Antiferromagnetism, and Ferrimagnetism
- Topic 21. Intoduction to Superconductivity
- Topic 22. Superconductivity: Experimental Observations
- Topic 23. Superconductivity: Theory
Homework & Exams
- Solid State Simulations
- Lattice Structures
- Three-dimensional Simulations of Phonon Modes (ISU Physics in Action!)
- Web Elements - Periodic Table
- PBS Special - Transistorized!
- The Nature of the Chemical Bond - A History
- Crystal Structures and Planes
- Tutorial: Fundamentals of XAFS
- Phonon Dispersion Tutorial
- A cool Fermi-Dirac Applet
- Energy Band Theory
- Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductors
- Lattice Structures
Page last updated - May 14, 2007