Online Courses Handbook 2003

4771 (v.2) Physical Properties of Materials 201

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	4770 (v.3) Physical Properties of Solids 102 or any previous version
Electrical, magnetic and thermal properties of materials. Band theory of solids, conductors, insulators, semi conductors, intrinsic and extrinsic semi conductors, p-n junctions. Superconduction, Hall effect. Photoconductivity and photoemission, masers and lasers. Dielectrics, ferroelectricity, dielectric strength, capacitance. Optical and molecular polarisability.