MWF 10:40-11:35 in room P-119 Physics
Schedule -- look here for links to HW assignments and due dates
 The
main topic for Spring 2007 will be group theory, as applied to
molecules, solids, and nanosystems. The
text for this part of the course will be Melvin Lax, Symmetry Principles in
Solid State and Molecular Physics (Dover, 1999)List price $24.95 Sale price at Amazon $17.71 |
 This is the LUMO
-(1,2) stateof a tiny model of a ZnO nanowire. "LUMO" means lowest unoccupied molecular orbital; this orbital is one of a doublet lying just below the singly degenerate HOMO ("highest unoccupied molecular orbital.) Simple ideas of molecular orbitals plus symmetry (group theory) allow you to predict things like this. (Figure from Xiao Shen cond-mat/0610002) |
syllabus
book list
character tables (courtesy of Achim Gelessus, International University Bremen)
The last 1/3 of the course is not yet fixed. Possible topics include
Nanoparticles and Nanowires
Quantum Hall Effects
Anderson Localization
grading will be based on homeworks (approximately 6 during the semester)
plus a term paper or oral report to the class
prerequisites are (1) one semester of solid state physics (undergraduate or graduate level)
one semester of quantum mechanics (graduate level)