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	Solid-state physics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solid-state physics, the largest branch of condensed matter physics, is the study of rigid matter, or solids.
		The bulk of solid-state physics theory and research is focused on crystals, largely because the periodicity of atoms in a crystal — its defining characteristic —facilitates mathematical modeling, and also because crystalline materials often have electrical, magnetic, optical, or mechanical properties that can be exploited for engineering purposes.
		The framework of most solid-state physics theory is the Schrödinger (wave) formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solid-state_physics (200 words)

	solid-state physics - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Solid-state physics is concerned with the properties exhibited by atoms and molecules because of their association and regular, periodic arrangement in crystals.
		From a theoretical point of view, attempts are made to predict and explain the nature of aggregates of atoms in terms of the basic laws of the quantum theory and the well-understood properties of individual atoms.
		A principal triumph of quantum mechanics in solid-state physics is the explanation of these extreme variations of electrical conductivity in terms of the atomic structure of the three types of solids.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-solidsta.html (400 words)

	Solid State Physics / University of Glasgow
		Solid state physics is of vital importance to our everyday lives.
		It is concerned with the structure and properties of solid materials, for instance of the electronic components or the storage devices in computers.
		In the solid state physics group we conduct research in three main areas of Nanocharacterisation, Nanomagnetics and Quantum transport.
	www.ssp.gla.ac.uk (72 words)

	Solid State Physics by Brooks Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For undergrads or grads who are majoring in solid state physics, there are often two common choices of texts.
		The 20th century saw the birth of quantum mechanics, and its connection with physics, chemistry and engineering to form the discipline collectively known as solid state science.
		Solid State by Neil and Dave is a classic.
	www.negative-procreative.biz /stuff-0030839939.html (394 words)

	Ronald Brown - Solid State Physics
		A study of the underlying principles that determine the properties of solids with emphasis on the electronic behavior of metals and semiconductors.
		The prerequisite for the course is Physics 412 (or equivalent) or consent of the instructor.
		For students who have taken Physics 412 and who want to pursue their interests in additional topics in solid state physics, independent study or a special topics seminar may be an option by special arrangement depending on schedule.
	www.calpoly.edu /%7Erbrown/solids.html (389 words)

	Department of Physics and Astronomy: Solid State Physics
		The research is in the field of Physics of Solids, which is a contemporary multi-area discipline.
		So called real crystalline solids have different point and extended structural defects like interstitial atoms and vacancies, dislocations, internal boundaries, etc. When a finite amplitude acoustic wave propagates in such a medium, there is an interaction between ultrasound on one hand and crystal lattice and charge carriers on the other hand.
		The physical nature of this effect is not established yet, but there is evidence that it is connected to the ferroelectric domain structure of a real piezoelectric solid.
	www.olemiss.edu /depts/physics_and_astronomy/research/solidstate.html (512 words)

	Criminal Justice Policy Foundation: Books: Advanced Solid State Physics
		Solid state physics continues to be the fastest-growing sub-discipline in physics.
		Upper division undergraduates and graduate students in physics who wish to pursue solid state physics research must master old topics, as well as problems of current interest.
		For theorists, this book gives quickly physics images, which is relatively much easier than reading all the original papers; for experimentalists, this gives very good reviews what the theorists are working about and how are they related to the real world, while NOT MUCH MATH is needed for going through this book.
	www.cjpf.org /shop.php?mode=Books&item=0813340144 (752 words)

	Solid State and Surface Physics
		Belonging to a sub-field known as Nuclear Solid-State Physics, these techniques are used to discriminate between different lattice locations of probes in solids with atomic-scale resolution.
		Current research activities in her group include studies of the ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited carriers in semiconductors and in molecular-based electronic materials, as well as the development of techniques for ultrafast time-resolved measurements in the far-infrared, or terahertz frequency range.
		Metal clusters are ideal models for solid surfaces and catalysts; and because of their finite sizes, can be studied in greater detail and are more theoretically amenable.
	www.physics.wsu.edu /Research/solidstate.htm (1073 words)

	In the News: Challenging Particle Physics as Path to Truth
		Even the kindred discipline of solid-state physics, which is concerned with the mass behavior of particles — what metals, crystals, semiconductors, whole lumps of matter do — is often considered a lesser pursuit.
		Grigori E. Volovik, a solid- state physicist at the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland, champions an idea he calls "anti- grand unification." In a review article last year (xxx.lanl.gov/abs /gr-qc/0104046), he ventured that the universe may have begun not in a state of pristine symmetry but in one of lawlessness.
		In their scheme, the physical world would be a three-dimensional "surface" of a four-dimensional "quantum liquid" — an underlying sea of particles that can be thought of as the vacuum.
	www.arn.org /docs2/news/challengetophysics121001.htm (1798 words)

	Solid-state physics Summary
		1: the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals; superconductivity; photoconductivity
		Solid state physics is the study of how solids behave, in particular, how the presence of other atoms effect properties of other nearby atoms and the applications of these properties.
		Combinations of these junctions are used to create solid state components such as the diode and the transistor.
	www.bookrags.com /Solid-state_physics (741 words)

	Introduction to Solid State Physics
		The basic aim of Condensed Matter Physics is to understand the collective properties of large assemblies of atoms and molecules in terms of the interactions between their component parts.
		Thus, a modern attitude toward Condensed Matter Physics is that the study of collective principles that govern matter is a frontier unto itself, complementary, yet separate to those of elementary particles physics and cosmology.
		This Introductory Course is focused on fundamental physical phenomena in (mostly) crystalline solids, discussed in terms of the basic principles of classical and quantum physics, where approximate picture of "quasiparticles", such as "quasielectrons" (interacting with other electrons through an average field) and phonons (quantized lattice vibrations), is sufficient to capture essential physics.
	www.physics.udel.edu /~bnikolic/teaching/phys624/phys624.html (291 words)

	SOLID STATE PHYSICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		SOLID STATE PHYSICS uses the variational method to determine the energy states and wave-functions of one-dimensional finite square well lattices.
		SOLID STATE PHYSICS is a computer program that determines the energy states and wavefunctions of one-dimensional finite square well lattices, which are the simple first approximation to real periodic atomic potcntials used in the Kronig-Penney model.
		SOLID STATE PHYSICS approximates solutions to Schrodinger's equation for a one-dimensional finite lattice by using the variational principle from quantum mechanics.
	physics.valpo.edu /NSCnet/aipsoft/solidstate.html (537 words)

	Living State Physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At Vanderbilt University, Living State Physics merges research at the forefront of physics with exciting and significant biomedical investigations.
		Physicists have already made significant contributions to medicine and biology, primarily in medical physics, which emphasizes the application of radiation to diagnosis, imaging, and therapy; and in biophysics, which is concerned largely with the properties and behavior of biological molecules.
		Hence, the term Living State Physics is both an excellent name for this broad field and an appropriate parallel to the more familiar field of solid state physics, which applies numerous techniques and theories to study solids.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /lsp (297 words)

	Amazon.ca: Solid State Physics: Books: Ashcroft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Whenever you think about learning Solid State Physics, or the first stage of Condensed Matter Physics for college level, the Ashcroft/Mermin book is always the first textbook that you should chose.
		I just taught the class of Solid State Physics last year for the first time, and it turns out the presentation of the book is not so friendly to everyone.
		Rediscovering solid state again was fulfilling with one of the best teacher and one of the best book to follow.
	www.amazon.ca /Solid-State-Physics-Ashcroft/dp/0030839939 (578 words)

	Ronald Brown - Solid State Physics
		A course that extends the ideas of the introductory solid state physics course to the description of the characteristics and operation of semiconductor devices, the properties of magnetic materials and the theory of magnetism, and the properties and characteristics of superconducting materials, the theory of superconductivity and how the ideas relate to superfluidity.
		There are many common themes in solid state physics: The quantum theory underlies all of the main ideas - including the density of electron states and band theory so important to understand both semiconductors and superconductors.
		One of the goals of the course has been to help you become conversant with these three broad areas of solid state physics and to see how these ideas are an integral part of current research.
	www.calpoly.edu /~rbrown/phys413.html (2350 words)

	solid-state physics - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Condensed-Matter Physics, also solid-state physics, the study of crystalline solids, liquids, and irregularly structured materials such as glasses,...
		Magnetic properties in a solid arise from the electrons' acting like tiny magnetic dipoles.
		- study of properties of solids: the branch of physics concerned with the properties of solid materials, including electrical conduction in semiconductors and superconductivity
	encarta.msn.com /solid-state+physics.html (162 words)

	Solid state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solid state disk, data storage device components that uses memory chips, such as SDRAMs, to store data
		Solid State Records (jazz label), a jazz label
		Solid state (electronics) are circuits that do not contain vacuum tubes or, more currently, moving parts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solid_state (124 words)

	Solid State Physics
		When you introduce your students to the solid state theory of crystals, lay a firm foundation with Solid State Physics.
		Solid State Physics is easy to use and offers a detailed help system.
		By enabling your students to visualize wave functions and energy levels, Solid State Physics will crystallize their understanding of solid state theory.
	webassign.net /pas/solid_state_physics/ssphys.html (314 words)

	Introduction to Solid State Physics by John Wiley & Sons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Solid state physics is a difficult subject because it requires a knowledge of quantum mechanics and electrodynamics as applied to condensed matter systems.
		All the other introductory solid state books that don't use any mathematics, or minimize its use, do a very poor job of really describing sold state phenomena.
		If you think SSP is hard from this book, try looking at any of the "quantum theory of solids" type books, where the "real" physics is done.
	www.negative-procreative.biz /stuff-047141526X.html (978 words)

	Radioactive isotopes in solid state physics
		The ongoing experiments in solid state physics using radioactive ion deal with a wide variety of problems involving bulk properties, surfaces and interfaces in many different systems like semiconductors, superconductors, surfaces, interfaces, magnetic systems, metals, and ceramics.
		If a change of an optical transition is due to a defect state in which the parent or daughter isotope is involved, the concentration of that defect will change according to the half-life of the radioactive decay.
		Surfaces and interfaces of solid materials have become a field of tremendously growing interest in several areas of physics, in particular in ultrathin metallic layer magnetism.
	www.europhysicsnews.com /full/15/article2/article2.html (3183 words)

	Solid State Physics
		The main concepts of solid state theory will be discussed on the basis of text books such as Solid State Physics by Ibach and Lüth or Introduction to Solid State Physics by Charles Kittel.
		The course is scheduled as a continuation course to the solid state physics part in FYS023, which is similar to the courses FFF010 or FFF100 at the technical faculty.
		Principles of the Theory of Solids by J. Ziman, Camb.
	www.teorfys.lu.se /FYS234 (667 words)

	INTRODUCTORY SOLID STATE PHYSICS
		Physics (seventh ed.) by C. Kittel (John Wiley, New York, 1996).
		Physics by N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin (Holt, Rienhart and Winston, New York, 1976).
		Physics by G. Burns (Academic Press, Orlando, Fla., 1985).
	www.physics.rutgers.edu /~bart/406/int03.htm (306 words)

	Solid-State Physics
		Solid-state physics deals with the properties of solids, from the atomic level upwards.
		These particles include cosmic rays and alpha-particles generated by radioactive decay of uranium and other unstable elements which may be present in trace amounts in the device packaging.
		The phenomenon of superconductivity was discovered by Onnes in 1911, when he reduced the temperature of solid mercury below 4.3 K and found that its resistance vanished; see Fig.12.8.
	www.physics.pdx.edu /~egertonr/ph311-12/solstate.htm (2409 words)

	Theoretical Solid-State Physics for Semiconductors
		Apply quantum mechanical concepts from solid-state physics to develop robust physical models for use in understanding and simulating the electronic, optical, and magnetic behavior of elemental and compound semiconductors.
		Input parameters for physical models of carrier mobilities, lifetimes, and concentrations, band structure changes, changes in the carrier densities of states, and other effects due to many-body interactions.
		Such physics is expressed theoretically in terms of combinations of Poisson's and Schroedinger's (quantum mechanics) equations, the charge neutrality equation, and the semiconductor transport equations.
	www.eeel.nist.gov /812/physics.html (1291 words)

	Physics Tips and News solid state physics for engineering and materials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	www.physics-tips.info /solid-state-physics-for-engineering-and-materials-.htm (296 words)

	OSU Physics Research - Solid State Physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Solid State Physics: We have active experimental research programs in metals, ceramics, and semiconductors.
		An interdisciplinary program in Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer Engineering encompasses wide ranging research on transparent conductors with a view to building a new generation of transparent opto-electronic devices.
		In physics, the focus is on thin film deposition, electrical and optical studies of basic phenomena, and nuclear magnetic and quadrupole resonance studies.
	www.physics.orst.edu /PhysicsWeb_2001/Research/Research_solidstate/research_solid_state.html (294 words)

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