UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Physics
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Paper VIII - Solid State Physics

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Crystal Lattice - Primitive and Unit cell - Seven Classes of Crystals - Bravais Lattice Miller Indices - Structure of Crystals - Simple cubic, Hexagonal close packed structure, Face Centered Cubic Structure, Body Centered Cubic Structure, Simple Cubic Structure, Sodium Chloride Structure, Zinc Blende Structure, Diamond Structure.

Unit II

Diffraction of x-Rays by Crystals - Bragg's Law In one Dimension - Experimental Method in x- Ray Diffraction - Laue Method, Rotating Crystal Method - Powder Photograph Method - von Laue's equations. Point Defects, Line Defects - Surface Defects - Volume Defects - effects of Crystal Imperfections.

Unit III

Different Type of Magnetic materials - Classical Theory of Diamagnetism (Langevin's Theory) - Langevin's Theory of Paramagnetism - Weiss Theory of Paramagnetism - Qualitative Explanation of Heisenberg's Internal Field and Quantum Theory of Ferromagnetism.

Unit IV

Fundamental Definitions in Dielectrics - Different types of Electric polarization - Frequency and Temperature Effects on Polarization - Dielectric Loss - Local Field on Internal Field Clausius-Mosotti Relation - Determination of Dielectric Constant Dielectric Breakdown - Properties of Different Types of Insulating Materials.

Unit V

Type of Bonds in Crystals - Ionic, Valence, Metallic, vanderwaal's and Hydrogen Bonding.

Phonons of monoatomic one Dimensional Lattice - Specific heat of solids - Einstein's and Debye's theory - Cohesive Energy of cubic, Ionic Crystals.Qualitative Explanation for the Occurrence of Super Conductivity - General Properties of Superconductors - Type of Superconductors - Application of Superconductors.

Books for Study:

1 Introduction to Solid State Physics by Kittel, Wiley and Sons, 7^th Edition.
2 Material Science by M. Arumguarn, Anuradha Publishers.

Books for Reference:

1. Material Science and Engineering by V.Raghavan, PHI

2. Introduction to Solids by Azaroff, TMH.

3. Concepts of Modern Physics by Beiser, Tata Mc.Graw Hill, 5^th Edition,1997.

4. Modern Physics by R.Murugasen.

5. Solid State Physics by J.Dekker, MacMillan India Ltd.

6. Electricity & Magnetism by R.Murugeshan, S.Chand & Co. 3^rd edition

7. Fundamentals of Physics, 6^th Edition, by D.Halliday, R.Resnick and J.Walker, Wiley. NY, 2001.

8. Physics, 4^th Edition, Vols I, II & II Extended by D.Halliday, R.Resnick and K.S.Krane, Wiley, NY. 1994.

9. CRC Handbook of Physics & Chemistry, 80^th Ed., CRS Press, NY, 1999.

10. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, VoIs. I, II, and III, by R. P. Feynman, RB Leighton and M Sands, Narosa, New Delhi, 1998.

11. Introductory Solid State Physics by H.P.Myers, Viva books, New Delhi, 1998.

12. Elementary Solid State Physics by M.A.Omar, Pearson Education, 2002.