Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHY 414 — Solid State Physics I

PHY department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain crystal binding, structure, and dynamics
• describe models of the free electron and transport properties of conduction electron
• describe band structure
• determine reciprocal lattices of simple crystal structure and relate them to x-ray diffraction data; Sciences 640 New
• calculate band structures for simple 2D and 3D tight-binding models and construct nearly- free electron approximations
• use the nearly-free-electron approximation to calculate equilibrium properties

Course contents

Crystal structure and binding. Reciprocal lattice. Basic concepts of the quantum theory in solids. The free electron model. Weak and tight binding approximations. Energy band structures in metal, semiconductors and insulators. Electrons in solids. Density of states. Fermi surface. Fermi-Dirac distribution. Weidemann-Franz law.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHY 414.

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