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Instructors: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hongbin Zhang
Event type:
Lecture
Org-unit: Dept. 11 - Institute of Materials Science
Displayed in timetable as:
Quantum Materials
Subject:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Course Contents:
In this course, we will focus on several classes of Solid State Materials where Quantum Mechanics can be applied to get the physical properties, including but not limited to
* Wannier functions and tight-binding
* metals, insulators, and metal-insulator transition
* ferroelectric polarization, i.e., Berry phase theory
* graphene
* topological insulators
* magnetism, (super) exchange interaction
* transport, e.g., diffusive, mesoscopic
* linear-response theory
* surface and interface
* phonons
* mean-field theory and strong correlations
All the topics will be discussed by solving simple models numerically, with Python modules prepared for/developed during the courses. Hands-on tutorials will be arranged with access to clusters where calculations can be done, in order to get deep understanding of the theory behind each class of phenomena.
Requirements: basic quantum mechanics, and basic knowledge of programming
References: Handout will be distributed for each lecture, with detailed theory, guide for numerical implementation, and further literature.
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