Welcome to MSE 4109
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Wahidur Rahman Sajal
Lecturer, Department of MSE
KUET, Bangladesh
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The understanding of the behavior of electrons
in solids is one of the keys to understanding
material properties.
Three approaches have been developed during
the past hundred years to understanding
material properties.
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Continum theory
In the 19th century, a phenomenological
description of the experimental observation
was widely used.
The laws which were enentually discovered
were empirically derived.
Continum theory considered only macroscopic
quantites and interrelated experimental data.
No assumptions were made about the
structure of matter when the equations were
formulated. Examples: Ohm’s law, Newton’s
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Classical free electron theory
At the turn of 20th century, atomistic
principles indroduced into the description of
matter
Paul Drude postulated that “free electrons in
metals drift as a response to an external
force and interact with certain lattice atoms.”
Treated electrons only as particle and light as
wave
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Quantum theory
At the beginning of 20th century, quantum
theory able to explain important experimental
observations which could not by classical
means.
Now electrons are not only particles- they are
also waves and same as light
It introduced some basic concepts of quantum
mechanics : Schrodinger’s wave equation and
electron wave function
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Fundamentals of Electron Theory
Classical free electron theory
Quantum Theory
Electronic Properties of Materials
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Reference Books
1. Electronic properties of engineering materials
by James D. Livingston
2. Electronic properties of materials (4th edition)
by Rolf E. Hummel
3. Semiconductor Physics and Devices:
Basic Principles (4th Edition) by Donald A.Neamen
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Electronic Properties of Materials Syllabus-
1. Introduction ( Hummel chapter 1)
2. Conductors & Resistors (Livingston chapter 2)
3. Insulators and Capacitors (Livingston chapter 3)
4. The wave particle duality ( Hummel chapter 2)
5. The Schrodinger Equation ( Hummel chapter 3)
6. Solution of the Schrodinger Equation (hand out + Neamen 2.3
section)
7. The periodic table and atomic spectra (Livingston chapter 9 -
9.1;9.2;9.3)
8. Introduction to the Quantum Theory of Solids (Neamen
chapter 3- 3.1;3.2;3.3; 3.5)
9. Electrical Properties of Polymers, Ceramics, Dielectrics, and
Amorphous Materials (Hummel chapter 9)
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