Course Code: ETE 432

Course Code: ETE 432
Course Name: Electronic Materials & Nanoelectronics
Prerequisite: None
Credit Hours: 3.00

Detailed Syllabus:

Crystal Structures: Concept of Solid, Unit cell, Bravis lattice, Miller Indices, Classification of crystals, Thermal and Electrical, Band theory of solids: Bloch Theorem, Kronig Penny model, Effective mass, density-of-states. Carrier statistics: Maxwell-Boltzmann and Fermi-Dirac distributions, Fermi energy. Modern theory of metals. Dielectric properties of materials, Optical properties of materials: Classical theory, semi-classical theory, Free carrier effects, Lattice absorption, Electronic absorption. Magnetic Properties of materials: Atomic magnetic moments; Dia- and Paramagnetism; Ferromagnetism, Anti-ferromagnetism and Ferrimagnetisms, Magnetic resonance. Superconductivity: Basic properties of superconductors; Superconductivity materials, type-1 and type-2 superconductors and some applications.