This page contains selected lecture notes and in-class presentations Lecture notes Solid State I: Lecture notes: Dirac-Kronig-Penney model Lecture notes: Double-well and tight-binding models (pdf) Lecture notes: Perturbation theory and nearly-free electron model (pdf) Lecture notes: Lattice dynamics: phonon density of states, van Hove singularities, amplitude of atomic vibrations Lecture notes: diamagnetism of free electrons Lecture notes: Boltzmann theory of electron transport Lecture notes: Thermoelectric power Solid State II: Lecture notes: Kohn anomaly and Friedel oscillations Lecture notes: Hartree-Fock theory Lecture notes: Electron-electron interactions and the Fermi-liquid theory Lecture notes: Transport mechanisms in metals. Electron-phonon interaction. Lecture notes: Edge-state picture of Integer Quantum Hall Effect Lecture notes: Boltzmann equation for electron-impurity sctattering Lecture notes: BCS Theory Lecture notes: Josephson effect Class presentation: Isotope effect. Unconventional superconductivity Experimental results shown during the lectures and lecture presentations Solid State I History of Solid State Physics Experiment: Quantum magneto-oscillations and Integer Quantum Hall effect Fermi surfaces of real metals Types of band structure: Metals, Insulators, Semi-metals Crystal structure Tight-binding model in 1D and 2D; Bloch oscillations Graphene Periodic Table Experiment: Temperature dependence of the resistivity and Hall constants in semiconductors Solid State II Experiment: Effective mass renormalization in 2D electron gases Experiment: Fermi-liquid vs non-Fermi-liquid metals Experiment: Collective modes (zero sound and spin waves) in Fermi liquids Experiment/computation: Wigner crystals Presentation: Boltzmann equation for electron-phonon scattering Presentation: Bandstructure of several semiconductors Presentation: Spin-orbit interaction in semiconductors Experiment:  Quantum-interference effects in transport Original journal articles and reviews Review article: Yu. M, Tsipenyuk, Zero point energy and zero point oscillations:  how they are detected experimentally, Physics-Uspekhi v. 55, 796-807 (2012) (accessible via UF library) Mermin's derivation of the Debye-Waller factor (J. Math. Phys 7, 1038 (1966) Review on thermal conductivity of insulators: G. A. Slack, Solid State Physics:Advances in Research and applications v. 34, pp. 1-71 (1979) Review on negative thermal expansion in solids (available on-line via UF library): Barrera et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 R217