Nicola Spaldin: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2022 |  |
| Name | Frau Prof. Dr. Nicola Spaldin |
| Namensvarianten | N. A. Hill Nicola A. Hill Nicola Hill |
| Lehrgebiet | Materialtheorie |
| Adresse | Professur für Materialtheorie ETH Zürich, HIT G 43.3 Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | +41 44 633 37 55 |
| Fax | +41 44 633 14 59 |
| nicola.spaldin@mat.ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Materialwissenschaft |
| Beziehung | Ordentliche Professorin |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327-1202-00L | Solid State Physics and Chemistry of Materials I | 5 KP | 4G | N. Spaldin | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | In this course we study how the properties of solids are determined from the chemistry and arrangement of the constituent atoms, with a focus on materials that are not well described by conventional band theories because their behavior is governed by strong quantum-mechanical interactions. | ||||
| Lernziel | Electronic properties and band theory description of conventional solids Electron-lattice coupling and its consequences in functional materials Electron-spin/orbit coupling and its consequences in functional materials Structure/property relationships in strongly-correlated materials | ||||
| Inhalt | In this course we study how the properties of solids are determined from the chemistry and arrangement of the constituent atoms, with a focus on materials that are not well described by conventional band theories because their behavior is governed by strong quantum-mechanical interactions. We begin with a review of the successes of band theory in describing many properties of metals, semiconductors and insulators, and we practise building up band structures from atoms and describing the resulting properties. Then we explore classes of systems in which the coupling between the electrons and the lattice is so strong that it drives structural distortions such as Peierls instabilities, Jahn-Teller distortions, and ferroelectric transitions. Next, we move on to strong couplings between electronic charge and spin- and/or orbital- angular momentum, yielding materials with novel magnetic properties. We end with examples of the complete breakdown of single-particle band theory in so-called strongly correlated materials, which comprise for example heavy-fermion materials, frustrated magnets, materials with unusual metal-insulator transitions and the high-temperature superconductors. | ||||
| Skript | An electronic script for the course is provided in Moodle. | ||||
| Literatur | Hand-outs with additional reading will be made available during the course and posted on the moodle page accessible through MyStudies | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | all of: Statistical Thermodynamics (327-0315-00) Quantenmechanik für Materialwissenschaftler/innen (327-0316-00) Festkörpertheorie für Materialwissenschaftler/innen (327-0416-00) Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials (327-0512-00) or equivalent classes from another institution | ||||
| 327-1300-00L | Joint Group Seminar  Nur für D-MATL Doktorierende | 0 KP | 1S | M. Fiebig, N. Spaldin | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Seminar für Doktoranden und Forschende im Bereich Physik der kondensierten Materie. | ||||
| Lernziel | Verbesserte Vernetzung der Forschungsprojekte der teilnehmenden Gruppen. | ||||
| Inhalt | Vorstellung und Diskussion aktueller Forschungsarbeiten. | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Eigene wissenschaftliche Arbeiten. | ||||