Solid State Physics
Courses
Bands, lattices, and the quantum mechanics of crystalline matter.
Content for this course is still being written. For now, explore the skill map below — every node links to its full page.
Skill map
Each node is a skill; an arrow means "learn this first." Deep-dive links go to the full pages.
Crystals & Reciprocal Space…
Lattice vectors, periodicity, the Brillouin zone.
content coming soon
deep dive ↓Crystals
Bloch's Theorem…
Periodic potentials give band-structured wavefunctions.
content coming soon
deep dive ↓Zone Folding
Condensed-Matter Observables…
Band gaps, densities of states, spectroscopic probes.
content coming soon
deep dive ↓What gets measured in condensed matter
Augmented Plane Waves…
Muffin-tin spheres matched to plane waves.
content coming soon
deep dive ↓Augmented Plane Wave (APW) Method