Section 1: Description of a solid [7,8] electronic view, why important
atomic view, why important continuum view, why important length and time scales, difficulties Section 2: Deformation in solids [7,1,2,8] Section 3: Defects in solids [7,8] Why important Point defect (vacancies, localized impurity) Line defect (dislocation) Planar defect (surface) Disorder (alloying) Section 4: Concept of bands [7,3,4,5] Why important (for metals, semiconductors, insulators) Wavefunction
Section 5: Methods [8,7,9,6] Density functional theory DFT in Fourier/real space Molecular Statics/Dynamics Tight-binding theory Pseudopotential theory Finite Element Method Introduction to serial/parallel computation Section 6: Applied problems [7,8] Computing energetics in solids (under stress) Meaning of stress to electrons Stress and strain effects to particles (atoms, electrons) Stress effects on transport (mass, momentum, energy) Section 7: Grand-summary [7,8] why did we learn sections 1-6
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