Functional Solid State Materials Electrical properties Optical properties Magnetic properties Mechanical properties “the secret for transmuting base metals into precious gold” Materials & History
Three Ways to Describe Crystal Structures Three Structural sketches of P4O10 molecules: (a)Stick-ball model:showing that the P-O chemical bond is the tetrahedral coordination and sp3 covalent bonds
Characteristics of Solids Bonding Electrons in Solids Band Theory Defects Semiconductor Classification of Solids There are several forms solid state materials can adapt