Recent discoveries of the condensed matter physics 1101-4`NOFMS
The course will cover the following topics:
1. Nanotechnology and energy gap engineering
2. Basic structures for the use in electronics, optoelectronics and spintronics
3. Magnetoelectrics - multiferroic materials and ferromagnetic-ferroelectric heterostructures
4. Two-dimensional electron gas in HEMT structures and on the surfaces/interfaces of oxides
5. Quantum and fractional Hall effect
6. Topological insulators
7. Graphene
8. Giant magnetoresistance
9. Magnetic and non-magnetic memories
10. Bose-Einstein condensates in condensed matter
11. Quantum spin liquids
12. Superconductors (classical, high temperature and iron compounds)
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The listener should be versed in the most important research from the field of condensed matter physics, carried currently in world laboratories, and know the most important achievements in the area of material research and materials characterization techniques, awarded with the Nobel Prizes in the last twenty years.
Assessment criteria
At the end of the course, a test checking the knowledge of listeners will be conducted.
Practical placement
Practices are not provided.
Bibliography
The course is based mainly on the results of scientific work presented in the original publications, which will be cited during the lectures.
Additional information
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