Deformations in two dimensional materials and topological insulators (Deformation theory in 2d)
- Lecturer
- PD Dr. Sam Shallcross, Ph.D.
- Details
- Vorlesung mit Übung
5 cred.h, benoteter certificate, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Fri 16:00 - 18:00, SR 02.779
- Fields of study
- WF Ph-BA ab 5
WF Ph-MA ab 1
WF PhM-BA ab 5
WF PhM-MA ab 1
- ECTS information:
- Title:
- Deformations in two dimensional materials and topological insulators
- Credits: 5
- Prerequisites
- Quantum mechanics and solid state physics
- Contents
- Materials that are effectively two dimensional - a single or a few atoms in thickness - are the subject of one of the great revivals in solid state physics. For a long time a subject of only academic interest, or existing as hard to access two dimensional electron gases at semi-conductor heterojunctions, the discovery of graphene - a single atom thick layer of carbon - initiated the field of two dimensional materials as a genuine new frontier in condensed matter physics.
In this lecture course we will examine these materials from the theoretical point of view and focusing on the many profound differences from physics of three dimensional materials. The course will effective Hamiltonian theory as a theoretical tool to underpin their study, and examine the gauge theory of deformations in graphene and related 2d materials; the 2d topological surface state of certain three dimensional materials, extended defects, and transport.
- Literature
- Graphene: Carbon in Two Dimensions, by Mikhail I. Katsnelson, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 978-0521195409
Quantum Theory of the Electron Liquid, by Gabriele Giuliani, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 978-0521821124
- Additional information
- Expected participants: 5, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 10
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2018:
- Deformations in two dimensional materials and topological insulators (Deformation theory in 2d) (PW-Deform)
- Department: Chair of Solid State Theory
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