Join in expert discussion on atomic and condensed matter. Methods for atoms, molecules, condensed matter. This includes the structure of the atom, its energy states, and its interactions.
Threads
Undergrad Why does the heat capacity of solids drop exponentially at low temperatures?
- pangru
- · Replies 5 ·
High School What is P Wave Symmetry and Its Role in Super Conductors?
- wolram
- · Replies 2 ·
High School Microcanonical vs. Canonical Partition Functions: What's the Difference?
- soumobrata
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Where is the Fermi Level located?
- bluejay27
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate What's with 'virtual' phonons in BCS pairing?
- Creator
- · Replies 5 ·
Graduate How the emission spectra can be affected by E/M field?
- ORF
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate Role of Berry phase in topologically distinct polyacetylene chains
- voila
- · Replies 2 ·
Graduate Paschen notation for electronic states of Argon atom
- goodphy
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Recent (?) noteworthy (?) physics paper
- TeethWhitener
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Depletion region and Schottky Barriers
- aaaa202
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Average energy of the electrons at T = 0
- Paolis
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Bose-Einstein distribution for photons
- TheCanadian
- · Replies 4 ·
Undergrad Difference between absorption and scattering cross sections
- Madap
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate Detection limits for Raman spectroscopy
- penofguino
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Polariton, magnon, or something similar
- Demystifier
- · Replies 13 ·
High School Forward Bias: Why does width of depletion layer decrease?
- takando12
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Scaling and the renormalization (sub)group
- Carlos L. Janer
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate Difference between Hubbard and Heisenberg-model
- Abigale
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Could XY crystal be a special case of X2YZ crystal?
- qnach
- · Replies 1 ·
High School Why does samarium hexaboride conduct at room temperature but insulate when cooled?
- Robert Sanchez
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate Hund's rule and strong spin-orbit interacion
- Abigale
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Heavy metals and semiconductors
- bluejay27
- · Replies 3 ·
Undergrad Attractive Kronig-Penney Potential Dispersion Relation Confirmation
- essil
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Uses of a silicon semiconductor at high temperatures
- JMFL
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Why does a sharp atomic spectrum reduce noise in hollow cathode lamps?
- goggles31
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Superconductor momentum conservation
- Danyon
- · Replies 3 ·
Undergrad Spectroscopy of Rb - crossover peaks more intense?
- Mattcr_95
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Are Quantum Dots Spherical? Identifying Size of Colloidal Solution
- bluejay27
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Electron Spin vs Domain Creation in Permanent Magnets
- NTL01
- · Replies 4 ·
Undergrad Crystal Structure Database (Pb0.5Sn0.5)Te
- qnach
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Graphene Substrate: Can it Maintain 2D Form?
- crijn dR
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Zeeman energy with an effective mass
- Bjarke Nicolaisen
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Nitrogen-Vacancy centres in Diamond for NMR spectroscopy
- Jon.G
- · Replies 2 ·
Graduate Ising model and Hamilton function
- LagrangeEuler
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate Linear enercy transform (LET) and momentum
- rudyb
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate What do the numbers mean in Strukturbericht notation?
- gaus12777
- · Replies 1 ·
High School Is a single (naked) proton atomic/elemental Hydrogen
- hollowman
- · Replies 6 ·
Undergrad Hole-like and electron-like Fermi surfaces in Fe square lattice band structure
- hominnimoh
- · Replies 1 ·
High School If an imaginary quasiparticle has a mass depending on speed
- Noduagga
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Do we need Lindblad operators to describe spontaneous emission
- td21
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate Where to find experimental data?
- jonjacson
- · Replies 8 ·
High School Time reversal symmetry in topological insulator
- limarodessa
- · Replies 3 ·
Undergrad Why can gases be cooler than liquids if gas molecules move faster?
- SteveManPhy076
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Can massive electrons create X-ray photons through transitions?
- cj20x2
- · Replies 6 ·
Graduate Lattice Boltzmann simulation with arbitrary equilibrium func
- simoncks
- · Replies 2 ·
Graduate Difference between ASE and stimulated emission
- TheCanadian
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Hydrogen electron transition intensity 2p - 1s
- FrostInMyTeeth
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Is it Possible to Index a Cubic Lattice with h^2+k^2+l^2=7?
- elevenb
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Why does LED band gap decrease as temperature increases?
- Kara386
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Symmetry of hamiltonian under renormalization
- simoncks
- · Replies 4 ·
Undergrad How Do Quantum Dots Emit UV Light?
- bluejay27
- · Replies 6 ·
Undergrad Laser Gain Location - Where is it?
- bluejay27
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate Deriving Smakula's Equation for Color Center in KCl Crystal
- Mrinmoy Naskar
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Selective Surfaces for Solar Thermal Conversion
- Carlos de Meo
- · Replies 8 ·
Undergrad Why CdS/CdSe are more widely used as quantum dots?
- bluejay27
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad How to understand diffusive and ballistic transport?
- KFC
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate Eigenvalues of a penta-diagonal Hamiltonian matrix
- Jimmy and Bimmy
- · Replies 2 ·
High School Is the Fermi Level in Metals Crucial for Understanding Conductivity?
- Jimmy87
- · Replies 2 ·
Graduate Tools to transform primitive cell orientation
- bsmile
- · Replies 5 ·
Undergrad Why triatomic gases have internal energy 7RT/2 ?
- Buffu
- · Replies 14 ·
Graduate Probability of photon emission from quantum dot
- shirashi
- · Replies 12 ·
Undergrad Can a circularly Polarized Laser impart momentum to air?
- Pet Scan
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad How can you derive the effective mass?
- bluejay27
- · Replies 3 ·
Undergrad What is the maximum size of a Quantum Dot?
- bluejay27
- · Replies 7 ·
Graduate Do all metals have the same Fermi energy level at constant temperature?
- Assaf Peled
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Where can I find data on electrical conductivity?
- jonjacson
- · Replies 14 ·
Graduate Formal definition of quantum dot
- cryptist
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate Change in Fermi level with gradient of doping concentration
- HARSHARAJ
- · Replies 3 ·
Undergrad Phase transitions university classes
- Carlos L. Janer
- · Replies 2 ·
Graduate Why does the Landau diamagnetism Hamiltonian exclude spin-magnetic interaction?
- chikou24i
- · Replies 5 ·
Undergrad Are the positive charges from a hole and a proton ?
- Kerrigoth
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate Primitive cell parameter given chemical unit cell info
- bsmile
- · Replies 3 ·
Insights Can We See an Atom? - Comments
- klotza
- · Replies 12 ·
Graduate Why aluminum doping creates holes in silicon's valence band
- ugenetic
- · Replies 6 ·
Undergrad Photosensitive properties of Molybdenum Disulphide
- Nikhil Rajagopalan
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate How to install and configure CASTEP for DFT calculations
- Ben Wilson
- · Replies 6 ·
High School Non-equilibrium variation in electron density in a metal
- Eric Walker
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Is it possible to calculate Tsupercon from the unit cell?
- jonjacson
- · Replies 5 ·
Graduate Counting Radial Nodes between Orbitals with Same l
- sams
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Boundary Conductance in nanomaterials
- MSM
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate Understanding Markov Chains in Metropolis Monte Carlo Ising Simulation
- LagrangeEuler
- · Replies 5 ·
Undergrad What is the Derivation Process of Kramer's Law?
- tade
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate Do Alpha and Beta Spins Commute in Quantum Mechanics?
- sams
- · Replies 4 ·
Graduate Flexibility and chemical bonding
- Simon Chen
- · Replies 5 ·
Undergrad Can Someone Explain the Derivation of This Pink Equation?
- Turion
- · Replies 4 ·
Undergrad What k states are occupied in a band
- aaaa202
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Can one electron create multiple bonds in the Schrödinger equation?
- Higgsono
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Band structure after compensation doping
- majormajor
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad How Does Spin-Orbit Interaction Influence Effective Mass in Semiconductors?
- aaaa202
- · Replies 2 ·
Graduate Can a molecular dynamics simulation enter a limit cycle?
- dexterdev
- · Replies 2 ·
Undergrad Fermi distribution interpretation
- EmilyRuck
- · Replies 7 ·
Undergrad Schroedinger equation for metal / semiconductor
- aaaa202
- · Replies 1 ·
Undergrad Location of donor atom electrons in N-type Silicon
- CoolDude420
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate Dipole moment at the sub atomic level
- Dilema
- · Replies 5 ·
Undergrad Electron spin resonance energy level splitting and microwave absorption
- RedDelicious
- · Replies 1 ·
Graduate Critical exponents - experimental values
- idmena
- · Replies 1 ·
High School What is the significance of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics?
- ChrisVer
- · Replies 3 ·
Graduate How Do Electric and Magnetic Fields Influence Atomic Orbital Shapes?
- Shubhamroy047
- · Replies 6 ·
Graduate Berry phase and gauge dependence
- Baisl
- · Replies 6 ·
Undergrad Phonon energy in absorption of indirect band gap
- anthony27149
- · Replies 1 ·