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Graduate Derivation of width of depletion layer in the pn-junction
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Graduate What distinguishes the 32 crystallographic point groups?
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High School Electrons & Protons: Why Revolve Around Nucleus?
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Graduate Suscept. of a Diamagnet (eqn): what are these variables?
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Graduate Lattice wave dispersion relation
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Undergrad What Does Bilinear Response Mean in Mathematical Terms?
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Graduate Why is Chromium Described as an Acceptor in TiO2?
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Graduate Brittleness and material behaviours
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Graduate Fermi energy in metals approximately doubling
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Graduate How to analyze band structure and the density of states?
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Graduate How Do Electron Energy Levels Form in Liquids Like H2O?
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Graduate Why is graphene placed in a cryostat in research?
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High School Superconductor science fair project?
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Graduate Spin-Charge separation seem to have been experimented
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Graduate Is there any explanation of Josephson effect based on Schrodinger equation?
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Graduate What can be found in the MT curves of superconductors?
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Graduate Is There a Scientific Explanation for the Controversial Concept of Cold Fusion?
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Graduate Broadening of emission peak - "red/blue spike"
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Graduate Difference between Hubbard and tJ model
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Graduate What does a magnetic moment of an atom mean?
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Graduate How can two atomic orbitals with the same n value be orthogonal?
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Graduate What is the role of silicon oxide in graphene visibility experiments?
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Graduate Tight binding s-orbital for 2D binary compound
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Graduate Propelling force of Atomic Blast?
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Graduate Problem with Curie's temperature
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Undergrad How do vibrations in a solution affect other particles?
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Graduate Bismuth Telluride Bandstructure
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Graduate What is the momentum of a hole in a semiconductor?
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Graduate DMRG. Density matrix renormalization group theory
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Graduate Band structures with non-primitive cells
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Graduate Questions/problems for Solid State Physics I
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Graduate <U|V> overlap integral of two many-electron determinant wave functions
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Graduate Significance of band gap in k-space
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Graduate Meaning of total ground state energy in periodic DFT calculations
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Graduate Depletion region in n-type ohmic contact
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Graduate Band bending versus band sloping
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Graduate Quasi-particles: how typical are they?
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Graduate Interpret Wyckoff Positions: Crystal Class Coordinates
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Graduate Measure the out-of-plane k of suspended thin film
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Graduate Understanding Point Groups in Crystals: Definition and Key Concepts
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Graduate Energy bands in plastic materials
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Graduate Formula for the vibration rate of an atom?
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Undergrad Transition Metals Lattice Constants - Reference Guide
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Graduate Paschen notation in atomic spectroscopy
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Graduate How to Calculate Excited Molecules in O2 Gas Using Spectroscopy | Mark's Guide
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Graduate Selection Rules and Light with Orbital Angular Momentum
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Graduate Autocorrelation function MC simulation
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Undergrad Purpose of substrate in semiconductor lasers
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Undergrad What are Transverse/longitudinal effects in lasers?
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Graduate Can we explain shielding effect using electric field ?
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Graduate What will higher resolution microscopes see?
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High School N-P-N Transistor in Saturation Mode
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Graduate Metal insulator transition and percolation
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Graduate Relative permittivity of a semiconductor material
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Undergrad How to calculate solar cell efficiency with data in dark?
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Graduate Electrical current in metals | energy bands
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Graduate Are Transfer and Scattering Matrices Useful Without Knowledge of H?
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Graduate Choosing appropriate length scale in condensed matter
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Graduate Crystal structures of violet phosphorus and red phosphorus
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Undergrad Metal Superconductors and Negative Temperature
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Graduate Phonon Quasimomentum: Why & How?
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Undergrad Thin Film Thickness: Estimating Using Transmittance & Reflectance
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Russian Article Help: O A Ovanov, L V Solina & V A Demshina '73
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Undergrad Are Triple Points and Critical Points Theoretical or Observable in Real Life?
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Graduate Why does the velocity of 2D plasmon diverge at small q?
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High School What is the cause of an atom's number of protons
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Graduate Why is the DOS from Wang-Landau's algoritm non-flat?
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High School Strange Miller Index Notation [00.1]
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Graduate Calculating Potential Energy of Iron Slab in Ferro/Anti-Ferro Magnetic States
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Undergrad Is it possible to make a semiconductor at home?
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Graduate What is a conductive material which contains extra "holes"?
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High School Every known element has a unique atom?
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Undergrad How can powder resistivity be measured with 4-point probe?
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Undergrad Should diatomic gas be regarded as ideal gas?
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Undergrad How to tell if its a metal or a semiconductor
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Undergrad How should doped silicon wafers be handled?
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Graduate Quick question about liquid crystals
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Graduate Why is CNT considered a 1D structure despite having movement in two dimensions?
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Graduate Unravelling the Mystery of Rare Gases and Binding Energy
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Undergrad Do natural diamonds form from carbon-vapour or liquid-carbon
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High School Understanding Data Storage in SSD: Comparing to HDD and the Role of Atoms
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Undergrad What is the Mass of Ionized Hydrogen in Stars and How Does it Affect Pressure?
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Graduate How Does Conductivity Increase in N-Type Semiconductors?
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Graduate Hydrogen - Halpha cross section
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Graduate Spin-orbit Interaction & Degenerate Perturbation Theory
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Graduate Heat Capacity of Nanoparticles - Experimental Determination
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Graduate Lattice constant from first principles
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Graduate Phonon contribution to specific heat of solids
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Undergrad Why don't metals bond when touched together?
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Graduate Phonon-Phonon Coupling (Different Wave Vectors)
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Graduate Are Phonons Considered Particles in Wave-Particle Duality?
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Graduate Deciding Miller Index when building a transistor?
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Graduate Specific heat Capacities of metals
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Undergrad What happens if a P-type wafer touches an N-type?
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Graduate Understanding TEM Calibration Patterns: NiOX vs SiGe Explained
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Undergrad Sonoluminescence works as an LED possibly?
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Graduate What is Tau? Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.
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Graduate Derive Primitive Vectors in Complex Crystal Structure
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Undergrad Band Gap of Semiconductor Materials
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Graduate Hartree-Fock correction to e-e interaction
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