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Undergrad Rydberg Function: What is its Significance?
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Graduate Understanding the Density of States Diagram in Insulators and Superconductors
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Graduate Group theory and crystal structure
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Graduate Help Understanding Energy Band Diagram
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Graduate Rotational-Vibrational Spectroscopy: P,Q,R Branches
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Graduate Hall effect - semiclassical approach
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High School How does the properties of glass affect its properties?
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Graduate Learning About Bound Polarons: Definition & Development
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Undergrad Why Does Electronegativity Decrease Down the Periodic Table?
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Graduate Books: Advanced Statistical Physics Books for Understanding Concepts
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Graduate What is the current state of predicting properties of metallic alloys?
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Graduate Molecular orbital calculations
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Graduate Are conductive and valence bands defined in unbonded atoms?
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Graduate Conductivity of Pure Neon: Gas vs Solid State - Bohr's Atom Model
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Graduate Why is there negative group velocity in the optical mode?
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Undergrad Raman spectroscopy is Single molecule identification
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High School Why Si is Not Suitable for Creating Light
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Graduate Understanding Electron Binding Energy for Multi-Electron Atoms
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Undergrad Metallic Bond Formation: Explained
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Graduate Magnetic field inside a vortex.
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Graduate Interacting Plasmas: The Possibility of Field Emission and Entanglement
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High School SiO2: What is it and Where is it Used?
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High School Which Bond is Stronger: Metallic or Covalent?
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Graduate Excite Rotational & Vibrational Energies Simultaneously
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High School Electron Mass: A Fundamental Property or a Complex Concept?
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Graduate 20 Years of High Temp Superconductors
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Undergrad Covalent Bond Directionality: Explained
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Orbital properties and electron energies?
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Graduate Cutting Your Finger: What Happens at the Atomic Level?
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Graduate Electrons cannot follow the applied A.C field
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Graduate Hi do u know anything about fermi zones?
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Undergrad Why is the Emission Spectrum the same every time?
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Graduate Can Organic MOSFETs Detect Neurotransmitters?
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High School How does light travel through air molecules?
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Undergrad Why is covalent bond a directional bond ?
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Graduate QM as defects in a solid media.
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High School % Reflection vs Wavelength Chart. Any?
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Graduate What is the Relation Between Wave Vectors in Bloch's Theorem?
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Graduate Lennard-Jones model and Energy Conservation
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Graduate Atomic spectra evidence for relativistic potential
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Graduate Electron Sinusoidal Frequency.
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Graduate Spin Orbit Interaction Hamiltonian
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Atom Simulator: Kids Create Compounds & Play
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Graduate Theory Perspective: SCES '05 Vienna
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Graduate Dispersion Relations: Confusing Me & What Information is Gained?
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Graduate Valley Degeneracy of Semiconductor Band Systems
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Graduate Superconductivity or insulation at 0 K ?
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Graduate Meeting with a Nobel Prize laureate
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Graduate Trying to fabricate a 1-2-3 YBCO superconductor
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Undergrad How Do Quartz Crystals Vibrate When Electrified in Watches?
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Graduate What is altra soft pseudopotential?
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Graduate Solid State Curiosity: Infraband Non-Radiative Transitions
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Undergrad Absorbtion Spectrum: Atom Sublevels & Compounds
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Graduate Band Theory & Holes: Solving Electrical Conductivity Problem
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Graduate Neutrons: Can They Be Confined and Manipulated?
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Graduate How does the Orbital Electron Rotate Permanently without Energy Supply?
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Graduate Spectrum Transitions: Spikes or Lines?
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Graduate How Is Non s-Wave Superconductivity Gap Parameter Chosen?
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Graduate Reconciling the Use of Periodic Boundary Conditions in Solid State Physics
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Graduate Shot wave length corresponds to high curvature of the wave function
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Undergrad Critical Temperature: What Makes Liquification Impossible?
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Undergrad Can Heat Cause Wrought Iron to Emit Audible Sounds?
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High School Forgotten Matter: Seeking the Name of a Stronger-than-Steel Substance
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Graduate Mangetostriction in antiferromagnetic materials
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Undergrad The Mystery of Free Electron Theory
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Graduate How Does Lightning Affect Lattice Behavior in Macroscopic Theory?
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Graduate Why Can't Vibrational Spectroscopy be Pure?
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High School How is reflectivity of a surface determined?
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Undergrad Is there relationship between resistivity and bandgap?
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Undergrad Semiconductor P-N Junctions: Transistors or Diodes?
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Graduate Fields in ferromagnetism and proper range of atom size
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Graduate What is momentum transfer cross section ?
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Graduate Shape of Potential & Wave Vector 'K': Explained
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Graduate Massless electrons behave relativistically
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Undergrad How Did Boyle and Avogadro Support the Disputed Ideal Gas Theory?
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Graduate Can surface tension affect the properties of silicon?
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Using SageMD for molecular dynamics
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Graduate Electric polarization involves the defect centers in the dielectric
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Undergrad Do electrons really have zero mass?
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Undergrad Why Does Neon Exhibit More Spectral Lines Than Helium?
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Graduate What is the required energy for positron emission?
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Undergrad A liquid floating upon another
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Graduate Do Electrons Behave Differently in Extremely Cold Temperatures?
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Access to International Journal of Modern Physics B - Need Articles ASAP!
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Graduate Theoretical Remarks on Superconductivity
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Graduate Solving Strongly Correlated Systems: An Introduction to the Slave Boson Method
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Graduate Liquid Sodium: Room Temp & High Pressure
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Undergrad Polyatomic Ions: Charges Explained by Chem Class
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High School Difference Between "Freeze" and "Congeal"?
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Graduate Exploring Excitons in Bilayer Semiconductors and High Magnetic Fields
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Undergrad 'High' Temerpature superconductivity
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Graduate How to do first principle calculation in electron gas condition
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Undergrad Can Sound Waves Travel at the Speed of Light?
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Undergrad Photoelectric Effect & Metals: Overview
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High School Why is an atom with a full shell more stable?
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Undergrad Atomic spectra and atomic structure by Gerhard Herzberg
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Graduate Orientational Polarization & Silicon Oxide Permittivity
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Graduate Why do x-rays penetrate crystals and not reflect with longer wavelengths?
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