MSEN6319 - Quantum Mechanics for Materials Scientists

MSEN 6319 Quantum Mechanics for Materials Scientists (3 semester credit hours) Quantum-mechanical foundation for study of nanometer-scale materials. Principles of quantum physics, operators and Dirac notation, stationary-states for one-dimensional potentials, and the hydrogen atom. Introduction to: perturbation theory, interaction with the electromagnetic radiation, angular momentum and spin, chemical bonding and molecular orbital theory, and crystalline solids and band theory. (3-0) Y