Teaching

(This page remains under construction.)

Preface: Notes
Introduction
- Solid-State Chemistry as an important sub-discipline: Notes (PDF); Slides (1-3; PPT)
Structural Principles
- Elements: Notes (PDF); Slides (1-9; PPT)
- Symmetry: Notes (PDF); Slides (10-25; PPT)
- Sphere Packings: Notes (PDF); Slides (26-32; PPT)
- Atomic and Ionic Sizes: Notes (PDF); Slides (33-40; PPT)
- Structural Chemistry (includes Summary): Notes (PDF); Slides (41-63; PPT)
Synthetic Strategies
- Basic Considerations: Notes (PDF); Slides (1-6; PPT)
- General Strategies: Notes (PDF); Slides (7-18; PPT)
- Phase Diagrams: Notes (PDF); Slides (19-46; PPT)
- Chemical Transport (includes Summary): Notes (PDF); Slides (47-56; PPT)
- (Appendix) Summary of Thermodynamic Fundamentals: Notes (PDF)
Analytical Techniques
- Diffraction: Notes (PDF); Slides (1-40; PPT)
- Photoelectron Spectroscopy (includes Summary): Notes (PDF); Slides (41-55; PPT)
Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding
- Qualitative Bonding Notions: Notes (PDF); Slides (1-8; PPT)
- Quantum Mechanical Methods: Notes (PDF); Slides (9-19; PPT)
- Free-Electron Model: Notes (PDF); Slides (20-31; PPT)
- Tight-Binding Model: Notes (PDF); Slides (32-50; PPT)
- Examples (includes Summary): Notes (PDF); Slides (51-61; PPT)

References and Overview
- Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
Structural Symmetry of Crystals
- Introduction: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
- Translational Symmetry: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
- Rotational Symmetry: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
- Space Groups: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
Electronic and Vibrational States of Crystals
- Introduction: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
- Reciprocal Space: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
- Bloch's Theorem: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
- Irreducible Representations of Space Groups: Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)
Summary
- Notes (PDF); Slides (PPT)