This page contains lecture notes of the material
            not discussed in the text as well as links of general
            and historical interest.
 
               Brief history of Solid State Physics

               Dirac-Kronig-Penney Model

               Periodic Table

               Perturbation theory and Nearly-Free Electron Model (pdf)

               Double-well and Tight-binding Model (pdf)

              Tight-binding model in 1D and 2D; Bloch oscillations

               Fermi surfaces of real metals

               Experiment: specific heat, T dependence of the resistivity,
               Hall effect, and quantum magnetooscillations

               Temperature dependence of the resistivity and Hall constants
               in semiconductors

               Boltzmann theory of electron transport

               Conductance quantization in ballistic nanostructures

               Quantum-interference effects in transport