Condensed matter physics

Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter. In particular, it is concerned with the "condensed" phases that appear whenever the number of constituents in a system is extremely large and the interactions between the constituents are strong. The most familiar examples of condensed phases are solids and liquids, which arise from the electric force between atoms. More exotic condensed phases include the superfluid and the Bose-Einstein condensate found in certain atomic systems at very low temperatures, the superconducting phase exhibited by conduction electrons in certain materials, and the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases of spins on atomic lattices.

Topics in condensed matter physics

• Phases
• Generic phases - Gas; Liquid; Solid
• Low temperature phases - Bose-Einstein condensate; Fermi gas; Fermi liquid; Fermionic condensate; Luttinger liquid; Superfluid; Supersolid
• Phase phenomena - Order parameter; Phase transition
• Crystalline solids
• Types - Insulator; Metal; Semiconductor; Semimetal; Quasicrystals
• Electronic properties - Band gap; Bloch wave; Conduction band; Effective mass; Electrical conduction; Electron hole; Valence band
• Electronic phenomena - Kondo effect; Plasmon; Quantum Hall effect; Superconductivity; Wigner crystal; Thermoelectricity
• Lattice phenomena - Antiferromagnet; Ferroelectric effect; Ferromagnet; Magnon; Phonon; Spin glass; Topological defect
• Soft matter
• Types - Amorphous solid; Granular matter; Liquid crystal; Polymer;
• Nanotechnology
• Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)
• Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy
• Heat Transport in Nanoscale Systems
• Spin Transport

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