• Crystal structures and interatomic forces: Bravais lattices, symmetry
• Miller indices, interatomic forces, atomic bonding.
• Diffraction in crystals: generation of X-rays, Bragg's law, X-ray scattering from atoms and from crystals, reciprocal lattice, experimental techniques, neutron and electron diffraction.
• Lattice vibrations: elastic waves, enumeration of modes, Debye and Einstein models, phonons, density of states of a lattice, theory of specific heat, thermal conductivity, scattering by phonons lattice optical properties in the infrared.
• Free-electron model: conduction electron, free-electron gas, electrical conductivity and resistivity, Fermi surface, thermal conductivity in metals, motion in a magnetic field, optical properties, failure of the free-electron model.
• Energy bands in solids: energy spectra and bands, the Bloch theorem, band symmetry, Brillouin zones, nearly-free-electron model, tight-binding model, calculation of energy bands, density of states, effective mass, electron dynamics.
• Dielectric and optical properties: dielectric constant and polarizibility, dipolar, ionic and electronic polarizibility, piezoelectricity and ferroelectricity.
• Magnetism: susceptibility, Langevin diamagnetism, paramagnetism, magnetism in metals, ferromagnetism in insulators, antiferromagnetism, ferromagnetism in metals.
• Superconductivity: zero resistance, Meissner effect and perfect diamagnetism, the critical field, thermodynamics of superconductors, electrodynamics of superconductors, theory of superconductivity, tunnelling and the Josephson effect.

The remaining 10% of the grade will be assessed on a term project and/or class participation.