- Lecture 1. Introduction. Crystal Lattices; The Reciprocal Lattice; Experimental Determination of Crystal Structure. September 19-21, 2011.
- Lecture 2. Complex Structures (alloys, liquids, liquid crystals, polymers and quasicrystals). September 21, 28.
- Lecture 3. Basics of Crystal Binding, Vibrations, and Neutron Scattering. October 3-5.
- Lecture 4. The Single-Electron Model. October 12.
- Lecture 5. Nearly Free Electron Model. .. plus additional problem discussed in class. October 17.
- Lecture 6. The Tight-Binding Approximation (from Bands to Bonds), plus "How Chemistry and Physics meet in the Solid State". October 19.
- Lecture 7. Physics of eelctron beam -surface interactions; Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy; Lithography and Nanofabricaiton. October 24.
- Lecture 8. Plus Nanofab tour. October 31.