Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

This is a program that focuses on the scientific study of macroscopic physical phenomena and properties that arise from basic microscopic interactions.

Includes instruction in low-temperature and solid-state physics, x-ray physics, liquids and soft materials, including the study of semiconductors, metals, superliquids, magnets, superconductors, glasses, gels, polymers, colloids, neural networks, and macromolecules.