solid-state physics

The branch of physics that deals with the physical properties of solid materials, especially the electromagnetic, thermodynamic, and structural properties of crystalline solids. Also called condensed matter physics.

solid-state physics

(Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with experimental and theoretical investigations of the properties of solids, such as superconductivity, photoconductivity, and ferromagnetism

solid-state physics

The branch of condensed matter physics that specializes in the study of solids, especially in the electric and magnetic properties of solid crystalline materials, such as semiconductors.

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Noun

solid-state physics - the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals; superconductivity; photoconductivity

natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"

Translations

solid-state physics [ˌsɒlɪdsteɪtˈfɪzɪks] NSING → física f del estado sólido

solid-state physics

n → Festkörperphysik f

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Anderson
condensed matter physics
physics
solid-state

The terms and definitions are taken from general physics, quantum mechanics, material science and technology, mathematics, information theory, organic and inorganic chemistry, solid-state physics, biology, nano- and optoelectronics, molecular electronics, spintronics, nano-fabrication and nano-manufacturing, bioengineering, and quantum processing of information.

What is what in the nanoworld; a handbook on nanoscience and ... by SciTech Book News

He's a professor of solid-state physics at Uppsala University in Sweden.

Smart windows by Sohn, Emily / Science News for Kids

Striving for a new low in solid-state physics, researchers have chilled the nuclei of rhodium atoms to a temperature of 280 picokelvins (pK), just barely above absolute zero.

Cold nuclei, magnetic order, and hot spins by Peterson, I. / Science News

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