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users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0014/B6-lectures.html gives a syllabus:
  • Heat capacity in solids, localised harmonic oscillator models (Dulong-Petit law and Einstein model)
  • Heat capacity in solids, a model of sound waves (Debye model)
  • A gas of classical charged particles (Drude theory)
  • A gas of charged fermions (Sommerfeld theory)
  • Bonding
  • Microscopic theory of vibrations: the 1D monatomic harmonic chain. Mike Glazer's Chainplot program.
  • Microscopic theory of vibrations: the 1D diatomic harmonic chain
  • Microscopic theory of electrons in solids: the 1D tight-binding chain
  • Geometry of solids: crystal structure in real space. VESTA, 3D visualization program for structural models; an example crystal structure database.
  • Geometry of solids: real space and reciprocal space. Reciprocal Space teaching and learning package.
  • Reciprocal space and scattering. A fun way to discover the world of crystals and their symmetries through diffraction.
  • Scattering experiments II
  • Scattering experiments III
  • Waves in reciprocal space
  • Nearly-free electron model
  • Band structure and optical properties
  • Dynamics of electrons in bands
  • Semiconductor devices. Intel's "A History of Innovation"; Moore's Law; From Sand to Circuits.
  • Magnetic properties of atoms
  • Collective magnetism. A micromagnetic simulation tool, The Object Oriented MicroMagnetic Framework (OOMMF); OOMMF movies of magnetic domains and domain reversal.
  • Mean field theory
Problem set dated 2015: users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0014/B6-materials/B6_Problems.pdf Marked by: A. Ardavan and T. Hesjedal. Some more stuff under: users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0014/B6-materials/
The book is the fully commercial The Oxford Solid State Basics.

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