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PHYS-105: Advanced physics II (thermodynamics)

Ce cours présente la thermodynamique en tant que théorie permettant une description d'un grand nombre de phénomènes importants en physique, chimie et ingéniere, et d'effets de transport. Une introduc

PHYS-334: Atomic, molecular physics and optics

This course presents the fundamental physics of atoms and molecules, their structure and their interaction with electromagnetic fields.

CH-244: Quantum chemistry

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with examples related to chemistry

PHYS-407: Frontiers in nanosciences

The students understand the relevant experimental and theoretical concepts of nanoscale science. The course covers basic concepts like quantum size effects and their characterization techniques, and h

CH-633: Advanced Solid State and Surface Characterization

State-of-the-art surface/thin film characterization methods of polycrystalline/nano/amorphous materials. Selected topics from thin film X-ray diffraction (GIWAXS, GISAXS, PDF), electronic and optical

PHYS-452: Radiation detection

The course presents the detection of ionizing radiation in the keV and MeV energy ranges. Physical processes of radiation/matter interaction are introduced. All steps of detection are covered, as well

PHYS-718: Condensed matter from a many-electron point of view

The course will introduce basic concepts for the description of electrons in condensed matter from a microscopic many-body approach, and relate results obtained by quantum field theoretical methods t

PHYS-433: Semiconductor physics and light-matter interaction

Lectures on the fundamental aspects of semiconductor physics and the main properties of the p-n junction that is at the heart of devices like LEDs & laser diodes. The last part deals with light-matter

CH-431: Physical and computational organic chemistry

This course introduces modern computational electronic structure methods and their broad applications to organic chemistry. It also discusses physical organic concepts to illustrate the stability and

MATH-489: Number theory II.c - Cryptography

The goal of the course is to introduce basic notions from public key cryptography (PKC) as well as basic number-theoretic methods and algorithms for cryptanalysis of protocols and schemes based on PKC