Updated: CM/nano primer - 2026 edition
Douglas Natelson (noreply@blogger.com)
This is a compilation of posts related to some basic concepts of the physics of materials and nanoscale physics. I realized the other day that I hadn't updated this since 2019, and therefore a substantial audience may not have seen these. Wikipedia's physics entries have improved greatly over the years, but hopefully these are a complement that's useful to students and maybe some science writers. Please let me know if there are other topics that you think would be important to include.
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