Cincinnati,
OH,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Condensed matter physics explores the large-scale and intermediate-scale characteristics of materials. This field applies fundamental microscopic physical principles to understand how vast collections of electrons, atoms, or molecules behave collectively. Despite the simplicity of individual particle interactions, their collective behavior frequently exhibits intricate phenomena and unexpected emergent properties like superconductivity, magnetic effects, and topological states. These cooperative effects also give rise to complex non-equilibrium behaviors and dynamic processes in both quantum and classical material systems.