Lecturer: Dr Bartomeu Monserrat
Introduction to tight binding theory for simulating material properties with applications to topological materials.
Lectures:
- Tight binding theory
- SSH model I
- SSH model II
- Berry phases I
- Berry phases II
- Tight binding graphene
- Haldane model I
- Haldane model II
- Haldanem model III
- Kane-Mele model
- Overview of topological materials
- Research topic
Practicals:
- From tight binding to the SSH model
- Haldane model and Chern number