Materials physics is the use of physics to describe the physical properties of materials. It is a synthesis of physical sciences such as chemistry, solid mechanics, solid state physics, and materials science. Materials physics is considered a subset of condensed matter physics and applies fundamental condensed matter concepts to complex multiphase media, including materials of technological interest.
Current fields that materials physicists work in include electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, novel materials and structures, quantum phenomena in materials, nonequilibrium physics, and soft condensed matter physics. New experimental and computational tools are constantly improving how materials systems are modeled and studied and are also fields when materials physicists work in.
See also
Materials science
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Branches of physics
Divisions
Theoretical Computational Experimental Applied
Classical
Classical mechanics Acoustics Classical electromagnetism Optics Thermodynamics Statistical mechanics
Modern
Quantum mechanics Special relativity General relativity Particle physics Nuclear physics Quantum chromodynamics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Condensed matter physics Cosmology Astrophysics
Interdisciplinary
Atmospheric physics Biophysics Chemical physics Engineering physics Geophysics Materials science Mathematical physics
See also
History of physics Nobel Prize in Physics Timeline of physics discoveries Theory of everything
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