Solid-state physics : an introduction to principles of materials science /
Harald Ibach, Hans Lüth.
- 4th edition.
- Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2009.
- xiv, 533 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
CONTENT
1 Chemical bonding in solids 1.1 The periodic table of the elements 1.2 Covalent bonding 1.3 Ionic bonding 1.4 Metallic bonding etc.
2 Structure of solid matter 2.1 The crystal Lattice 2.2 Point symmetry 2.3 The 32 crystal glasses 2.4 The significance of symmetry etc.
3 Diffraction from periodic structures 3.1 general theory of diffraction 3.2 Periodic structures and the reciprocal Lattice 3.3 The scattering conditions for periodic structures 3.4 The Bragg interpretation of Laue condition etc.
4 Dynamics of atoms in crystals 4.1 The potential 4.2 The equation of motion 4.3 The diatomic linear chain 4.4 Scattering from time varying structures etc.
5 Thermal properties 5.1 The density of states 5.2 The thermal energy of a harmonic oscillator 5.3 The specific heat capacity 5.4 Effects due to anharmonicity etc.
6 "Free" electrons in solids 6.1 The free-electron gas in an infinite square well potential 6.2 The Fermi gas at T = 0K 6.3 Fermi statistics 6.4 The specific heat capacity of electrons in metals etc.
7 The electronic bandstructure of solids 7.1 General symmetry 7.2 The nearly free-electron approximation 7.3 The tight binding approximation 7.4 Examples of bandstructures etc.
8 Magnetism 8.1 Diamagnetism and paramagnetism 8.2 The exchange interaction 8.3 Exchange interaction between free electrons 8.4 The band model of ferromagnetism etc.
9 Motion of electrons and transport phenomena 9.1 Motion of electrons in bands and the effective mass 9.2 Currents in bands and holes 9.3 Scattering of electrons in bands 9.4 The Boltzmann equation and relaxation time etc.
10 Superconductivity 10.1 Some fundamental phenomena associated with superconductivity 10.2 Phenomenological description by means of the London equations 10.3 Instability of the "Fermi Sea" and cooper pairs 10.4 The BCS ground state etc.
11 Dielectric properties of materials 11.1 The dielectric function 11.2 Absorption of electromagnetic radiation 11.3 the dielectric function for a harmonic oscillator 11.4 Longitudinal and transverse normal modes etc.
12 Semiconductors 12.1 Data of a number of important semiconductors 12.2 Charge carrier density in intrinsic semiconductors 12.3 Doping of semiconductors 12.4 Carrier densities in doped semiconductors etc.
References : p. 517 - 526 . _ Index : p. 527 - 533