Fundamentals of the Physics of Solids Volume 2: Electronic Properties /

This book is the second of a single-authored, three-volume series that aims to deliver a comprehensive and self-contained account of the vast field of solid-state physics. It goes far beyond most classic texts in the presentation of the properties of solids and experimentally observed phenomena, alo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sl̤yom, JenQ. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85316-9
Table of Contents:
  • Free-electron model of metals
  • Electrons in the periodic potential of a crystal
  • Simple models of band structure
  • Methods for calculating and measuring the band structure
  • Electronic structure of semiconductors
  • Semiclassical dynamics of electrons
  • Electrons in strong magnetic fields
  • Electrons in thermally vibrating lattices
  • Transport phenomena
  • Optical properties of solids
  • Superconductivity
  • Transport of carriers in semiconductor devices
  • Quantum mechanical perturbation theory
  • Second quantization
  • Canonical Transformation.