The Physics of Solids Essentials and Beyond

The Physics of Solids Essentials and Beyond / by Eleftherios N. Economou.

This textbook emphasizes a few fundamental principles and extracts from them a wealth of information. This approach also unifies an enormous and diverse subject which seems to consist of too many disjoint pieces. The book starts with the absolute minimum of formal tools, emphasizes the basic princip...

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Main Author: Economou, Eleftherios N. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Graduate Texts in Physics,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Condensed matter.
Engineering.
Metals.
Materials—Surfaces.
Thin films.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • AN OVERVIEW
  • Basic Principles Summarized
  • Basic Principles in Action
  • A First Acquaintance with Condensed Matter
  • TWO SIMPLE MODELS FOR SOLIDS
  • The Jellium Model and Metals I: Equilibrium Properties
  • The Jellium Model and Metals II: Response to External Perturbations
  • Solids as Supergiant Molecules: LCAO
  • Semiconductors and Other Tetravalent Solids
  • Beyond the Jellium and the LCAO: An Outline
  • MORE ABOUT PERIODICITY & ITS CONSEQUENCES
  • Crystal Structure and Ionic Vibrations
  • Electrons in Periodic Media. The Role of Magnetic Field
  • Methods for Calculating the Band Structure
  • Pseudopotentials in Action
  • MATERIALS
  • Simple Metals and Semiconductors Revisited
  • Closed-Shell Solids
  • Transition Metals and Compounds
  • Artificial Periodic Structures
  • DEVIATIONS FROM PERIODICITY
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Disordered and Other Nonperiodic Solids
  • Finite Systems
  • CORRELATED SYSTEMS
  • Magnetic Materials, I: Phenomenology
  • Magnetic Materials II: Microscopic View
  • Superconductivity, I: Phenomenology
  • Superconductivity, II: Microscopic Theory
  • APPENDICES
  • Elements of Electrodynamics of Continuous Media
  • Elements of Quantum Mechanics
  • Elements of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Dielectric Function, : Formulas and Uses
  • Waves in Continuous Elastic Media
  • The Method LCAO Applied to Molecules
  • Boltzmann’s Equation
  • Tables.

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