This book covers the important topic of band theory and electronic properties of materials. It is intended to be used by final-year undergraduates and firstyear graduate students studying condensed matter physics as part of a physics or engineering degree. It may also be used as preparatory material for students starting a doctorate in condensed matter physics or semiconductor devices, or for recent graduates starting research in these fields in industry.
Author(s): John Singleton
Series: Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2001
Language: English
Commentary: Completed, cleaned, and indexed version
Pages: XVI; 222
City: Oxford
Title Page
Preface
Table of Contents
1 Metals: the Drude and Sommerfeld models
2 The quantum mechanics of particles in a periodic potential:Bloch's theorem
3 The nearly-free electron model
4 The tight-binding model
5 Some general points about bandstructure
6 Semiconductors and Insulators
7 Bandstructure engineering
8 Measurement of bandstructure
9 Transport of heat and electricity in metals and semiconductors
10 Magnetoresistance in three-dimensional systems
11 Magnetoresistance in two-dimensional systems and the quantum Hall effect
12 Inhomogeneous and hot carrier distributions in semiconductors
Appendices
A Useful terminology in condensed matter physics
B Derivation of density of states in k-space
C Derivation of distribution functions
D Phonons
E The Bohr model of hydrogen
F Experimental considerations in measuring resistivity and Halleffect
G Canonical momentum
H Superconductivity
I List of selected symbols
J Solutions and additional hints for selected exercises
Index
Fundamental constants and Energy equivalents for photons
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