Low-dimensional solids are of fundamental interest in materials science due to their anisotropic properties. Written not only for experts in the field, this book explains the important concepts behind their physics and surveys the most interesting one-dimensional systems and discusses their present and emerging applications in molecular scale electronics. The second edition of this successful book has been completely revised to include the remarkable achievements of the last ten years of research and applications. Chemists, polymer and materials scientists as well as students will find this book a very readable introduction to the solid-state physics of electronic materials.
Author(s): Siegmar Roth, David Carroll
Edition: 2ed.
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 267
Front Cover......Page 1
Back Cover......Page 2
Biographies of Authors......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 9
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 13
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 15
1. Introduction......Page 17
2. One-Dimensional substances......Page 35
3. One-dimensional Solid-State Physics......Page 69
4. Electron-Phonon Coupling, Peierls Transition......Page 93
5. Conducting Polymers: Solitons and Polarons......Page 101
6. Conducting Polymers: Conductivity......Page 129
7. Superconductivity......Page 169
8. Charge Density Waves......Page 193
9. Molecular Scale Electronics......Page 209
10. Molecular Materials for Electronics......Page 227
11. Applications......Page 243
12. Finally......Page 261
Index......Page 263
