Introduction to Solid State PhysicsNew edition of the most widely-used textbook on solid state physics in the world. Describes how the excitations and imperfections of actual solids can be understood with simple models that have firmly established scope and power. The foundation of this book is based on experiment, application and theory. Several significant advances in the field have been added including high temperature superconductors, quasicrystals, nanostructures, superlattices, Bloch/Wannier levels, Zener tunneling, light-emitting diodes and new magnetic materials. |
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... mass will have a positive value - see ( 20 ) above . The crystal does not weigh any less if the effective mass of a carrier is less than the free electron mass , nor is Newton's second law violated for the crystal taken as a whole ...
... mass will have a positive value - see ( 20 ) above . The crystal does not weigh any less if the effective mass of a carrier is less than the free electron mass , nor is Newton's second law violated for the crystal taken as a whole ...
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... effective masses which occur near a Brillouin zone boundary . In ( a ) the energy of the electron beam incident on a ... mass : the states of positive effective mass occur near the bottom of a band because positive effective mass means ...
... effective masses which occur near a Brillouin zone boundary . In ( a ) the energy of the electron beam incident on a ... mass : the states of positive effective mass occur near the bottom of a band because positive effective mass means ...
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... effective mass will be very large . That is , m * / m 1 when d2e / dk2 is very small . The tight- binding approximation discussed in Chapter 9 gives quick insight into the for- mation of narrow bands . If the wavefunctions centered on ...
... effective mass will be very large . That is , m * / m 1 when d2e / dk2 is very small . The tight- binding approximation discussed in Chapter 9 gives quick insight into the for- mation of narrow bands . If the wavefunctions centered on ...
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PERIODIC ARRAYS OF ATOMS | 3 |
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INDEX SYSTEM FOR CRYSTAL PLANES | 12 |
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