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... decreases as the band gap increases ( as one might expect from the tight - binding approximation , in which the bands become narrower as the range of the atomic wave functions decreases ) . The various " breakdown " and " breakthrough ...
... decreases as the band gap increases ( as one might expect from the tight - binding approximation , in which the bands become narrower as the range of the atomic wave functions decreases ) . The various " breakdown " and " breakthrough ...
Page 401
... decreases . This again makes sense as an effect of the neglected zero - point motion . We have ignored a positive term in the energy ( kinetic energy is always positive ) that decreases the binding , and becomes more important with ...
... decreases . This again makes sense as an effect of the neglected zero - point motion . We have ignored a positive term in the energy ( kinetic energy is always positive ) that decreases the binding , and becomes more important with ...
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... decreases with increasing temperature because of the increase in electron - phonon scattering . The relaxation time in a semiconductor will also decrease with increasing temperature , but this effect ( typically described by a power law ) ...
... decreases with increasing temperature because of the increase in electron - phonon scattering . The relaxation time in a semiconductor will also decrease with increasing temperature , but this effect ( typically described by a power law ) ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
Crystal Lattices | 63 |
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