Solid State PhysicsThis book provides an introduction to the field of solid state physics for undergraduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering, and materials science. |
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... IONIC CRYSTALS The most naive model of an ionic crystal treats all ions as impenetrable charged spheres . The crystal is held together by the electrostatic attraction between posi- tively and negatively charged spheres , and is ...
... IONIC CRYSTALS The most naive model of an ionic crystal treats all ions as impenetrable charged spheres . The crystal is held together by the electrostatic attraction between posi- tively and negatively charged spheres , and is ...
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... ions to be hard spheres of the specified radii , close packed into a sodium chloride ( or cesium chloride ) structure . However , the choice of ionic radii is not unique , for by adding a fixed amount Ar to all the alkali radii and ...
... ions to be hard spheres of the specified radii , close packed into a sodium chloride ( or cesium chloride ) structure . However , the choice of ionic radii is not unique , for by adding a fixed amount Ar to all the alkali radii and ...
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... ions.1 In subsequent chapters the periodic array of ions has played a critical role in our treatment of metals and insulators . In all such discussions we have taken the ions to constitute a fixed , rigid , immobile periodic array.2 ...
... ions.1 In subsequent chapters the periodic array of ions has played a critical role in our treatment of metals and insulators . In all such discussions we have taken the ions to constitute a fixed , rigid , immobile periodic array.2 ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
Crystal Lattices | 63 |
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alkali atomic band structure Bloch Bragg plane Bravais lattice Brillouin zone calculation carrier densities Chapter charge density coefficients collision conduction band conduction electrons contribution crystal momentum crystal structure density of levels dependence depletion layer described dielectric constant direction distribution Drude Drude model effect electric field electron gas electron-electron electronic levels electrostatic energy gap example Fermi energy Fermi surface Figure free electron frequency given Hamiltonian hexagonal holes impurity independent electron approximation insulators interaction ionic crystals k-space lattice planes lattice point linear low temperatures macroscopic magnetic field metals neutron normal modes number of electrons one-electron levels orbits periodic potential perpendicular phonon Phys positive primitive cell primitive vectors Problem properties quantum reciprocal lattice vector region result scattering Schrödinger equation semiclassical semiconductors simple cubic solid solution specific heat spin superconducting symmetry term theory valence band vanishes velocity wave functions wave vector zero