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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... semiconductors were anomalously large compared with those of metals ( by a factor of 100 or so ) , that semiconductors exhibited the phenomenon of photoconductivity , and that rectifying effects could be obtained at the junction of two ...
... semiconductors were anomalously large compared with those of metals ( by a factor of 100 or so ) , that semiconductors exhibited the phenomenon of photoconductivity , and that rectifying effects could be obtained at the junction of two ...
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... Semiconductors Independent electron approximation , 4 , 60 , 132 , 192 failure of , in low density electron gas ... semiconductors , see Semicon- ductors Insulator - metal ( Mott ) transition , 187 , 685 Insulators , distinguished from ...
... Semiconductors Independent electron approximation , 4 , 60 , 132 , 192 failure of , in low density electron gas ... semiconductors , see Semicon- ductors Insulator - metal ( Mott ) transition , 187 , 685 Insulators , distinguished from ...
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... semiconductors , 577-580 and inhomogeneous semiconductors , 591-592 possibility of failure , 592 limits of validity , 219-221 , 252 , 773-775 , 779 Liouville's theorem , 222 , 771 and magnetoresistance , 234–239 , 240 , 241 and motion ...
... semiconductors , 577-580 and inhomogeneous semiconductors , 591-592 possibility of failure , 592 limits of validity , 219-221 , 252 , 773-775 , 779 Liouville's theorem , 222 , 771 and magnetoresistance , 234–239 , 240 , 241 and motion ...
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The Drude Theory of Metals | 1 |
Failures of the Free Electron Model | 57 |
Crystal Lattices | 63 |
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