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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... solid state but are spatially disordered in liquids . It is the lack of a periodic array of ions that has left the subject of amorphous solids in so primitive a state compared with the highly developed theory of crystalline solids.8 To ...
... solid state but are spatially disordered in liquids . It is the lack of a periodic array of ions that has left the subject of amorphous solids in so primitive a state compared with the highly developed theory of crystalline solids.8 To ...
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... solid that affect its physical ( even if not its purely geometrical ) properties . Thus within each of the seven ... solid . The electronic density in sodium remains appreciable even midway between the atoms , but it is quite small in ...
... solid that affect its physical ( even if not its purely geometrical ) properties . Thus within each of the seven ... solid . The electronic density in sodium remains appreciable even midway between the atoms , but it is quite small in ...
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... solid is composed , but other con- ventions are sometimes used . For example , it might be convenient to define the cohesive energy of solid nitrogen as that required to separate it into a set of isolated nitrogen molecules , rather ...
... solid is composed , but other con- ventions are sometimes used . For example , it might be convenient to define the cohesive energy of solid nitrogen as that required to separate it into a set of isolated nitrogen molecules , rather ...
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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