Solid State Physics (eBook)

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1997 | 1. Auflage
420 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-086515-7 (ISBN)

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Solid State Physics, Volume 51 continues the serial's tradition of excellence by focusing on the optical and electronic properties and applications of semiconductors. All of the topics in this volume are at the cutting-edge of research in the semiconductor field and will be of great interest to the scientific community.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Solid State Physics, Volume 51 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 8
Preface 12
Chapter 1. Image States on Single-Crystal Metal Surfaces 18
I. Introduction 19
II. Our Theoretical Understanding of Image States 23
III. Experimental Probes of Image-State Properties 41
IV. Experimental Measurements of the Stationary Properties of Image States on Bare, Single-Crystal Surfaces 52
V. Measurements of the Dynamic Properties of Image States 60
VI. Image States on Ferromagnetic Surfaces 63
VII. Image States and Surface Conditions 67
VIII. Lateral Quantum Confinement of Surface Electrons 80
IX. Summary 95
Chapter 2. Good Thermoelectrics 98
I. Introduction 99
II. Devices 102
III. Bulk Semiconductors 108
IV. Review of Materials 128
V. Narrow-Gap Semiconductors 136
VI. Metals 147
VII. Summary 169
Chapter 3. Theory of Electromigration 176
I. Introduction 176
II. Driving Force for Electromigration 180
III. Theoretical Calculations 198
IV. Beyond the Adiabatic Picture 241
V. Conclusions 245
Chapter 4. Fracture Toughness of Materials: From Atomistics to Continuum Theory 250
I. Introduction 250
II. Levels of Description Materials 254
III. Calculations of Fracture Toughness 267
IV. Connections Between Different Approaches 281
V. Key Calculations 295
Chapter 5. Displacement Damage in Irradiated Metals and Semiconductors 298
I. Introduction 299
II. Binary Collision and Thermal Spike Models 310
III. Defect Production near Threshold Energies 323
IV. Dynamics of Collision Cascades: Beyond BCA Models 342
V. Ion-Beam Mixing 352
VI. Defect Production in Cascades 369
VII. Primary State of Damage 378
VIII. Effects of Surfaces and Applied Stresses on Cascades 394
IX. Freely Migrating Defects 410
X. Conclusions 418
Author Index 420
Subject Index 432

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.1997
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Henry Ehrenreich, Frans Spaepen
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-086515-1 / 0080865151
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-086515-7 / 9780080865157