Electronic Structures of Solids (eBook)

A. D. Caplin, B. R. Coles (Autoren)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
148 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-8012-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The Electronic Structures of Solids aims to provide students of solid state physics with the essential concepts they will need in considering properties of solids that depend on their electronic structures and idea of the electronic character of particular materials and groups of materials. The book first discusses the electronic structure of atoms, including hydrogen atom and many-electron atom. The text also underscores bonding between atoms and electrons in metals. Discussions focus on bonding energies and structures in the solid elements, eigenstates of free-electron gas, and electrical conductivity. The manuscript reviews the presence of electrons in metals, as well as consequences of the periodic potential; Brillouin zones and the nearly-free-electron model; electronic structures of the metallic elements; and calculation of band structures. The text also ponders on metals, insulators, and semiconductors. Topics include full and empty bands, compound and doped semiconductors, optical properties of solids, and the dynamics of electron and holes. The book is a dependable reference for readers and students of solid state physics interested in the electronic structure of solids.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Electronic Structures of Solids 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Preface 6
List of Symbols 10
The Periodic Table of the Elements 
13 
CHAPTER 1. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS 14
1.1 Introduction 14
1.2 The hydrogen atom 15
1.3 The many-electron atom 19
1.4 The many-electron states of atoms 25
Appendix A.1 .1: Hydrogenic wave functions 30
Appendix A. 1.2: The states of a two-electron atom 32
CHAPTER 2. BONDING BETWEEN ATOMS 38
2.1 Introduction 38
2.2 Molecular orbitals in H+2 and H2 39
2.3 Bonding with p- and d-functions 44
2.4 The metallic bond 52
2.5 Other contributions to bonding in solids 54
2.6 Bonding energies and structures in the solid elements 56
CHAPTER 3. ELECTRONS IN METALS: THE FREE-ELECTRON GAS 60
3.1 Introduction 60
3.2 Eigenstates of a, free-electron gas 60
3.3 Soft X-ray emission spectra and Emax 64
3.4 The density of states n(E)Emax and the electronic specific heat 65
3.5 Electrical conductivity 68
3.6 Failures of the free-electron model 72
CHAPTER 4. ELECTRONS IN METALS: INTERACTION WITH THE CRYSTALLATTICE 74
4.1 Consequences of the periodic potential 74
4.2 Diffraction by a periodic potential 80
4.3 Brillouin zones and the nearly-free-electron model 82
4.4 Electron eigenstates in a crystal 88
4.5 The tight-binding model for d-states 96
4.6 The calculation of band structures 104
4.7 Collective electron models for alloys 109
4.8 The electronic structures of the metallic elements 113
Appendix A.4.1: Zone structures for the common metallic structures 116
CHAPTER 5. METALS, INSULATORS AND SEMICONDUCTORS 119
5.1 Introduction 119
5.2 Full and empty bands 119
5.3 Semiconductors: electrons and holes 123
5.4 The dynamics of electrons and holes 128
5.5 Doped semiconductors 130
5.6 Compound semiconductors 133
5.7 The optical properties of solids 134
CHAPTER 6. SPECIAL TOPICS 137
6.1 Introduction: Beyond simple Bloch states 137
6.2 Disordered materials and the metal—insulator transition 138
6.3 Liquids and glasses 141
6.4 A note on superconductivity 144
FURTHER READING 147
SUBJECT INDEX 148

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-8012-8 / 1483280128
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-8012-7 / 9781483280127