Solid State Physics

Front Cover
 Solid State Physics
 Copyright Page
 Preface
 Table of Contents
 Chapter 1. Symmetry Operations
 1-1 A Symmetry Operation
 1-2 Point Symmetry Operations
 1-3 The Point Groups of a Molecule
 1-4 Other Symmetry Operations of Crystals
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 2. Symmetry Description of Crystals
 2-1 Lattice
 2-2 Primitive Unit Cell
 2-3 The 7 Crystal Systems
 2-4 The 14 Bravais Lattices
 2-5 The 32 Crystallographic Point Groups
 2-6 Space Groups
 2-7 Definitions of Directions, Coordinates, and Planes
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 3. Simple Crystal Structures
 3-1 Introduction. 3-2 Several Cubic Symmorphic Structures3-3 Diamond and Zinc Blende Structures
 3-4 Point Group of a Space Group
 3-5 Examples of Defect Structures
 3-6 Different Points of View of a Structure
 3-7 Close Packing (and the Hexagonal Close-packed Structure)
 3-8 Volume Effects for Simple Structures
 3-9 Wurtzite Structure
 3-10 Site Symmetry
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 4. X-Ray Diffraction
 4-1 Electron, Neutron, and X-ray Diffraction
 4-2 Bragg\'s Law
 4-3 The Laue Formulation
 4-4 Experimental X-ray Diffraction Methods
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 5. Crystal Symmetry and Physical Properties (S). 5-1 Introduction5-2 Neumann\'s Principle
 5-3 Tensors
 5-4 Crystal Symmetry and Physical Properties
 5-5 Nonlinear Optics
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 6. Classification of Solids
 6-1 Summary of Chapters 1 --
3
 6-2 Introduction to Classification of Solids
 6-3 Five Types of Bonds
 6-4 Repulsive Potential Energy
 6-5 Molecular Bond
 6-6 Hydrogen Bond
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 7. The Ionic Bond
 7-1 Transfer of Electrons
 7-2 Ionic Radii
 7-3 Typical Structures
 7-4 Cohesive Energies of Ionic Crystals
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 8. The Covalent Bond
 8-1 Introduction
 8-2 Bonding and Antibonding. 8-3 The Hydrogen Molecule8-4 Maximum Overlap
 8-5 The Formation of a Crystal
 8-6 \"\"Classical\"\" Semiconductors
 8-7 Continuous Range of Bonding
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 9. Metals
 Part A --
Drude\'s Model
 9-1 Drude\'s Free Electron Theory
 9-2 Drude\'s Assumptions
 9-3 DC Conductivity
 9-4 Wiedemann-Franz Law
 9-5 Frequency Dependent Conductivity
 9-6 Problems of Drude\'s Model
 Part B --
Quantum Mechanics Applied
 9-7 Eigenfunctions of Free Electrons in a Metal
 9-8 Fermi Energy, Density of States, and Fermi Surface
 9-9 Soft X-Rays, Heat Capacities
 9-10 Fermi-Dirac Statistics. 9-11 Low Temperature Expansion using F-D Statistics9-12 Thermal Properties of the Electron Gas
 9-13 DC Conductivity (With F-D Statistics)
 9-14 Electron-Electron Collisions
 9-15 Hall Effect (And Other Magnetic Field Effects)
 9-16 Landau Levels
 Notes
 Problems
 Chapter 10. Band Theory
 Part A --
Qualitative Discussion
 10-1 Nearly Free Electrons
 10-2 Classification of Solids
 10-3 Effective Mass
 Part B --
Wave Functions and Energy Levels
 10-4 Bloch Functions
 10-5 Nearly Free Electrons
 10-6 Brillouin Zones
 10-7 Examples of Brillouin Zones. 10-8 Wigner-Seitz Approximation --
the Binding Energy.