Band theory and electronic properties of solids /

Band theory is evident all around us and yet is one of the most stringent tests of quantum mechanics. This textbook, one of the first in the new Oxford Master Series in Physics, attempts to reveal in a quantitative and fairly rigorous fashion how band theory leads to the everyday properties of mater...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Singleton, John, 1960 December 11- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Colección:Oxford master series in condensed matter physics.
Temas:
Energy-band theory of solids.
Solids > Electric properties.
Bandes d'énergie (Physique)
Solides > Propriétés électriques.
Energy-band theory of solids
Solids > Electric properties
Bandstruktur
Elektronische Eigenschaft
Festkörper
Valentieband.
Energieniveaus.
Vastestoffysica.
ENERGY BANDS.
SOLIDS.
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES.
ELECTRONS.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Metals: the Drude and Sommerfeld models
  • What do we know about metals?
  • The Drude model
  • The relaxation-time approximation
  • The failure of the Drude model
  • Electronic heat capacity
  • Thermal conductivity and the Wiedemann-Franz ratio
  • Hall effect
  • The Sommerfeld model
  • The introduction of quantum mechanics
  • The Fermi-Dirac distribution function
  • The electronic density of states
  • The electronic density of states at E [approximate] E[subscript F]
  • The electronic heat capacity
  • Successes and failures of the Sommerfeld model
  • The quantum mechanics of particles in a periodic potential: Bloch's theorem
  • Introduction and health warning
  • Introducing the periodic potential
  • Born-von Karman boundary conditions
  • The Schrodinger equation in a periodic potential
  • Bloch's theorem
  • Electronic bandstructure
  • The nearly-free electron model
  • Vanishing potential
  • Single electron energy state
  • Several degenerate energy levels
  • Two degenerate free-electron levels
  • Consequences of the nearly-free-electron model
  • The alkali metals
  • Elements with even numbers of valence electrons
  • More complex Fermi surface shapes
  • The tight-binding model
  • Band arising from a single electronic level
  • Electronic wavefunctions
  • Simple crystal structure
  • The potential and Hamiltonian
  • General points about the formation of tight-binding bands
  • The group IA and IIA metals; the tight-binding model viewpoint
  • The Group IV elements
  • The transition metals
  • Some general points about bandstructure.

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