Conductors, Semiconductors, Superconductors: An Introduction to Solid-State Physics (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)

✍ Scribed by Rudolf P. Huebener

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 254
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This compact undergraduate textbook provides a concise yet thorough introduction to the fundamentals of solid-state physics, while also briefly discussing the historical context surrounding key scholars in the field. The vivid explanations and unique didactic approach adopted in the book aim to generate interest in these subjects while also serving as a motivating primer and supporting companion for studying more detailed and advanced textbooks in solid-state physics. The book is also suitable as a quick refresher for students preparing for examinations.

The third edition features many extensions, including an up-to-date discussion of topological materials, a rapidly developing area at the forefront of solid-state physics. Primarily concentrating on the electric and magnetic properties of materials, the book will benefit undergraduate students in the fields of physics, materials science, and electrical engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Contents
Mathematical Symbols
1 Spectacular Advances
Abstract
2 Well Ordered Lattice Structures in Crystals
Abstract
2.1 Diffraction Theory
2.2 Reciprocal Lattice, Brillouin Zones
2.3 Types of Bonding
3 Permanent Movement in the Crystal Lattice
Abstract
3.1 Quantum Theory: Max Planck and Albert Einstein
3.2 Specific Heat of the Crystal Lattice, Phonon Spectrum
3.3 Thermal Conductivity of the Crystal Lattice
3.4 Ballistic Phonons
4 Electric Conductor or Insulator?—Energy Bands
Abstract
4.1 Approximation with Bound Electrons (Felix Bloch)
4.2 Nearly-Free Electron Approximation (Rudolf Peierls)
5 Metals Obey the Rules of Quantum Statistics
Abstract
5.1 Drude-Lorentz Model
5.2 Quantum Statistics, Fermi Distribution
5.3 Fermi Surface
5.4 Bloch-Grüneisen Law
5.5 Thermoelectricity
6 Less Can Be More: Semiconductors
Abstract
6.1 Intrinsic Semiconductors
6.2 Doped Semiconductors
6.3 Excitons and Electron-Hole Droplets
6.4 Metal-Semiconductor Contact, P-N Junction
6.5 Transistor
6.6 Photovoltaics, LED, Semiconductor Laser
6.7 Miniaturization, Planar Technology
6.8 Thermoelectricity, Peltier Cooling
7 Circling Electrons in High Magnetic Fields
Abstract
7.1 Hall Effect
7.2 Magneto-Resistance
7.3 Landau Theory, Landau Cylinders, de Haas–van Alphen Effect
7.4 Integer Quantum Hall Effect
7.5 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
7.6 Generation of High Magnetic Fields
8 The Winner: Superconductors
Abstract
8.1 Meissner Effect, Magnetic Penetration Depth, London Theory
8.2 Type-II Superconductors
8.3 Magnetic Flux Quantum
8.4 BCS Theory, Energy Gap
8.5 Josephson Effect
8.6 Motion of the Magnetic Flux Quanta
8.7 Technical Applications
9 The Big Surprise: High-Temperature Superconductivity
Abstract
9.1 Cuprate Superconductors
9.2 Symmetry of the Wave Function
9.3 Grain Boundaries
9.4 Intrinsic Josephson Junction
9.5 More New Superconductors: MgB2, Iron Pnictides
9.6 Technical Applications
10 Magnetism: Order Among the Elementary Magnets
Abstract
10.1 Diamagnetism
10.2 Paramagnetism
10.3 Ferromagnetism
10.4 Spin Waves
10.5 Antiferromagnetism
10.6 Technical Applications, Giant Magneto-Resistance, Spintronics
11 Nanostructures: Superlattices, Quantum Wires, and Quantum Dots
Abstract
11.1 Superlattices, Bloch Oscillations
11.2 Mesoscopic Regime, Ballistic Electron Transport, Quantized Conductance Value
11.3 Bottom up, Fullerenes
11.4 Graphene
11.5 Quantum Dots
11.6 Topological Insulators, Metals, and Semimetals
11.7 Aharonov-Bohm Effect
12 Defects in the Crystal Lattice: Useful or Harmful?
Abstract
12.1 Disorder at Thermodynamic Equilibrium
12.2 Vacancies in the Crystal Lattice
12.3 Materials Science of Radiation Damage
12.4 Mechanical Strength of Materials
12.5 Dislocations
12.6 Materials Testing
12.7 Magnetic Impurities, Kondo Effect
Nobel Prizes in Physics Closely Connected with the Physics of Solids
Nobel Prizes in Chemistry Closely Connected with the Physics of Solids
Bibliography
General Solid State Physics
Solid State Theory
Semiconductors
Superconductivity
Magnetism
Special Subjects
Author Index
Subject Index