Solid State Physics

Preface CRYSTAL STRUCTURES General Description of Crystal Structures Some Important Crystal Structures Crystal Structure Determination Further Reading Discussion and Problems BONDING IN SOLIDS Attractive and Repulsive Forces Ionic Bonding Covalent Bonding Metallic Bonding Hdrogen Bonding van der Waals Bonding Further Reading Discussion and Problems MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Elastic Deformation Plastic Deformation Fracture Further Reading Discussion and Problems THERMAL PROPERTIES OF THE LATTICE Lattice Vibrations Heat Capacity of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity Thermal Expansion Allotropic Phase Transitions and Melting Further Reading Discussion and Problems ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF METALS: CLASSICAL APPROACH Basic Assumptions of the Drude Model Results from the Drude Model Shortcomings of the Drude Model Further Reading Discussion and Problems ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS: QUANTUM MECHANICAL APPROACH The Idea of Energy Bands Free Electron Model The General Form of the Electronic States Nearly Free Electron Model Tight-Binding Model Energy Bands in Real Solids Transport Properties Brief Review of Some Key Ideas Further Reading Discussion and Problems SEMICONDUCTORS Intrinsic Semiconductors Doped Semiconductors Conductivity and Semiconductors Semiconductor Devices Further Reading Discussion and Problems MAGNETISM Macroscopic Description Quantum Mechaical Description of Magnetism Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism in Atoms Weak Magnetism in Solids Magnetic Ordering Further Reading Discussion and Problems DIELECTRICS Macroscopic Description Microscopic Polarization The Local Field Frequency Dependence of the Dielectric Constant Other Effects Further Reading Discussion and Problems SUPERCONDUCTIVITY Basic Experimental Facts Some Theoretical Aspects Experimental Detection of the Gap Coherence of the Superconducting State Type I and Type II Superconductors High-Temperature Superconductivity Concluding Remarks Further Reading Discusson and Problems FINITE SOLIDS AND

Philip Hofmann studied physics at the Free University, Berlin and did his PhD research at the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society, also in Berlin. He stayed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, as a Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 1998, he moved to the University of Aarhus, Denmark, where he is associated with the Synchrotron Radiation Source and the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO). His research is primarily focused on the electronic structure of solids and their surfaces.