Title Band theory and electronic properties of solids / John Singleton

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations Series Oxford master series in condensed matter physics Oxford master series in condensed matter physics. Contents 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 Summary 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 materials. The book is suitable for final-year undergraduate and first-year graduate students in physics and materials science Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Energy-band theory of solids. Solids -- Electric properties. Energy-band theory of solids Solids -- Electric properties Bandstruktur Elektronische Eigenschaft Festkörper Valentieband. Energieniveaus. Vastestoffysica. ENERGY BANDS. SOLIDS. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES. ELECTRONS. Form Electronic book LC no. 2001032856 ISBN 9780191057465 0191057460

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