Conductors, Semiconductors, Superconductors An Introduction to Solid-State Physics /

• Main Author: Huebener, Rudolf P. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2019.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Semiconductors.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Solid state physics.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Solid State Physics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

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 gene...

Table of Contents:

• Spectacular Advances
• Well Ordered Lattice Structures in Crystals
• Permanent Movement in the Crystal Lattice
• Electric Conductor or Insulator?-Energy Bands
• Metals Obey the Rules of Quantum Statistics
• Less Can Be More: Semiconductors
• Circling Electrons in High Magnetic Fields
• The Winner: Superconductors
• The Big Surprise: High-Temperature Superconductivity
• Magnetism: Order Among the Elementary Magnets
• Nanostructures: Superlattices, Quantum Wires, and Quantum Dots
• Defects in the Crystal Lattice: Useful or Harmful?.