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

• Main Author: Huebener, Rudolf P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Solid state physics.; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Semiconductors.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Solid State Physics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

In the second half of the last century solid state physics and materials science experienced a great advance and established itself as an important and independent new field. This book provides an introduction to the fundamentals of solid state physics, including a description of the key people in t...

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?.