Solid State Properties From Bulk to Nano /

• Main Authors: Dresselhaus, Mildred (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Dresselhaus, Gene (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Cronin, Stephen B. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gomes Souza Filho, Antonio (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Solid state physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Low temperature physics.; Low temperatures.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Nanotechnology.; Solid State Physics.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Low Temperature Physics.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.
• Physical Description: XVIII, 517 p. 247 illus., 46 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783662559222
• ISSN: 1868-4513
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-55922-2

This book fills a gap between many of the basic solid state physics and materials science books that are currently available. It is written for a mixed audience of electrical engineering and applied physics students who have some knowledge of elementary undergraduate quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. This book, based on a successful course taught at MIT, is divided pedagogically into three parts: (I) Electronic Structure, (II) Transport Properties, and (III) Optical Properties. Each topic is explained in the context of bulk materials and then extended to low-dimensional materials where applicable. Problem sets review the content of each chapter to help students to understand the material described in each of the chapters more deeply and to prepare them to master the next chapters.