Foundations of Solid State Physics : Dimensionality and Symmetry.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Roth, Siegmar
Other Authors: Carroll, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2019.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Dimensionality; 1.2 Approaching Dimensionality from Outside and from Inside; 1.3 Dimensionality of Carbon: Solids; 1.3.1 Three‐Dimensional Carbon: Diamond; 1.3.2 Two‐Dimensional Carbon: Graphite and Graphene; 1.3.3 One‐Dimensional Carbon: Cumulene, Polycarbyne, and Polyene; 1.3.4 Zero‐Dimensional Carbon: Fullerene; 1.4 Something in Between: Topology; 1.5 More Peculiarities of Dimension: One Dimension; 1.6 Summary; References; Chapter 2 One‐Dimensional Substances; 2.1 A15 Compounds; 2.2 Krogmann Salts.
  • 2.3 Alchemists' Gold2.4 Bechgaard Salts and Other Charge‐Transfer Compounds; 2.5 Polysulfurnitride; 2.6 Phthalocyanines and Other Macrocycles; 2.7 Transition Metal Chalcogenides and Halides; 2.8 Halogen‐Bridged Mixed‐Valence Transition Metal Complexes; 2.9 Returning to Carbon; 2.9.1 Conducting Polymers; 2.9.2 Carbon Nanotubes; 2.10 Perovskites; 2.11 Topological States; 2.12 What Did We Forget?; 2.12.1 Poly‐deckers; 2.12.2 Polycarbenes; 2.12.3 Isolated, Freestanding Nanowires; 2.12.4 Templates and Filled Pores; 2.12.5 Asymmetric Growth Using Catalysts; 2.12.6 Gated Semiconductor Quantum Wires.
  • 2.12.7 Few‐Atom Metal Nanowires2.13 A Summary of Our Materials; References; Chapter 3 Order and Symmetry: The Lattice; 3.1 The Correlation Function; 3.2 The Real Space Crystal Lattice and Its Basis; 3.2.1 Using a Coordinate System; 3.2.2 Surprises in Two‐Dimensional Lattices; 3.2.3 The One‐Dimensional Lattice; 3.2.4 Polymers as One‐Dimensional Lattices; 3.2.5 Carbon Nanotubes as One‐Dimensional Lattices; 3.3 Bonding and Binding; 3.4 Spatial Symmetries Are Not Enough: Time Crystals; 3.5 Summary; References; Chapter 4 The Reciprocal Lattice1; 4.1 Describing Objects Using Momentum and Energy.
  • 4.1.1 Constructing the Reciprocal Lattice4.1.2 The Unit Cell; 4.2 The Reciprocal Lattice and Scattering; 4.2.1 General Scattering; 4.2.2 Real Systems; 4.2.3 Applying This to Real One‐Dimensional Systems; 4.3 A Summary of the Reciprocal Lattice; References; Chapter 5 The Dynamic Lattice; 5.1 Crystal Vibrations and Phonons; 5.1.1 A Simple One‐Dimensional Model; 5.1.1.1 A Model; 5.1.1.2 Long Wavelength Vibrations; 5.1.1.3 Short Wavelength Vibrations; 5.1.1.4 More Atoms in the Basis; 5.1.2 More Dimensions; 5.2 Quantum Considerations with Phonons; 5.2.1 Conservation of Crystal Momentum.
  • 5.2.2 General Scattering5.3 Phonons Yield Thermal Properties; 5.3.1 Internal Energy and Phonons; 5.3.2 Models of Energy Distribution: fp(ω) and ωK,p; 5.3.2.1 DuLong and Petit: Equipartition of Energy; 5.3.2.2 Einstein and Quantum Statistics; 5.3.2.3 Debye and the Spectral Analysis; 5.3.3 The Debye Approximation; 5.3.4 Generalizations of the Density of States; 5.3.5 Other Thermal Properties: Thermal Transport; 5.4 Anharmonic Effects; 5.5 Summary of Phonons; References; Chapter 6 Electrons in Solids; Evolving Pictures; Superconductors; 6.1 Properties of Electrons: A Review.