INTRODUCTION TO PHONONS AND ELECTRONS

This book focuses on phonons and electrons, which the student needs to learn first in solid state physics. The required quantum theory and statistical physics are derived from scratch. Systematic in structure and tutorial in style, the treatment is filled with detailed mathematical steps and physical interpretations. This approach ensures a self-sufficient content for easier teaching and learning. The objective is to introduce the concepts of phonons and electrons in a more rigorous and yet clearer way, so that the student does not need to relearn them in more advanced courses. Examples are the transition from lattice vibrations to phonons and from free electrons to energy bands.

The book can be used as the beginning module of a one-year introductory course on solid state physics, and the instructor will have a chance to choose additional topics. Alternatively, it can be taught as a stand-alone text for building the most-needed foundation in just one semester.

Contents:

Crystal Structure
Reciprocal Lattice and X-Ray Diffraction
Lattice Vibrations and Phonons
Thermal Properties of Insulators
Free Electron Fermi Gas
Electron Energy Bands

Readership: Undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in physics, materials science and electronic devices.

“The book is focused, rigorous, and self sufficient. It is filled with meticulous details. I am pleased to see that many questions the students may have when learning these subjects are answered in this book … I strongly recommend it to both the teacher and students.”

J J Chang
Professor of Physics
Wayne State University

“The presentation is done well and the author has an easy-to-read style that is almost chatty … Overall, I think that the author has succeeded in providing a book for a niche where the beginning student of solid-state physics wants a self-contained book without having to go to another textbook.”

MRS Bulletin

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