Solid State Physics
Subtitle: Advances in Research and ApplicationsVolume 46
Contributors: Spaepen, Frans
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780080865218
Subjects: Solid state physics; Solid state physics -- Periodicals; Solid state physics -- Research
Description: Solid state physics is the branch of physics that is primarily devoted to the study of matter in its solid phase, especially at the atomic level. This prestigious serial presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews pertainingto all aspects of solid state physics.This latest volume in the series is devoted to the science underpinning two cutting edge areas: protein crystallization and semiconductor nanostructures. The extended and very complete review by E. Runge was awarded this year's Karl-Scheel Prize for ""the outstanding publication by a young physicist from Berlin"".
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 57; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Physics of Protein Crystallization; I. Introduction; II. Proteins and Protein Crystallization: Phenomenology; III. The Protein Crystal; IV. Intermolecular Interactions and the pahse digram of the protein solution; V. Thermodynamics and Crystallization Driving Force; VI. Crystal Nucleation; VII. Growth of Crystals: the Mesoscopic Lengthscales; IX. Impurities; X. Non-uniform Step Density and Step Pattern Formation; XI. Crystal Perfection; XII. Concluding Remarks; title: Chapter 2. Excitons in Semiconductor NanostructuresI. Introduction; II. Excitons in Semiconductor Nanostructures; III. Center-of-Mass Exciton Wavefunctions in Ideal Quantum Wells and Wires; IV. Wavefunctions of Disorder-Localized Excitons; V. Absorption; VI. Luminescence; VII. Relaxtion Kinetics; VIII. Nonthermal Distribution Functions; IX. Biexcitons, Trions, Exciton Condensation, and Excitonic Lasing; X. Spectral Features of Eigenenergies and Matrix Analysis; XI. Coherence, Secondary Emission and Speckle Analysis; XII. Conclusions and Prospects; Author Index; Subject Index