Solid State Physics
Subtitle: Advances in Research and ApplicationsVolume 46
Contributors: Ehrenreich, Henry
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 555
ISBN-13: 9780080864686
Subjects: Solid state physics; Solid state physics -- Periodicals; Solid state physics -- Research
Description: Solid State Physics V4.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 4; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 4; Preface; Contents of Volumes 1, 2, and 3; Articles Planned for Future Volumes; Chapter 1. Ferroelectrics and Antiferroelectrics; I. Introduction; II. The Phenomenological Behavior of Ferroelectrics: Experimental; III. Thermodynamic Theory of Ferroelectric Crystals; IV. Optical Properties of Ferroelectrics in the Visible Range; V. Domain Structure and Hysteresis; VI. Thermodynamic Behavior of Antiferroelectrics: Experimental; VII. Thermodynamic Theory of Antiferroelectrics; title: VIII. Some Optical Properties of AntiferroelectricsIX. Antiferroelectric Domains; X. The Static and Dynamic Structure of Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Crystals; XI. Isotope Effects; XII. Ferroelectricity and Antiferroelectricity of Solid Solutions; XIII. Molecular Models; Chapter 2. Theory of Mobility of Electrons in Solids; I. Introduction; II. Statistics of Free Electrons; III. Boltzmann Equation; IV. Solution of the Boltzmann Equation for Nonspherical Energy Surfaces and Anisotropic Relaxation Times; V. Scattering Mechanisms; VI. Effects Arising from Lack of Thermal Equilibrium; title: Chapter 3. The Orthogonalized Plane-Wave MethodI. Description of the Method; II. Survey of Some Applications of the Method; III. Example: The Method Applied to Silicon Crystal; Chapter 4. Bibliography of Atomic Wave Functions; I. Introduction; II. Alphabetical List of Atoms and Ions; Chapter 5. Techniques of Zone Melting and Crystal Growing; I. Introduction; II. The Distribution Coefficient and Normal Freezing; III. Principles of Zone Refining; IV. Practice of Zone Refining; V. Zone Leveling; VI. Methods of Perturbing the Concentration; VII. Temperature-Gradient Zone Melting; title: VIII. Crystal Growth and DislocationsAuthor Index; Subject Index