Table of Contents

Preface
1: Metals: the Drude and Sommerfeld models
2: The quantum mechanics of particles in a periodic potential
3: The nearly free electron model
4: The tight-binding model
5: Some general points about band structure
6: Semiconductors and insulators
7: Band structure engineering
8: Measurement of band structure
9: Transport of heat and electricity in metals and semiconductors
10: Magneto-resistance in three-dimensional systems
11: Magneto-resistance in two-dimensional systems and the quantum Hall effect
12: Inhomogeneous and hot carrier distribution in semiconductors
Appendices
A Useful terminology in condensed matter physics
B Derivation of density of states in k-space
C Derivation of distribution functions
D Phonons
E The Bohr model of hydrogen
F Experimental considerations in measuring resistivity and Hall effect
G Canonical momentum
H Superconductivity
I Symbols
J Fundamental constants

About the Author

Dr John Singleton, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, Tel: 01865 272236, Fax: 01865 272400, Email: j.singleton1@physics.ox.ac.uk. Leave of absence Aug 2000- Aug 2001: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop E536, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA, Tel: +1 505 665 3857, Fax: +1 505 665 4311, Email: jsingle@lanl.gov

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