This undergraduate textbook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of solid state physics, including a description of the key people in the field and the historic context. The book concentrates on the electric and magnetic properties of materials. It is written for students up to the bachelor level in the fields of physics, materials science, and electric engineering. Because of its vivid explanations and its didactic approach, it can also serve as a motivating pre-stage and supporting companion in the study of the established and more detailed textbooks of solid state physics. The textbook is suitable for a quick repetition prior to examinations.
This second edition is extended considerably by detailed mathematical treatments in many chapters, as well as extensive coverage of magnetic impurities.
This undergraduate textbook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of solid state physics, including a description of the key people in the field and the historic context. The book concentrates on the electric and magnetic properties of materials. It is written for students up to the bachelor level in the fields of physics, materials science, and electric engineering. Because of its vivid explanations and its didactic approach, it can also serve as a motivating pre-stage and supporting companion in the study of the established and more detailed textbooks of solid state physics. The textbook is suitable for a quick repetition prior to examinations. This second edition is extended considerably by detailed mathematical treatments in many chapters, as well as extensive coverage of magnetic impurities.
Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of solid state physics
Concentrates on the electronic and magnetic properties of materials
Also describes the key people in the field and their historic context
Updated and expanded to reflect the latest developments in the field
Written for students in the fields of physics, materials science, electronic engineering, and general science
Rudolf P. Huebener
Ballistic phonons Fermi surface Josephson effect Landau theory Quantum Hall effect Quantum statistics Quantum wires and quantum dots Semiconductors introduction Textbook semiconductors Textbook superconductors Topological insulators