TY - BOOK AU - Kittel,Charles TI - Introduction to solid state physics SN - 9780471111818 U1 - 530.41 PY - 1996/// CY - New York : PB - Wiley, KW - Solid state physics N1 - Includes Index; 1. Crystal Structure -- 2. Reciprocal Lattice -- 3. Crystal Binding and Elastic Constants -- 4. Phonons I. Crystal Vibrations -- 5. Phonons II. Thermal Properties -- 6. Free Electron Fermi Gas -- 7. Energy Bands -- 8. Semiconductor Crystals -- 9. Fermi Surfaces and Metals -- 10. Plasmons, Polaritons, and Polarons -- 11. Optical Processes and Excitons -- 12. Superconductivity -- 13. Dielectrics and Ferroelectrics -- 14. Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism -- 15. Ferromagnetism and Antiferromagnetism -- 16. Magnetic Resonance -- 17. Noncrystalline Solids -- 18. Point Defects -- 19. Surface and Interface Physics -- 20. Dislocations -- 21. Alloys -- App. A Temperature Dependence of the Reflection Lines -- App. B Ewald Calculation of Lattice Sums -- App. C Quantization of Elastic Waves: Phonons -- App. D Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function -- App. E Derivation of dk/dt Equation -- App. F Boltzmann Transport Equation -- App. G Vector Potential, Field Momentum, and Gauge Transformations. App. H Cooper Pairs -- App. I Ginsburg-Landau Equation -- App. J Electron-Phonon Collisions N2 - This edition relates significant advances in the field, presenting detailed explanations of nanostructures, superlattices, Block-Wannier levels, Zener tunnelling, light-emitting diodes, fibre optics, high temperature superconductors, microscopy and new magnetic materials ER -