Solid State Physics

Solid State Physics, Third Edition is a textbook tailored to students of physics, material science, chemistry, and engineering. It is a state-of-the-art presentation of the theoretical foundations and application of the quantum structure of matter and materials. This third edition revision provides timely coverage of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the last decade. It helps build readers' understanding of the newest advances in condensed matter physics with rigorous yet clear mathematical explanations. Comprehensive examples and chapter appendices are an integral part of the text, carefully designed to apply the fundamental principles illustrated in the text to currently active research topics. Fundamental concepts and recent advances in the field, including basic elements useful for understanding the electron behavior in nanostructures, are explained in tutorial style and organized in an intuitive manner. The book contains new content on topics including the in-depth presentation of Green’s function approach to simulate electron transport in nanostructures and expanded material on the description of nanoscale systems. The authors introduce the non-equilibrium Green’s function formalism and demonstrate its relation to the microscopic quantum transport of electrons, as well as the role of contacts, gates and disorder in realistic devices. This revised textbook is a basic reference work for students, researchers, and lecturers in any area of solid-state physics.

• Directly addresses solid state physics questions and explores their full, detailed solutions, complete with chapter appendices
• Presents material from various areas of solid state physics in a simple, self-contained, tutorial manner appropriate for a designated course
• Explains to readers the newest advances in the area of condensed matter physics through rigorous but lucid mathematics and carefully designed examples
• Bridges the gap between the active field of research and the concepts traditionally taught in solid state courses
• Provides student and instructor support with ancillary exercise problems and numerical MATLAB scripts