| Preface | p. vii |
| Crystal Structure | |
| Crystal Structure | p. 2 |
| The Basis and Crystal Structure | p. 2 |
| Unit Cell and Translational Vectors | p. 4 |
| Miller Indices | p. 4 |
| Some concepts of Crystal Structure | p. 6 |
| Separation between Lattice Planes | p. 6 |
| Values of d for different planes with Simple Cubic (SCC) and Face Centered (FCC) structures | p. 8 |
| Some relevant physical parameters | p. 11 |
| Sodium Chloride structure | p. 14 |
| Bonding in Solids | p. 15 |
| Different forces in a crystals | p. 15 |
| Bonding | p. 17 |
| Lattice Energy (Binding Energy) of Ionic Crystal | p. 20 |
| Bond Energy | p. 22 |
| Crystal Structure Analysis | p. 22 |
| Bragg's Law | p. 22 |
| Laue Method | p. 24 |
| Powder Crystal Method | p. 25 |
| Defects in Solids | p. 26 |
| Point Defects | p. 27 |
| Vacancies | p. 27 |
| Interstitials | p. 27 |
| Impurity defects | p. 27 |
| Electronic defects | p. 28 |
| Colour centers | p. 28 |
| Schottkey Defect (Qualitative) | p. 28 |
| Frenkel Defect (Qualitative) | p. 30 |
| Elementary ideas of Quarks and Gluons | p. 31 |
| Quantum Physics | |
| Difficulties with Classical Physics | p. 34 |
| Planck's radiation Law and Discovery of Planck's constant | p. 36 |
| Quantum Theory : Simple Concepts | p. 40 |
| De-Broglie's hypothesis : Wave-Particle Duality | p. 42 |
| Wave packet: Group velocity and Wave or Phase velocity | p. 43 |
| Decline of Old Quantum theory | p. 46 |
| Schrodinger Equation | p. 47 |
| Time Independent Schrodinger equation | p. 47 |
| Time Dependent Schrodinger equation | p. 48 |
| Physical significance of wave function '<$>psi<$>' | p. 49 |
| Elementary idea of Quantum Statistics | p. 50 |
| Free Electron Theory | |
| Elements of Free electron theory (Classical) | p. 53 |
| Drude Theory (Lorentz - Drude) | p. 54 |
| Determination of electrical conductivity, <$>sigma<$>, of the metal | p. 55 |
| Determination of thermal conductivity, K, of the metal | p. 56 |
| Wiedemann - Franz law | p. 57 |
| Limitations of Free Electron Theory (FET) | p. 58 |
| Quantum Theory of Conduction | p. 59 |
| Solution of one dimensional Schrodinger Equation in a constant potential | p. 59 |
| (a) Particle in a Box | p. 62 |
| Density of States | p. 64 |
| Fermi-Dirac (FD) Distribution function | p. 67 |
| Variation of f(E) with Temperature | p. 67 |
| Characteristic of Fermi Level (EF) | p. 69 |
| Fermi energy and Mean energy at absolute zero temperature | p. 70 |
| Effect of temperature on Fermi energy distribution function | p. 70 |
| Work Function | p. 73 |
| Electron Emission | p. 74 |
| Thermoionic Emission | p. 74 |
| Richardson's equation | p. 75 |
| Band Theory | |
| Introduction | p. 79 |
| The Kronig - Penney Model | p. 81 |
| Energy level splitting (Energy Band) | p. 87 |
| Brillouin Zones (BZ) | p. 88 |
| For One Dimensional lattice | p. 89 |
| For Two Dimensional lattice | p. 89 |
| Concept of Effective mass and Holes (from E-k Curves) | p. 91 |
| Classification of Solids (based on Band theory) | p. 94 |
| The concept of a 'Hole' | p. 97 |
| Intrinsic Semiconductors | p. 98 |
| Electron concentration in Conduction Band (CB) | p. 98 |
| Hole concentration in Valence Band (VB) | p. 99 |
| Value of Fermi Energy | p. 99 |
| Extrinsic Semiconductors | p. 100 |
| n-Type semiconductor | p. 100 |
| p-Type semiconductor | p. 102 |
| Hall Effect | p. 103 |
| Photoconductivity and Photovoltaics | |
| Photoconductivity in insulating crystals | p. 107 |
| Variation of Photoconductivity with Illumination | p. 108 |
| Effect of Traps | p. 111 |
| Photoconductive Cells : (Materials are Se, PbS, CdS, etc.) | p. 113 |
| Photodiode | p. 115 |
| Photovoltaic Cell | p. 116 |
| Magnetic Materials | |
| Magnetic Field | p. 121 |
| Origin of magnetization | p. 123 |
| Magnetic Dipole Moment (<$>mu_{rm m}<$>) | p. 125 |
| Magnetic Materials | p. 127 |
| Diamagnetic | p. 127 |
| Paramagnetic | p. 128 |
| Ferromagnetic | p. 130 |
| Classical Theory of Diamagnetism (Langevin) | p. 131 |
| Classical Theory of Paramagnetism (Langevin) | p. 134 |
| Weiss theory of Ferromagnetism | p. 138 |
| Spontaneous Magnetization | p. 138 |
| Domain Hypothesis | p. 141 |
| Superconductivity | |
| Introduction | p. 143 |
| Effect of Magnetic Field | p. 145 |
| Flux Exclusion : The Meissner Effect | p. 146 |
| London Equations | p. 147 |
| Explanation of Meissner Effect and Flux Penetration from London Equations | p. 149 |
| Josephson Effect | p. 150 |
| Classifications of Superconductors (based on their magnetic Field behavior) | p. 151 |
| Elements of BCS theory | p. 152 |
| Applications | p. 153 |
| Problems of each chapter with answers and hint | p. 155 |
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