Solid State Physics (eBook)

Henry Ehrenreich, Frans Spaepen (Herausgeber)

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2003 | 1. Auflage
352 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-086521-8 (ISBN)

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Solid state physics is the branch of physics that is primarily devoted to the study of matter in its solid phase, especially at the atomic level. This prestigious serial presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews pertaining
to all aspects of solid state physics.
This latest volume in the series is devoted to the science underpinning two cutting edge areas: protein crystallization and semiconductor nanostructures. The extended and very complete review by E. Runge was awarded this year's Karl-Scheel Prize for 'the outstanding publication by a young physicist from Berlin'.

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Solid state physics is the branch of physics that is primarily devoted to the study of matter in its solid phase, especially at the atomic level. This prestigious serial presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews pertainingto all aspects of solid state physics.This latest volume in the series is devoted to the science underpinning two cutting edge areas: protein crystallization and semiconductor nanostructures. The extended and very complete review by E. Runge was awarded this year's Karl-Scheel Prize for "e;the outstanding publication by a young physicist from Berlin"e;.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Solid State Physics, Volume 57 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 8
Preface 10
Chapter 1. The Physics of Protein Crystallization 14
I. Introduction 15
II. Proteins and Protein Crystallization: Phenomenology 22
III. The Protein Crystal 27
IV. Intermolecular Interactions and the pahse digram of the protein solution 38
V. Thermodynamics and Crystallization Driving Force 49
VI. Crystal Nucleation 65
VII. Growth of Crystals: the Mesoscopic Lengthscales 92
IX. Impurities 126
X. Non-uniform Step Density and Step Pattern Formation 130
XI. Crystal Perfection 138
XII. Concluding Remarks 161
Chapter 2. Excitons in Semiconductor Nanostructures 164
I. Introduction 165
II. Excitons in Semiconductor Nanostructures 169
III. Center-of-Mass Exciton Wavefunctions in Ideal Quantum Wells and Wires 195
IV. Wavefunctions of Disorder-Localized Excitons 204
V. Absorption 208
VI. Luminescence 233
VII. Relaxtion Kinetics 247
VIII. Nonthermal Distribution Functions 269
IX. Biexcitons, Trions, Exciton Condensation, and Excitonic Lasing 278
X. Spectral Features of Eigenenergies and Matrix Analysis 290
XI. Coherence, Secondary Emission and Speckle Analysis 306
XII. Conclusions and Prospects 318
Author Index 322
Subject Index 346

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2003
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 0-08-086521-6 / 0080865216
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-086521-8 / 9780080865218