Includes appendices and index

CHAPTER 1: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE. Periodic Array of Atoms --
Fundamental Types of Lattices --
Index System for Crystal Planes --
Simple Crystal Structures --
Direct Imaging of Atomic Structure --
Nonideal Crystal Structures --
Crystal Structure Data --
CHAPTER 2: WAVE DIFFRACTION AND THE RECIPROCAL LATTICE. Diffraction of Waves by Crystals --
Scattered Wave Amplitude --
Brillouin Zones --
Fourier Analysis of the Basis --
CHAPTER 3: CRYSTAL BINDING AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS. Crystals of Inert Gases --
Ionic Crystals --
Covalent Crystals --
Metals --
Hydrogen Bonds --
Atomic Radii --
Analysis of Elastic Strains --
Elastic Compliance and Stiffness Constants --
Elastic Waves in Cubic Crystals --
CHAPTER 4: PHONONS I. CRYSTAL VIBRATIONS. Vibrations of Crystals with Monatomic Basis --
Two Atoms per Primitive Basis --
Quantization of Elastic Waves --
Phonon Momentum --
Inelastic Scattering by Phonons --
CHAPTER 5: PHONONS II. THERMAL PROPERTIES. Phonon Heat Capacity --
Anharmonic Crystal Interactions --
Thermal Conductivity --
CHAPTER 6: FREE ELECTRON FERMI GAS. Energy Levels in One Dimension --
Effect of Temperature on the Fermi-Dirac Distribution --
Free Electron Gas in Three Dimensions --
Heat Capacity of the Electron Gas --
Electrical Conductivity and Ohm's Law --
Motion in Magnetic Fields --
Thermal Conductivity of Metals --
CHAPTER 7: ENERGY BANDS. Nearly Free Electron Model --
Bloch Functions --
Kronig-Penney Model --
Wave Equation of Electron in a Periodic Potential --
Number of Orbitals in a Band --
CHAPTER 8: SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS. Band Gap --
Equations of Motion --
Intrinsic Carrier Concentration --
Impurity Conductivity --
Thermoelectric Effects --
Semimetals --
Superlattices --
CHAPTER 9: FERMI SURFACES AND METALS. Construction of Fermi Surfaces --
Electron Orbits, Hole Orbits, and Open Orbits --
Calculation of Energy Bands --
Experimental Methods in Fermi Surface Studies --
CHAPTER 10: SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. Experimental Survey --
Theoretical Survey --
High-Temperature Superconductors. CHAPTER 11: DIAMAGNETISM AND PARAMAGNETISM. Langevin Diamagnetism Equation --
Quantum Theory of Diamagnetism of Mononuclear Systems --
Paramagnetism --
Quantum Theory of Paramagnetism --
Cooling by Isentropic Demagnetization --
Paramagnetic Susceptibility of Conduction Electrons --
CHAPTER 12: FERROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFERROMAGNETISM. Ferromagnetic Order.
magnetic resonance;
plasmons, polaritons and polarons;
optical processes and excitons;
dielectrics and ferroelectrics;
surface and interface physics;
nanostructures;
non crystalline solids;
point defects;
dislocations;
alloys