Basic Properties of Semiconductors

Abstract

1. Contemporary topics in band theory (M. Rasolt). 2. Chemical models of energy bands (J.C. Phillips). 3. Ab initio pseudopotentials and the structural properties of semiconductors (J.R. Chelikowsky, M.L. Cohen). 4. Deep and shallow impurities in semiconductors: Theoretical (M. Lannoo). 5. Impurities in semiconductors: Experimental (J.M. Baranowski, M. Grynberg). 6. Semiconductor statistics (P.T. Landsberg, O. Engstrom). 7. Surfaces and interfaces: Atomic-scale structure, band bending and band offsets (L.J. Brillson). 8. Nonlinear dynamics, phase transitions and chaos in semiconductors (E. Scholl). 9. Electron-hole liquid in semiconductors (A.A. Rogachev). 10. Dynamics and classical transport of carriers in semiconductors (L.M. Roth). 11. Conjugated polymer semiconductors: An introduction (E.M. Conwell, H.A. Mizes). 12. Electron tunneling in semiconductors (P.J. Price). 13. Quantum confinement and scattering processes (B.K. Ridley). 14. Classical transport and thermoelectric effects in low-dimensional and mesoscopic semiconductor structures (B.L. Gallagher, P.N. Butcher). 15. Coherence in III-V semiconductor superlattices (P. Voisin, G. Bastard). 16. From ballistic transport to localization (S.E. Ulloa, A. MacKinnon, E. Castano and G. Kirczenow). 17. The quantum Hall effect (T. Chakraborty). 18. Hot-electron transport phenomena (D.K. Ferry). 19. Fundamental aspects of quantum transport theory (J.R. Barker). Author index. Subject index.