Electrical Properties of Materials - 8th Edition Book

	Data on specific materials in text
	Introduction
1	The electron as a particle	1
2	The electron as a wave	22
3	The electron	33
4	The hydrogen atom and the periodic table	50
5	Bonds	63
6	The free electron theory of metals	80
7	The band theory of solids	97
8	Semiconductors	119
9	Principles of semiconductor devices	156
10	Dielectric materials	213
11	Magnetic materials	237
12	Lasers	271
13	Optoelectronics	310
14	Superconductivity	343
	Epilogue	375
App. I	Organic semiconductors	377
App. II	Artificial materials	383
App. III	Physical constants	387
App. IV	Variational calculus. Derivation of Euler's equation	389
	App. V: Suggestions for further reading	391
	Answers to exercises	393
	Index	396