《固态物理学基础》是一部优秀的介绍固态物理学入门类书籍，也是一本很好的本科生教材。内容安排结构紧凑，合理，逻辑性强。尽管本书出版的比较早，但不失经典，覆盖面广，囊括了许多读者了解的话题，如，半导体设备和议题，液态晶体，聚合体和一些生物分子。大量的实用案例是本书的一大特色，更加增强了本书的可读性。本书由奥马尔著。

chapter 1 crystal structures and interatomic forces

1.1 introduction

1.2 the crystalline state

1.3 basic definitions

1.4 the fourteen bravais lattices and the seven crystal systems

1.5 elements of symmetry

1.6 nomenclature of crystal directions and crystal planes; miller indices

1.7 examples of simple crystal structures

1.8 amorphous solids and liquids

1.9 interatomic forces

1.10 types of bonding

chapter 2 x-ray, neutron, and electron diffraction in crystals

2.1 introduction

2.2 generation and absorption of x-rays

2.3 bragg's law

2.4 scattering from an atom

2.5 scattering from a crystal

2.6 the reciprocal lattice and x-ray diffraction

2.7 the diffraction condition and bragg's law

2.8 scattering from liquids

2.9 experimental techniques

2.10 other x-ray applications in solid-state physics

2.11 neutron diffraction

2.12 electron diffraction

chapter 3 lattice vibrations: thermal, acoustic, and optical properties

3.1 introduction

3.2 elastic waves

3.3 enumeration of modes; density of states of a continuous medium

3.4 specific heat: models of einstein and debye

3.5 the phonon

3.6 lattice waves

3.7 density of states of a lattice

3.8 specific heat: exact theory

3.9 thermal conductivity

3.10 scattering of x-rays, neutrons, and light by phonons

3.11 microwave ultrasonics

3.12 lattice optical properties in the infrared

chapter 4 metals i: the free. electron model

4.1 introduction

4.2 conduction electrons

4.3 the free-electron gas

4.4 electrical conductivity

4.5 electrical resistivity versus temperature

4.6 heat capacity of conduction electrons

4.7 the fermi surface

4.8 electrical conductivity; effects of the fermi surface

4.9 thermal conductivity in metals

4.10 motion in a magnetic field: cyclotron resonance and the hall effect

4.11 the ac conductivity and optical properties

4.12 thermionic emission

4.13 failure of the free-electron model

chapter 5 metals il: energy bands in solids

5.1 introduction

5.2 energy spectra in atoms, molecules, and solids

5.3 energy bands in solids; the bloch theorem

5.4 band symmetry in k-space; brillouin zones

5.5 number of states in the band

5.6 the nearly-free-electron model

5.7 the energy gap and the bragg reflection

5.8 the tight-binding model

5.9 calculations of energy bands

5.10 metals, insulators, and semiconductors

5.11 density of states

5.12 the fermi surface

5.13 velocity of the bloch electron

5.14 electron dynamics in an electric field

5.15 the dynamical effective mass

5.16 momentum, crystal momentum, and physical origin of the effective mass

5.17 the hole

5.18 electrical conductivity

5.19 electron dynamics in a magnetic field: cyclotron resonance and the hall effect

5.20 experimental methods in determination of band structure

5.21 limit of the band theory; metal-insulator transition

chapter 6 semiconductors i: theory

6.1 introduction

6.2 crystal structure and bonding

6.3 band structure

6.4 carrier concentration; intrinsic semiconductors

6.5 impurity states

6.6 semiconductor statistics

6.7 electrical conductivity; mobility

6.8 magnetic field effects: cyclotron resonance and hall effect

6.9 band structure of real semiconductors

6.10 high electric field and hot electrons

6.11 the gunn effect

6.12 optical properties: absorption processes

6.13 photoconductivity

6.14 luminescence

6.15 other optical effects

6.16 sound-wave amplification （acoustoelectric effect）

6.17 diffusion

chapter 7 semiconductors ii: devices

7.1 introduction

7.2 the p-n junction: the rectifier

7.3 the p-n junction: the junction itself

7.4 the junction transistor

7.5 the tunnel diode

7.6 the gunn diode

7.7 the semiconductor laser

7.8 the field-effect transistor, the semiconductor lamp, and other devices

7.9 integrated circuits and microelectronics

chapter 8 dielectric and optical properties of solids

8.1 introduction

8.2 review of basic formulas

8.3 the dielectric constant and polarizability; the local field

8.4 sources of polarizability

8.5 dipolar polarizability

8.6 dipolar dispersion

8.7 dipolar polarization in solids

8.8 ionic polarizability

8.9 electronic polarizability

8.10 piezoelectricity

8.11 ferroelectricity

chapter 9 magnetism and magnetic resonances

9.1 introductio

9.2 review of basic formulas

9.3 magnetic susceptibility

9.4 classification of materials

9.5 langevin diamagnetism

9.6 paramagnetism

9.7 magnetism in metals

9.8 ferromagnetism in insulators

9.9 antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism

9.10 ferromagnetism in metals

9.11 ferromagnetic domains

9.12 paramagnetic resonance; the maser

9.13 nuclear magnetic resonance

9.14 ferromagnetic resonance; spin waves

chapter 10 superconductivity

10.1 introduction

10.2 zero resistance

10.3 perfect diamagnetism, or the meissner effect

10.4 the critical field

10.5 thermodynamics of the superconducting transition

10.6 electrodynamics of superconductors

10.7 theory of superconductivity

10.8 tunneling and the josephson effect

10.9 miscellaneous topics

chapter 11 topics in metallurgy and defects in solids

11.1 introduction

11.2 types of imperfections

11.3 vacancies

11.4 diffusion

11.5 metallic alloys

11.6 dislocations and the mechanical strength of metals

11.7 lonic conductivity

11.8 the photographic process

11.9 radiation damage in solids

chapter 12 materials and solid-state chemistry

12.1 introduction

12.2 amorphous semiconductors

12.3 liquid crystals

12.4 polymers

12.5 nuclear magnetic resonance in chemistry

12.6 electron spin resonance in chemistry

12.7 chemical applications of the msssbauer effect

chapter 13 solid.state biophysics

13.1 introduction

13.2 biological applications of delocalization in molecules

13.3 nucleic acids

13.4 proteins

13.5 miscellaneous topics

appendix elements of quantum mechanics

a.1 basic concepts

a.2 the schrsdinger equation

a.3 one-dimensional examples

a.4 the angular momentum

a.5 the hydrogen atom; multielectron atoms; periodic table of the el

a.6 perturbation theory

a.7 the hydrogen molecule and the covalent bond

a.8 directed bonds

index