Defects in Solids [Hardcover]

• Provides a thorough understanding of the chemistry and physics of defects, enabling the reader to manipulate them in the engineering of materials.
• Reinforces theoretical concepts by placing emphasis on real world processes and applications.
• Includes two kinds of end-of-chapter problems: multiple choice (to test knowledge of terms and principles) and more extensive exercises and calculations (to build skills and understanding).
• Supplementary material on crystallography and band structure are included in separate appendices.

1. Point Defects.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Point and Electronic Defects in Crystalline Solids.

1.3 Electronic Properties: Doped Silicon and Germanium as Examples.

1.4 Optical Properties: F Centers and Ruby as Examples.

1.5 Bulk Properties.

1.6 Thermoelectric Properties: The Seebeck Coefficient as an Example.

1.7 Point Defect Notation.

1.8 Charges on Defects.

1.9 Balanced Populations of Point Defects: Schottky and Frenkel Defects.

1.10 Antisite Defects.

1.11 Defect Formation and Reaction Equations.

1.12 Combinations of Point Defects in Pure Materials.

1.13 Structural Consequences of Point Defect Populations.

1.14 Answers to Introductory Questions.

Problems and Exercises.

References.

Further Reading.

2. Intrinsic Point Defects in Stoichiometric Compounds.

2.1 Equilibrium Population of Vacancies in a Monatomic Crystal.

2.2 Equilibrium Population of Self-Interstitials in a Monatomic Crystal.

2.3 EquiliblL