Ferry D.K. Semiconductors: Bonds and bands

IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK, 2013. – 164 p. ISBN10: 0750310456As we settle into this second decade of the twenty-first century, it is evident that the advances in micro-electronics have truly revolutionized our day-to-day lifestyle.
The technology is built upon semiconductors, materials in which the band gap has been engineered for special values suitable to the particular application. This book, written specifically for a one semester course for graduate students, provides a thorough understanding of the key solid state physics of semiconductors. It describes how quantum mechanics gives semiconductors unique properties that enabled the micro-electronics revolution, and sustain the ever-growing importance of this revolution.Electronic structure
Lattice dynamics
The Electron–phononinterection
Carrier transport