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Author:   R. Huebener
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.90cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9783527404438

ISBN 10:   3527404430
Pages:   227
Publication Date:   10 June 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Preamble. Preface. 1 Spectacular Advances. 2 Well-ordered Lattice Structures in Crystals. 3 Permanent Movement in the Crystal Lattice. 4 Electrical Conductor or Insulator? 5 Metals Obey the Rules of Quantum Statistics. 6 Less Can Be More: Semiconductors. 7 Circling Electrons in High Magnetic Fields. 8 The Winner: Superconductors. 9 The Big Surprise: High-temperature Superconductivity. 10 Magnetism: Order Among the Elementary Magnets. 11 Nanostructures: Superlattices, Quantum Wires, and Quantum Dots. 12 Defects in the Crystal Lattice: Useful or Harmful? Appendix. Nobel Prizes in Physics Closely Connected with the Physics of Solids. Nobel Prizes in Chemistry Closely Connected with the Physics of Solids. Mathematical Symbols. Name Index. Subject Index.

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This interesting book informs in a comprehensive way about the roads to modern computers and electronics. The reader will find a fascinating world of modern electronics. (Metall)

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Prof. em. Rudolf Huebener earned his PhD in physics from the University of Marburg. After holding research positions at Karlsruhe and New York he worked 12 years at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, USA. In 1974 he accepted a professorship at the University of Tubingen. For his scientific achievements Rudolf Huebener was awarded the Max Planck Research Prize in 1992.

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