PHY.K02UF Molecular and Solid State Physics

Books on Solid State Physics

Introductory textbooks

    Experimentalphysik 3: Atome, Moleküle und Festkörper , Demtröder   
   This is an introductory text where some of the difficult mathematics is left out. Available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

    The Physics of Atoms and Quanta, H. Haken und H. C. Wolf   
   This book discusses many-electron atoms at the level of this course. The German version is called Atom- und Quantenphysik.

    Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colombo   
   Available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

    Molecular Physics & Elementary of Quantum Chemistry, H. Haken und H. C. Wolf   
   This books discusses molecules at the level of this course. The German version Molekülphysik und Quantenchemie is available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

   Festkörperphysik, R. Gross und A. Marx    
   

This book is based on a course given at TU Munich. We will cover the material in about the first 10 chapters of this book. Available as an e-book: De Gruyter: Festkörperphysik

   Introduction to solid state physics, 8th edition, C. Kittel   
   The most widely used introductory solid state physics textbook. A German translation is available in the library. We will cover about the first eight chapters of this book.

   Festkörperphysik, H. Ibach and H. Lüth   
   The most widely used introductory solid state textbook in German speaking countries. Available as an ebook from the TU Graz library.

Resources

   International Tables for Crystallography    
   This is a comprehensive eight volume set with lots of information on crystals. The books are available online at http://it.iucr.org/. The TU Graz has a subscription to the 2006 Edition. This should be available from TUG computers.

   Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)    
   This is a database of crystal structures. You can use it to download CIF files which specify how the atoms are arranged in a specific crystal. If you know which atoms are in the crystal, put the chemical formula in the textfield "Structural Formula", provide the "Number of Elements", press "Run Query".

ICSD database

   Materials Project    
   The Materials Project is an effort to compute the properties of all inorganic materials and provide the data and associated analysis algorithms for every materials researcher free of charge. The database includes crystal structure CIF files and properties that are deduced from the crystal structure such as the electron band structure and the phonon band structure.

Materials Project