Some Web sites of interest and relevance to Physics 731
Fall 2007
General:
Highlights from Simulations for Solid State Physics
Periodic table, with extensive information about each element inc. links to crystal structure data etc., nice visualization option with Jmol
Colorful periodic table, with many sorting options
Metals without electrons: exotic quantum fluids (Lee & Schofield chapter)
Sorting categories for March 2008 APS Meeting (for comparison with Table of Contents of Ashcroft & Mermin!)
Structures of Simple Inorganic Solids, extensive lecture notes by Dr S.J. Heyes, Oxford, with many nice figures
Intro to SSP at U. of Delaware
Condensed Matter Physics at Valparaiso U. (advanced UG level)
Semiconductor Applet Service at U. of Buffalo
Lattice Structures:
X-ray crystallography course, C.L.B. Macdonald, U. of Windsor
NRL's compendium of crystal structure convenient, complete, visualization option, awesome
Pictures of common crystal lattices (from BALSAC)
Crystal systems, in the context of minerals, physical characteristics of minerals ; alternative
Neutron-based results, extensive links to databases (from ILL, Grenoble)
Gallery of high-Tc superconducting copper oxides (by S. Weber)
SiC, example of stacking sequences
AT&T Labs catalog of lattices, extensive and often technical
Quasitiler 3.0, for constructing quasicrystals in 2-D, with good references
Quasicrystal blurb by Cornell group
Research at Iowa State on quasicrystal surfaces, with references
Fibonacci chain, part of introduction to quasicrystals
Discovery of stable binary quasicrystals (Physics Today)
Manual for BALSAC, software for visualizing various surface structures; available (see instructor)
Authoritative information on nomenclature for crystal families and Bravais-lattice types
NZ "vision test" part of Geometry Junkyard
Definition of Symmetry Elements in Space Groups and Point Groups (meaty, authoritative)
Brief summary of crystal systems and Miller indices (from mineralogy class)
Notes on Symmetry in Crystallography from Univ. of Oklahoma (inc. extinctions)
Steffen Weber homepage (applets on structure, some on reciprocal lattice; many nice, some jam in downloading; seemingly no longer supported)
Structure viewer by Steffen Weber
Crystal shape viewer by Steffen Weber
TiO2 structures inc. rutile and ways to view rutile
Nanotubes made simple -- single wall nanotubes (SWNT) , with downloadables
Nanotube creater, by Steffen Weber
VRML gallery of nanotubes, inc. chiral, by Steffen Weber
Defects in Crystals (online book--outstanding and free--by H. Föll, also available in downloadable pdf) --esp. § 5.1.1
Reciprocal Lattices:
Tutorial on reciprocal lattices, somewhat pedestrian but nice animations
IUCr "pamphlet" on reciprocal lattices (with tensor notation)
Crystal diffraction, with nice 2d diagram
Laue diffraction, Steffen Weber applet
Detailed description of Ewald construction (click on inset grid for step-by-step)
Ewald construction for a surface or 2D lattice
Summary of diffraction, nice treatment
ReciprOgraph, an impressive applet from EPFL to calculate the intensities of any substance diffracted by x-rays. Does crystals and powders and shows in-phase plane.
Steffen Weber's Java Structure Viewer
Adjustable 2D lattice with 2-atom basis, and its reciprocal (inc. intensity variations) excellent, succinct, versatile alternative site
"Interactive Structure Factor Tutorial"
Description of XrayView, software package tutorial about x-ray diffraction, for use with Silicon Graphics computers
Collection of sites related to neutron scattering
Diffraction techniques overview
M. Van Hove's surface/interface theory site: software page
Chemical aspects, bonds:
"Structures of simple inorganic solids" (S.J. Heyes, Oxford U., Inorganic Chem.)
Structure, bonds, forces, useful tables (B.S. Mitchell, Tulane U.)
Simple (perhaps too much so) discussion of covalent bonds via tunneling
Covalent bonds, correcting common misconceptions, by F. Rioux (Distilled version, omitting QM of bond, from Chemical Educator; original source: J. C. Slater, J. Chem. Phys. 1, 687 (1933)!)
Evjen method: illustration for NaCl
Succinct summary of Ewald summation method from Franz J. Vesely's course Introduction to Computational Physics
Universal binding curve (details for metals, from condensed matter to nuclear)
Lattice Vibrations:
Phonon dispersion and display of TA and TO modes in 1D (excellent java app)
Simulations of phonons, geared toward 3D and nanocrystals, with lots of helpful background
Phonon dispersion in various crystals
Phonon density of states via "debye"
Phonon dispersion and DOS of diamond, BC8, & ST12
Pedagogical article on Grueneisen constant in 1D model
Einstein, Debye, & Grueneisen models, Mathematica notebook debye.nb (J.J. Kelly, Statistical Physics Courseware)
Note on Mössbauer spectroscopy
Localized modes of anharmonic chain
For the ambitious: OpenPhonon: an open source computer code for lattice-dynamical calculations
Conductivity:
Random walk applet, along with elementary discussion of diffusion
Fermi gases:
Statistical mechanics of ideal fermi gas, Mathematica notebook fermi.nb (J.J. Kelly, Statistical Physics Courseware)
Electronic band structure:
Kronig-Penney applet (includes wavefunctions, elegant but slow download) and another (also plots effective mass) and yet another (nice controls, so-so graphics) and an excellent site, newly discovered
Nice site on periodic potentials, with java applet for venerable Kronig-Penney model (This site is in Spanish, but the physics is readily understandable. Or you can translate it using Babel Fish.)
Database of Fermi surfaces of elemental metals (stunning graphics, very informative)
Density of states in free-electron and tight-binding models
Tutorial on nanotubes & graphene bandstructure, with nice pictures (Schönenberger)
Rather clear picture of wrapping
Crystal tutorial project, example of options in modern calculations
Electrons in external fields:
Semiconductors:
Extensive collection of applets about semiconductors (U. of Buffalo)
Conductivity: dependencies for Si, Ge, diamond
Britney Spears's Guide to Semiconductor Physics (ghost written, d'uh!)
Formation of pn junction and its band diagram
Diffusion, drift, recombination: java applet on Haynes-Shockley exp't
Principles of Semiconductor Devices, free webtext by Bart van Zeghbroeck
Tight Binding Programs for Computing the Band Structure of Semiconductors
Electrons, including electron-electron interactions:
Thomas-Fermi atom (download may be problematic)
Spin systems:
Paramagnetism of spin-1/2 systems, Mathematica notebook spin-half.nb (J.J. Kelly, Statistical Physics Courseware)
Thermodynamics of paramagnetism, Mathematica notebook paramag.nb (J.J. Kelly, Statistical Physics Courseware)
Phase transitions:
Broken symmetry and order parameters (by J. Sethna)
Hysteresis (by J. Sethna)
Mean field model of ferromagnetism, Mathematica notebook Weiss.nb (J.J. Kelly, Statistical Physics Courseware)
Melting of metal--crude animation
Real-space Structural Probes:
XPS (x-ray photoemission spectroscopy), inc. "universal curve" (U. of Nottingham)
Surface science techniques, once an outstanding compendium, now many broken links
Grant Bunker's tutorial documents on X-ray absorption fine-structure techniques
Newville's fundamentals of EXAFS, too much info but great figures!
Daresbury overview of EXAFS, inc. link to curved-wave theory
STM tutorial (by T-W Hui, U. of Guelph)
Beautiful STM images courtesy of IBM
Principle of field emission microscope
Field ion & field emission micrographs
Advanced topics:
An Introduction to Solid State Many-Body Theory (Univ. of Exeter)
[Fermi and] Non-Fermi Liquids [A. J. Schofield, Contemporary Physics 40, 95 (1999)] (or download from Schofield's publication page)
Last updated Nov. 27, 2007