Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods

richard m. martin

The study of the electronic structure of materials is at a momentous stage, with the emergence of new computational methods and theoretical approaches. This volume provides an introduction to the field and describes its conceptual framework, the capabilities of present methods, limitations, and challenges for the future. Many properties of materials can now be determined directly from the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics, bringing new insights into critical problems in physics, chemistry, and materials science.

Genres physicschemistry

650 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2004

This edition

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover
Published: April 26, 2004 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521782852
ASIN: 0521782856
Language: English

About the author

richard m. martin

Professor Richard Martin obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1969, after earning a S.B. in engineering physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1964. He worked as a member of the technical staff at Bell Labs (1969-71) and then as a principal scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and a consulting professor at Stanford University. He joined the physics faculty at the University of Illinois in 1988. In 2007 he retired from the University of Illinois. He now lives in Palo Alto, CA and is a consulting professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford.
A distinguished theorist who has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the electronic properties of solids, Professor Martin has used complicated formal analyses, novel computational techniques, phenomenological analyses, and the interpretation of experiments to elucidate the electronic structure of complex materials.