The Chemical Structure of Solids [Paperback]

of Volume 1.- 1 Chemical Bonds in Solids.- 1. Why Solids Are Different from Molecules.- 1.1. Quantum Theory of Chemical Bonds.- 1.2. The Five Solid Types.- 1.3. Bonds and/or Bands?.- 2. Crystal Structures and Cohesive Energies of the Elements.- 2.1. Valence Groupings.- 2.2. Shell Effects.- 2.3. Transition Series.- 3. Binary Compounds and Alloys.- 3.1. Minerals.- 3.2. Semiconductors.- 3.3. Intermetallic Solutions.- 4. Chemical Bonding and Physical Properties.- 4.1. Classical Polarizabilities.- 4.2. Dispersion.- 4.3. Covalent and Ionic Energies.- 4.4. Chemical Trends in Physical Properties.- 5. Summary.- References.- 2 Energy Bands.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1. Historical Remarks.- 1.2. The Independent-Electron Approximation.- 2. Energy Bands in General.- 3. The Classical Descriptions of Energy Bands in Periodic Systems.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Two Classical LimitsTight Binding and Nearly Free Electron.- 3.3. Tight Binding Theory.- 3.4. Wannier Functions.- 3.5. Nearly-Free-Electron Theory.- 3.6. Pseudopotentials.- 3.7. The Cellular Method.- 3.8. Orthogonalized Plane Wave, Augmented Plane Wave, and Related Methods.- 4. Approximations, Interpolations, Perturbations.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Moment Methods.- 4.3. Nearly-Free-Electron Perturbation Theory.- 4.4. The k ? p Method.- 4.5. Small-k Expansions for KKR Theory.- 5. Some Relevant Experiments.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Soft X-Ray Emission and Absorption.- 5.3. Optical Spectroscopy.- 5.4. Fermi Surface Analysis.- 6. Typical Band Structures.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Simple Metals.- 6.3. Alkali Halides.- 6.4. Group IV Semiconductors.- 6.5. The IIIV and IIVI Semiconductors.- 6.6. Silicon Dioxide.- 6.7. Transition Metals.- 6.8. Transition Metal Compounds.- 7. Disordered Solids.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Definition of Problems.- 7.3. The Density of States in an Alloy.- 7.4. The Anderson Problem.- 7.5. Topological Disorder.- 7.6. Applications.- 8. Conclusion.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 3 Factors Controlling the Formlãd