Physics of Disordered Materials: An Advanced Textbook

Written by world-renowned authorities in the field, this is the first textbook to cover this important intersection of materials science and physics. Following a section on characterizing disorder, the book goes on to discuss glasses and the glass transition, the modeling of amorphous materials, atomic vibrations and transport, electronic properties, defects and charge transport. Further sections cover photonics and optics, and the whole is rounded off with applications. Additional web-based material is available to support student learning as well as provide required data.

Table of Contents:
I. Characterizing Disorder Definitions Diffraction: pair-correlations Post-pair correlations Orientational disorder Amorphous solid surfaces General theory of networks Problems II. Glasses and the Glass Transition Elementary phenomenology Polyamorphism Theories of glass transition Colloidal suspensions and confocal microscopy Examples of glasses Problems III. Modeling Amorphous Materials Introduction Lattice Models Interatomic Potentials for Disordered Materials Introduction Empirical potentials Potential from electronic structure Ab initio interactions Density functional theory Quantum chemical methods Many-body approaches: quantum monte carlo Computer Simulations Boundary conditions Molecular Dynamics Monte Carlo methods Energy landscape methods Information-based methods Selecting a simulation scheme and potential Future directions Examples a-SiO2 A metallic glass Amorphous Si Amorphous ice Advantages and weaknesses of computer simulation The web-based structural model database Problems IV. Atomic Vibrations Introduction Constraint counting and floppy modes Computational methods and studies Experimental Survey Low Frequency Modes and Low Temperature Properties Floppy modes and Intermediate Phase Polymer Dynamics Problems V. Atomic Transport Introduction Diffusive motion Ionic Transport Problems VI. Electronic Properties Introduction Density of States Electron Localization Problems VII. Defects Introduction Types of Defects Doping Defect-controlled properties Problems VIII. Charge Transport Introduction Liquid metals and metallic glasses Amorphous Semiconductors Polymers Problems IX. Photonics and Optics Intraband absorption Interband absorption Intraionic absorption and luminescence Light-induced changes in materials Light-emitting polymers Problems X. Applications Introduction Electronic Applications Thin film transistors Photovoltaics Electrochemical applications Solid state batteries Resistive memory devices Sensors Electrochromic applications Optical applications Phase change memories Optical fibers Laser materials Problems

About the Author :
Stephen Elliott is Professor of Chemical Physics at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has published over 270 papers on amorphous materials, and published three books. Prior to his current position, he was Professor of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, and has held visiting positions in Japan, France, Belgium and India. David Drabold is Distinguished Professor of Physics at Ohio University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics. He has published over 130 papers and co-edited one book, Theory of Defects in Semiconductors (Springer, 2006). He has held visiting positions at Trinity College, Cambridge, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.