TY  - BOOK
AU  - Canadell,  Enric
AU  -  Doublet , Marie-Liesse
AU  - Iung, Christophe 
TI  - Orbital Approach to the Electronic Structure of Solids
SN  - 9780199534937 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - O U Press ,    
KW  - Electronic structure
KW  - Material science
KW  - Solids
KW  - Physics
N1  - Include bibliographical references.; Appendix 342-344p.; Index 345-350p
N2  - This book provides an intuitive yet sound understanding of how structure and properties of solids may be related. The natural link is provided by the band theory approach to the electronic structure of solids. The chemically insightful concept of orbital interaction and the essential machinery of band theory are used throughout the book to build links between the crystal and electronic structure of periodic systems. In such a way, it is shown how important tools for understanding properties of solids like the density of states, the Fermi surface etc. can be qualitatively sketched and used to either understand the results of quantitative calculations or to rationalize experimental observations. Extensive use of the orbital interaction approach appears to be a very efficient way of building bridges between physically and chemically based notions to understand the structure and properties of solids
ER  -