Theoretical Materials Science Tracing the Electronic Origins of Materials Behavior

The primary goal of a materials scientist is a predictive understanding of materials properties, and that requires a clear picture of the role played by electrons in determining the materials' behavior. Only then can one hope to design and build new materials with desired physical, chemical and engineering characteristics. Present-day research into this subject is carried out on the basis of quantum mechanics, through solution of the so-called single-particle Schrodinger equation that describes the behavior of electrons in a solid. This volume from Antonios Gonis attempts to describe one formal approach to solving the Schrodinger equation developed within the framework of multiple scattering theory (MST). With 24 chapters and 1031 pages, the volume offers a comprehensive and welcome entree to the field of electronic structure of solids and should serve as a treatise for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in the field.Gonis, Antonios is the author of 'Theoretical Materials Science Tracing the Electronic Origins of Materials Behavior', published 2000 under ISBN 9781558995406 and ISBN 1558995404.