The Physics of Phonons

Gyaneshwar P. Srivastava

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780367685263
• eBook ISBN: 9781000686982
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chaotic Behavior in Systems

This fully updated second edition of The Physics of Phonons remains the most comprehensive theoretical discussion devoted to the study of phonons, a major area of condensed matter physics.

It contains exciting new sections on phonon-related properties of solid surfaces, atomically thin materials (such as graphene and monolayer transition metal chalcogenides), in addition to nano- structures and nanocomposites, thermoelectric nanomaterials, and topological nanomaterials, with an entirely new chapter dedicated to topological nanophononics and chiralphononics. Although primarily theoretical in approach, the author refers to experimental results wherever possible, ensuring an ideal book for both experimental and theoretical researchers.

The author begins with an introduction to crystal symmetry and continues with a discussion of lattice dynamics in the harmonic approximation, including the traditional phenomenological approach and the more recent ab initio approach, detailed for the first time in this book. A discussion of anharmonicity is followed by the theory of lattice thermal conductivity, presented at a level far beyond that available in any other book. The chapter on phonon interactions is likewise more comprehensive than any similar discussion elsewhere. The sections on phonons in superlattices, impure and mixed crystals, quasicrystals, phonon spectroscopy, Kapitza resistance, and quantum evaporation also contain material appearing in book form for the first time. The book is complemented by numerous diagrams that aid understanding and is comprehensively referenced for further study. With its unprecedented wide coverage of the field, The Physics of Phonons is an indispensable guide for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers working in condensed matter physics and materials science.

Features

• Fully updated throughout, with exciting new coverage on graphene, nanostructures and nanocomposites, thermoelectric nanomaterials, and topological nanomaterials.
• Authored by an authority on phonons.
• Interdisciplinary, with broad applications through condensed matter physics, nanoscience, and materials science.

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface (Second Edition)
• Acknowledgments (Second Edition)
• Preface (First Edition)
• Acknowledgments (First Edition)
• Chapter 1 Elements of Crystal Symmetry
• Chapter 2 Lattice Dynamics in the Harmonic Approximation – Semiclassical Treatment
• Chapter 3 Lattice Dynamics in the Harmonic Approximation – Ab initio Treatment
• Chapter 4 Anharmonicity
• Chapter 5 Theory of Lattice Thermal Conductivity
• Chapter 6 Phonon Scattering in Solids
• Chapter 7 Phonon Relaxation and Thermal Conductivity in Bulk Solids
• Chapter 8 Phonons on Crystal Surfaces and Layered Crystals
• Chapter 9 Phonons and Thermal Transport in Nanocomposites
• Chapter 10 Topological Nanophononics and Chiralphononics
• Chapter 11 Phonons and Thermal Transport in Impure and Mixed Crystals
• Chapter 12 Phonons in Quasi-Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
• Chapter 13 Phonon Spectroscopy
• Chapter 14 Phonons in Liquid Helium
• Appendix A Density Functional Formalism
• Appendix B The Pseudopotential Method
• Appendix C The 2n+1 Theorem of Perturbation Theory
• Appendix D Derivation of Tensor Expression for Thermal Conductivity
• Appendix E Evaluation of Integrals in Section 6.4.1.4
• Appendix F Negative-definiteness of the Phonon Off-diagonal Operator Λ
• Appendix G Geometry-dependent Depolarization Tensor
• References
• Index