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Polarons in Advanced Materials

  • A contemporary 'encyclopedia' of polarons
  • Appropriate for graduate courses on condensed matter theory, theory of superconductivity, and advanced quantum mechanics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 103)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Large and Small Polarons

    1. Small Polarons: Transport Phenomena

      • Yurii A. Firsov
      Pages 63-105
    2. Magnetic and Spin Effects in Small Polaron Hopping

      • Harald Böttger, Valerij V. Bryksin, Thomas Damker
      Pages 107-148
    3. Single Polaron Properties in Different Electron Phonon Models

      • V. Cataudella, G. De Filippis, C. A. Perroni
      Pages 149-189
    4. Path Integrals in the Physics of Lattice Polarons

      • Pavel Kornilovitch
      Pages 192-230
  3. Bipolarons in Multi-Polaron Systems

    1. Superconducting Polarons and Bipolarons

      • A. S. Alexandrov
      Pages 257-310
    2. Small Adiabatic Polarons and Bipolarons

      • Serge Aubry
      Pages 311-371
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 665-670

About this book

Polarons in Advanced Materials will lead the reader from single-polaron problems to multi-polaron systems and finally to a description of many interesting phenomena in high-temperature superconductors, ferromagnetic oxides, conducting polymers and molecular nanowires. The book divides naturally into four parts. Part I introduces a single polaron and describes recent achievements in analytical and numerical studies of polaron properties in different electron-phonon models. Part II and Part III describe multi-polaron physics, and Part IV describes many key physical properties of high-temperature superconductors, colossal magnetoresistance oxides, conducting polymers and molecular nanowires, which were understood with polarons and bipolarons.

The book is written in the form of self-consistent reviews authored by well-established researchers actively working in the field and will benefit scientists and postgraduate students with a background in condensed matter physics and materials sciences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Loughborough University, UK

    A. S. Alexandrov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Polarons in Advanced Materials

  • Editors: A. S. Alexandrov

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6348-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6347-3Published: 02 October 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9620-1Published: 21 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6348-0Published: 11 January 2008

  • Series ISSN: 0933-033X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 672

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Canopus Publishing Limited, Bristol, UK

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, general

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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