The Physics of Phonons

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.

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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.