Long description:

Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics, Second Edition, Five Volume Set is an authoritative and comprehensive expansion of the classic 2005 work, delivering over 300 brand new or fully updated articles focused on core theoretical discoveries and modern applications. Meticulously planned and structured into approximately 60 sections, the book allows the user to quickly gain a solid footing in the key theoretical aspects of quantum mechanics, mechanics, electrodynamics, relativity, statistical mechanics and the elementary particles that form the core physics background for the field. The work also presents useful coverage of experimental techniques, materials processing, and materials systems, as well as applied topics.

Novel topics, including topology in condensed matter, graphene, integer and fractional quantum Hall effect, and other nanoscale phenomena in optics, in semiconductors, and in superconductors are presented in unusual depth. The encyclopedia solves the problem that students and interdisciplinary researchers often have of finding clear, accessible foundational information to answer their initial questions on a topic.

Table of Contents:

AcousticsAlloys Catalysis Condensates Crystallography Crystals Dielectric Properties Electrical Properties Electronic Structure Field-Theoretic AspectsFirst-principles electronic structure Functional materials Glasses History Instruments/DevicesLattice Dynamics Liquids Localization Magnetic Properties Materials Processing Mathematics Mechanical Properties Metals Metamaterials Metrology Micro- and Nanoarchitectures Microscopy Molecular Dynamics Nanostructures Non-equilibrium physics Non-periodic materials Optical Properties Optics Particle Sources Quantum Aspects Quantum biology Quantum Fluids Quantum Hall effects Quantum Monte-Carlo Quantum Technologies Radiation Sources Scattering Semiconductors Semiconductors, Optics Soft Matter and Biophysics Specific materials Spectroscopy Spin Glass Spintronics Statistical Physics Strong electron correlation Structures Superconductivity Superfluidity Surfaces & layered materials Thermodynamics Topological Effects Transport properties