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SOLID STATE PHYSICS VOLUME 40
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FREDERICK SEITZ DAVID TURNBULL
SOLID STATE PHYSICS Advances in Research and Applications
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HENRY EHRENREICH DAVID TURNBULL Division of Applied Sciences Haward University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
VOLUME 40
1987
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Contents
CONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Modeling Tetrahedrally Bonded Random Networks by Computer
F . WOOTENAND D . WEAIRE I . A Short History of Random-Network Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I1 . Computer Generation of Continuous Random-Network Models with Periodic Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I11. Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix A . The Radial Distribution Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Quantum-Mechanical Critique of the Miedema Rules for Alloy Formation D . G . F”TTIFOR 1. The Miedema Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I1. The Nature of the Metallic Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111. Significance of the Miedema Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Electronic Shell Structure and Metal Clusters WALTA . DE HEER.W . D . KNIGHT.M . Y . CHOU.AND MARVIN L . COHEN
I. I1 . 111. IV . V. VI . VII .
Development of Cluster Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic Electronic Shell Theory of Metal Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production and Detection of Metal Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cluster Abundance Spectra and Shell Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Static Dipole Polarizability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ionization Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prospects for Metal-Cluster Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix A . Applications of Nilsson Theory for Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendix B . Fine Structure in Cluster Abundance Spectra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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