PHYSICS OF METALNONMETAL TRANSITIONS

Material undergoes the transformation from metal to non-metal or from non-metal to metal when environmental conditions, such as temperature and pressure, or the percentages of constituent components are changed. Such a transition is known as the metal-nonmetal M-NM transition.This book, The Physics of Metal Nonmetal Transitions, explores the mechanisms so far discovered which cause the M-NM transition and presents a systematic discussion of them. All the mechanisms are discussed in terms of energy bands, and the band theory is introduced and explained in chapter 2. Once chapters 1 and 2 have been assimilated, the remaining chapters can be

Materialul sufera transformarea din metal in nemetal sau din nemetal in metal atunci cand conditiile de mediu, cum ar fi temperatura si presiunea, sau procentele componentelor componente sunt modificate. O astfel de tranzitie este cunoscuta sub numele de tranzitie metal-nemetalica M-NM. Aceasta carte, The Physics of Metal Nonmetal Transitions, exploreaza mecanismele descoperite pana acum care cauzeaza tranzitia M-NM si prezinta o discutie sistematica a acestora.