Semiconductors form the basis for the nano-electronics industry that powers everyday life. In this book - an updated and expanded version of its successful first edition - the importance and applications of semiconductors are discussed in detail. An essential guide for graduate students and industry specialists, it includes extensively-revised coverage on the electronic structure of semiconductors, lattice dynamics, transport structures, optical properties and electron-electron interaction.

With the addition of new chapters on statistics and optics, two expanded chapters on transport, and examples of the most recent applications of semiconductors, this second edition offers deeper insight than ever before into this rapidly developing field.

David K Ferry is a Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University, AZ. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Institute of Physics (UK). Ferry researches nanostructure devices and quantum transport and has published more than 700 refereed journal articles.