Condensed Matter Physics

  1. Defects and Disorder
    1. Point Defects
      1. Vacancies
        1. Formation Energy
          1. Equilibrium Concentration
            1. Diffusion Mechanisms
            2. Interstitials
              1. Self-Interstitials
                1. Foreign Interstitials
                2. Substitutional Impurities
                  1. Size Effects
                    1. Electronic Effects
                    2. Color Centers
                      1. F-Centers
                        1. Optical Properties
                      2. Line Defects
                        1. Dislocations
                          1. Edge Dislocations
                            1. Burgers Vector
                              1. Stress Fields
                              2. Screw Dislocations
                                1. Helical Structure
                                  1. Climb and Glide
                                  2. Mixed Dislocations
                                  3. Dislocation Interactions
                                    1. Elastic Interactions
                                      1. Dislocation Networks
                                      2. Plastic Deformation
                                        1. Dislocation Motion
                                          1. Work Hardening
                                        2. Planar Defects
                                          1. Grain Boundaries
                                            1. High-Angle Boundaries
                                              1. Low-Angle Boundaries
                                                1. Grain Boundary Energy
                                                2. Stacking Faults
                                                  1. Close-Packed Structures
                                                    1. Stacking Fault Energy
                                                    2. Twin Boundaries
                                                      1. Coherent Twins
                                                        1. Incoherent Twins
                                                        2. Surfaces and Interfaces
                                                          1. Surface Reconstruction
                                                            1. Interface Energy
                                                          2. Amorphous Materials
                                                            1. Glass Structure
                                                              1. Short-Range Order
                                                                1. Absence of Long-Range Order
                                                                2. Glass Transition
                                                                  1. Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Transition
                                                                    1. Fragility
                                                                    2. Mechanical Properties
                                                                      1. Elastic Moduli
                                                                        1. Fracture Behavior
                                                                      2. Disorder Effects on Electronic Properties
                                                                        1. Anderson Localization
                                                                          1. Disorder-Induced Localization
                                                                            1. Localization Length
                                                                            2. Metal-Insulator Transition
                                                                              1. Mobility Edge
                                                                                1. Scaling Theory
                                                                                2. Variable Range Hopping
                                                                                  1. Mott's Law
                                                                                    1. Coulomb Gap

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