Differentiate the tight-bonding approaches to the nearly free electron approaches in regard to the formation of energy bands in a crystal.

Q: Show that the Madelung constant for a one-dimensional lattice of alternating positive and negative…

A: The Madelung constant (M) is used to find the electrostatic potential of a single ion in a crystal…

Q: how does the band structure of a solid makes it an insulator, semiconductor or conductor?

A: Explanation: Conductor: The conductor is a material that contains free movable charges which conduct…

Q: Cite the indices of the direction that results from the intersection of ( 110 )   and ( 111 ) in a…

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Q: A semiconductor with 1013 donors/cm³. If you know that their donor level below the conduction band…

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Q: Why is there a forbidden band in the energy band of a periodic crystal?

A: Let us consider two masses m1 and m2 ;mass of each atom in a diatomic lattice. The distance between…

Q: Compare a point contact diode with a p-n junction.

A: A point contact diode is made when a metallic wire is attached by the N-type semiconductor with a…

Q: A perovskite based semiconductor has a bandgap of 2.16 eV. Find the shortest wavelength of light for…

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Q: Calculate the semiconductor surface potential and gate voltage for the MOS structure in Figure 4.…

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Q: A number of metal-semiconductor (MS) contacts are formed on Ge, Si, and GaAs substrates maintained…

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Q: Show that a bcc (body-centered) crystal has fcc (face-centered) symmetry in the reciprocalspace.…

A: Reciprocal lattice is defined as:The set of wavevectors of plane waves in the Fourier series of any…

Q: Schematically illustrate the energy band diagrams of insulator, conductor, and semiconductor…

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Q: A CO molecule is initially in the n = 2 vibrational level. If this molecule loses both vibrational…

A: energy of a vibrating rotatorisEnI=(n+12)hωosc+I(I+1)h28π2I'..........(1)ωosc=12πKm............(2)we…