The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors: An Introduction

The book is pretty good and very useful! What I find most exciting is that the author always explains you the phenomena physically --- not only mathematically, which helps you to have a better understanding of the physical mechanisms. I ensure you that you will have a clearly "feeling" of the phenomena which are badly explained in other books.Each figure is well prepared, each sentence is clearly written. This is a book need to be read extensively, not roughly. This is also a great reference book since it does not struggles with too much details but only the essentials.But you'd better have learnt Quantum Mechanics and Solid State Physics before. Otherwise, you will find yourself lost. Therefore this book is NOT written for a freshman.

i read this book and it seems to be very readable. it explains the physics behind the quantum heterostructures in a lucid and tractable manner. i recommend this volume before reading the treatise by weisbach & vinter. those who want to start research on quantum structures will find this book as an invaluable resource. its comprehensive and almost exhaustive.

Used it during my graduate study when my thesis adviser recommended it. It is useful for students who want to get started, the name says "an introduction", so be prepared to move on :-) Good luck with Quantum Mechanics. PS: don't be too hard on yourself, give yourself some time while putting in consistent effort. If this book is not for you then find another one.Arrived in reasonable time and in good condition.

These guys write in a way that's *helpful*, as opposed to many other writers who simply write it to have it there, but not make the subject any clearer. I learned more from this book than from my Solid State class. They also mention practical things that are actually done in industry, which is cool.

Possibly with strong background in Quantum Mechanics and Advanced Mathematics - the book is readable. Otherwise, the authors incomplete explanations make the book entirely incomprehensible.

As a graduate student working on semiconductor devices, this book is an incredible reference. Davies only assumes about an undergraduate familiarity with the subject, making the text a great "bridge" from core textbooks to research papers. There have been many occasions when, upon not understanding a paper, reading a section in this book made everything clear.

Graduate level concepts are expounded upon in the manner of an undergraduate text (i.e. readable. Boggle!). John Davies does not assume that the reader has already done all of the calculations available in the field. Rich conceptual descriptions are rooted in an easy formalism accessible to anyone with a background in the elements of physics. This text is proof that even the exotic physics of quantum mechanics in reduced dimensions is not difficult when care is taken by the author to relate to the reader as a student rather than a peer.-s

Solid state physics is a complicated and vast subject to understand. This book covers basic concepts regarding to the solid state physics side of semiconductors, without burdening the students of too much math. Straight-forward and easy to understand.