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The electronic structure of solids.- I. The periodic potential problem: General properties.- II. The periodic potential problem: Methods and results.- III. The self-consistent field.- IV. One-electron theory of properties of solids.- V. Impurity atoms and alloys.- VI. Crystalline binding energy, correlation and elastic properties.- VII. Configuration interaction and the covalent bond.- VIII. Magnetic properties of solids.- Metallic conductivity, experimental part.- I. General remarks on the conductivity of metals.- II. Methods of measurement of electrical resistance.- III. The conductivity of pure metals at normal temperatures.- IV. Temperature dependence of the conductivity of pure metals.- V. Magneto resistance effects.- VI. The effect of pressure on the resistivity.- VII. Influence of lattice defects on the resistance.- VIII. Resistivity of alloys.- a) Properties of alloys with non magnetic components.- b) Properties of magnetic alloys.- Theory of electrical and thermal conductivity in metals.- I. The properties of conduction electrons in metals.- II. Statistical theory; the steady state equation.- III. Wave mechanics of the scattering of electrons.- IV. The conductivity of impure metals and alloys.- V. Thermal and electric conduction in the presence of a temperature gradient.- VI. Conduction at low temperatures.- VII. Conduction in the presence of a magnetic field.- VIII. The anomalous skin effect.- General References.- Photoconductivity.- I. Introduction.- II. Modern theories of photoconduction in crystals.- a) Electronic energy states in crystals.- b) Electron trapping states and photoconductivity.- c) The barrier layer theory of photoconductivity.- d) Theory of the photovoltaic effect in solids.- e) The spectral dependence of photoconductivity.- f) The photo-electro-magnetic effect.- III. Photoconductivity in monatomic solids.- a) Photoconductivity in boron.- b) Photoconductivity in diamond, silicon and germanium.- c) Photoconduction in phosphorus, arsenic and antimony.- d) Photoconduction in sulphur, selenium and tellurium.- e) Photoconductivity in iodine.- f) General comments on photoconduction in monatomic solids.- IV. Photoconductivity in binary compounds.- a) The alkali halides.- b) Lead sulphide, selenide and telluride.- c) Sulphides, selenides and tellurides of zinc, cadmium and mercury.- d) Photoconduction in some oxides.- e) Photoconduction in silver and thallous halides 3.- f) Photoconductivity in intermetallic compounds.- g) Miscellaneous inorganic photoconductors.- V. Photoconductivity in organic systems.- VI. A note on the photodielectric effect in solids.- VII. Some experimental techniques in photoconduction measurements.- Sachverzeichnis (Deutsch-Englisch).- Subject Index (English-German).