Handbook of the Band Structure of Elemental Solids

Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos was born in Athens, Greece, and graduated from the University of Athens with a B.S. degree in physics in 1961. He received a Ph.D. in theoretical solid state physics from the University of London, England, in 1967. He was director of the Center for Computational Materials Science in the Materials and Technology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory from 1992 to 2004. His areas of expertise are in computational solid state physics and include band structure calculations, theory of superconductivity, and theory of alloys. He has authored 257 journal papers and two books and has given more than 300 presentations at professional meetings. He has won four Alan Berman Research Publication awards and the 1990 Sigma Xi Pure Science Award at NRL. He has been a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1980. He has over 10,000 citations in the scientific literature. In August 2000 he was awarded the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award. In August 2004 he was appointed as professor of materials science at George Mason University. In January 2006 he was elected Chair of the Department of Computational and Data Sciences.

Introduction.- Hydrogen and The Alkali Metals.- The Alkali Earth Metals.- The 3d Transition Metals.- The 4d Transition Metals.- The 5d Transition Metals.- Free-Electron-Like Metals of Groups III and IV.- The Diamond Structure.- Group 15 Elements: Pnictogens.- Group 16 Elements: Chalcogens.- Group 17 Elements: Halogens.- The Noble Gases.- Lanthanides.- Actinides.- Transactinides.- AI: Spin-Orbit Coupling.- AII: Modifications and Extensions to Harrison's Theory.- AIII: Alternative Structures.- AIV: Computer Programs.