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C1 ,C2 Constant E0 Minimum energy
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Fattract Attractive force {hkl} Miller indices of a set of crystallo-
graphically identical planes
FC Coulomb force
hmax Maximum height
F⊥ Magnitude of the normal force
hcp Hexagonal closed packed
Fk Magnitude of the tangential force
HOMO Highest occupied molecular or-
fCu Atom scattering factor of copper bital
FET Field effect transistor i Counting index
fZn Atom scattering factor of zinc I Current
IR Infrared
GMR Giant magnetoresistance effect
Ir Current in the diode under reverse
h, h̄ Planck’s constant
bias
H Internal energy
I˜r Reflected intensity
H Magnetic field vector
I˜t Transmitted intensity
h, k, l Integer numbers (related to the j Integer number, counting index
Miller indices)
J Nucleation rate
(hkl) Miller indices of a crystallo-
graphic plane Jˆ Total angular momentum
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Je Current density Le Diffusion length of electrons
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N Number of atoms in the lattice p Pressure
R̃ Reflectivity
Nuc Number of lattice points in the
unit cell r− Radius of the anion
Nv Number of vacancies in the lattice r+ Radius of the cation
NC Normal conductor R∞ Rydberg constant
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r1 First Bohr radius T0 Period
SC Superconductor υ Velocity
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ῡE Magnitude of the drift velocity α̂ Linear expansion coefficient
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∆Ib Change in the current at the tran- εp Plastic strain
sistor base
εr Dielectric constant
∆Ic Change in the collector current
εt True strain
∆k Change in the wave vector
χ Electric susceptibility
∆l Change in the length
χC Phase function of Cooper pairs
∆ne Excess electron density
χm Magnetic susceptibility
∆p Uncertainty in the momentum
κ Distribution coefficient
∆ph Excess hole density
ν Frequency
∆S Change in entropy
ν̃ Poisson’s constant
∆Sv Gain in entropy by vacancy for-
mation ν0 Threshold frequency
∆t Uncertainty in the time λ Wavelength
∆T Supercooling Λ Thermal conductivity
∆V Volume element Λe Thermal conductivity of electrons
∆x Distance λ̄ph Mean free path of phonons
∆y Uncertainty in the position Λph Thermal conductivity due to
∆χC Change in the phase function of phonons
Cooper pairs λ̄ Mean free path
∆ρX Change in the density of the λ̃ Lamé coefficient
atomic species X
λmin Minimum wavelength
ε Strain
λs Short wavelength limit
ε Strain tensor
µ Permeability
ε0 Dielectricity constant of the vac-
uum µ0 Permeability of the vacuum
εB Failure strain µB Bohr magneton
εe Elastic strain µe Mobility of electrons
εi j Component of the strain tensor, µh Mobility of holes
i, j = x, y, z
µl Orbital magnetic moment
εopt Dielectric constant at optical fre-
quencies µs Spin magnetic moment
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Φ Workfunction ρm Mass density
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τr Relaxation time
ϕ Phase angle
ω Angular frequency
ωc Cyclotron frequency
ΩD Debye frequency
ξ Integration variable
ξ Dislocation direction
ξˆ Coherence length
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