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Department of Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

EE 618 Home Assignment #1 Assigned: 4/8/17 Due: 11/8/17

1. Determine the nearest and the second nearest neighbor distances, and the number of nearest
and second nearest neighbors of sc, bcc, fcc, and diamond lattices with lattice constant a.

2. Find the maximum fractions of the unit cell volume that can be filled by hard spheres (close
packing model) in the sc, bcc, fcc, and diamond lattices. Hence, identify the lattices that
have the most and the least void spaces respectively.

3. Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is a cubic crystal that differs from a simple cubic structure in that
alternating atoms are different, i.e., each Na atom is surrounded by six nearest neighbor Cl
atoms, and vice versa. The ionic radii of Na+ (atomic weight 23) and Cl (atomic weight
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35.5) are 1.0 A and 1.8 A respectively. Treating the ions as hard spheres, calculate the
density of NaCl. Compare this with the measured density of 2.17 g/cm3.

4. The tetrahedral bonding scheme of Si was shown in class. Using this structure, and the basic
unit cell of the diamond lattice, determine the tetrahedral bonding angle of Si.

5. Determine the lattice constant of the ternary compound In0.4Ga0.6As. Hence, state which of
the following substrates would create the most defect free interface while growing this
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ternary compound on it: GaSb (a = 6.095 A ), InP (a = 5.867 A ), or InSb (a = 6.479 A ). It
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is given that the lattice constants for InAs and GaAs are 6.058 A and 5.653 A respectively.

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