Advanced Electrical and Electronics Materials: Processes and Applications [Hardcover]

This comprehensive and unique book is intended to cover the vast and fast-growing field of electrical and electronic materials and their engineering in accordance with modern developments. Basic and pre-requisite information has been included for easy transition to more complex topics. Latest developments in various fields of materials and their sciences/engineering, processing and applications have been included. Latest topics like PLZT, vacuum as insulator, fiber-optics, high temperature superconductors, smart materials, ferromagnetic semiconductors etc. are covered. Illustrations and examples encompass different engineering disciplines such as robotics, electrical, mechanical, electronics, instrumentation and control, computer, and their inter-disciplinary branches. A variety of materials ranging from iridium to garnets, microelectronics, micro alloys to memory devices, left-handed materials, advanced and futuristic materials are described in detail.

Preface xxxv

Acknowledgement xxxvii

About the Authors xxxix

Abbreviations xli

1 General Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Materials 1

2 Atomic Models, Bonding in Solids, Crystal Geometry, and Miller Indices 33

3 Solid Structures, Characterization of Materials, Crystal Imperfections, and Mechanical Properties of Materials 71

4 Conductive Materials: Electron Theories, Properties and Behaviour 109

5 Conductive Materials: Types and Applications 153

6 Semiconducting Materials: Properties and Behaviour 185

7 Semiconducting Materials: Types and Applications 229

8 Semiconducting Materials: Processing and Devices 263

9 Dielectric Materials: Properties and Behaviour 301

10 Dielectric Materials: Types and ApplC"