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The seventh edition of this classic text illustrates the fundamentals of the electrical properties of materials in the context of contemporary engineering applications. Written in an informal, accessible style, it emphasizes the core ideas relevant to understanding the subject and deliberately keeps the mathematical treatment simple. The book presents the simplest model that can display the essential properties of a phenomenon and examines it, showing the difference between ideal and actual behavior. Topics are selected so that the operation of devices having applications (or possible future applications) in engineering can be explained. Problems and worked examples are included throughout. Features of the Seventh Edition BLPresents a comprehensive treatment of light emitting diodes, which are rapidly replacing classical lighting sources BLCovers new topics such as organic material (including various polymers) and artificial materials (including photonic gap materials and metamaterials) BLProvides insight into cutting-edge fields such as amorphous semiconductors and nanotechnology BLDiscusses new devices including nanotube transistors, single electron transistors, magnetic tunnel junctions, quantum cascade lasers, and ferroelectric and superconducting memories.
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Electrical Properties Of Materials, Seventh Edition
by L. Solymar and D. Walsh Oxford University Press © 2004 (414 pages) ISBN:0199267936
Written in an informal, accessible style, this core text presents the simplest model that can display the essential properties of a phenomenon and examines it, showing the difference between ideal and actual behavior.
Table of Contents Electrical Properties of Materials, Seventh Edition Preface to the Seventh Edition Introduction Chapter 1
- The Electron as a Particle
Chapter 2
- The Electron as a Wave
Chapter 3
- The Electron
Chapter 4
- The Hydrogen Atom and the Periodic Table
Chapter 5
- Bonds
Chapter 6
- The Free Electron Theory of Metals
Chapter 7
- The Band Theory of Solids
Chapter 8
- Semiconductors
Chapter 9
- Principles of Semiconductor Devices
Chapter 10
- Dielectric Materials
Chapter 11
- Magnetic Materials
Chapter 12
- Lasers
Chapter 13
- Optoelectronics
Chapter 14
- Superconductivity
Epilogue Appendix I
- Organic Semiconductors
Appendix II - Artificial Materials Appendix III - Physical Constants Appendix IV - Variational Calculus. Derivation of Euler's Equation Appendix V
- Suggestions for Further Reading
Answers to Exercises Index List of Figures
List of Tables
Electrical Properties of Materials, Seventh Edition L. Solymar and D. Walsh Department of Engineering Science University of Oxford
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