This book integrates materials science with other engineering subjects such as physics, chemistry and electrical engineering. The authors discuss devices and technologies used by the electronics, magnetics and photonics industries and offer a perspective on the manufacturing technologies used in device fabrication. The new addition includes chapters on optical properties and devices and addresses nanoscale phenomena and nanoscience, a subject that has made significant progress in the past decade regarding the fabrication of various materials and devices with nanometer-scale features.
Introduction.
Electrical Conduction in Metals and Alloys.
Fundamentals of Semiconductor Materials.
Fermi Energy Levels in Semiconductors.
Semiconductor p-n Junctions.
Semiconductor Devices.
Linear Dielectric Materials.
Optical Properties of Materials.
Electrical and Optical Properties of Solar Cells.
Ferroelectrics, Piezoelectrics, and Pyroelectrics.
Magnetic Materials.
