Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials

This book is devoted to the systematic description of the role of microgeometry of modern piezo-active composites in the formation of their piezoelectric sensitivity.

This book provides a unique review of various aspects of metallic contamination in Si and Ge-based semiconductors.

This book highlights Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as a viable alternative to the Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs), which have been used as desalination plant energy sources.

This book examines the electronic structure of earth-abundant and environmentally friendly materials for use as absorber layers within photovoltaic cells.

This book reviews the structure and composition of Prussian Blue materials.

This is the first book that analyses the future raw materials supply from the demand side of a society that chiefly relies on renewable energies, which is of great significance for us all.

The 3rd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM2015) was held from 19-23 October 2015.

This book addresses electrocatalysis based on chalcogenides, particularly in the nanoscale domain.

This book presents posits a solution to the current limitations in global connectivity by introducing a global laser/optical communication system using constellation satellites, UAVs, HAPs and Balloons.

Designed to sit alongside more conventional established condensed matter physics textbooks, this compact volume offers a concise presentation of the principles of solid state theory, ideal for advanced students and researchers requiring an overview or a quick refresher on a specific topic.

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This book demonstrates to readers why Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistors have a superior performance as compared to the already mature Silicon technology.

This textbook bridges the gap between university courses on electrodynamics and the knowledge needed to successfully address the problem of electrodynamics of metamaterials.

This book reports on the design, synthesis and characterization of new small molecule electron acceptors for polymer solar cells.

This book gives a readable introduction to the important, rapidly developing, field of nanophotonics.

This book offers a complete overview of photonic-enhanced materials from material development to a final photonic biomedical application.

The fourth edition of this class-tested, multi-disciplinary introduction to solid state engineering adds dozens of revised and updated sections and problems, as well as three new chapters on solar energy harvesting, thermal and photothermal energy harvesting, and photo-thermovoltaics.

This book presents the physical characteristics and possible device applications of europium monoxide as well as materials based on it.

This book presents extensive information on the mechanisms of epitaxial growth in III-nitride compounds, drawing on a state-of-the-art computational approach that combines ab initio calculations, empirical interatomic potentials, and Monte Carlo simulations to do so.

This book presents the most important advances in the class of topological materials and discusses the topological characterization, modeling and metrology of materials.

This book provides expert coverage of the physical properties of new non-crystalline solids-tellurite glass smart materials-and the latest applications of these materials, offering insights into innovative applications for radiation shielding, energy harvesting, laser devices, and temperature sensing, among others.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on fully thermal and hybrid solar generators based on thermoelectric devices.

This book discusses physical design and mask synthesis of directed self-assembly lithography (DSAL).

This book is an up-to-date survey of the major optical characterization techniques for thin solid films.

This book teaches solid state physics in a comprehensive way, covering all areas.

This book focuses on solar energy and its applications in Iraq and its neighboring countries.

This book provides the basis for a two-semester graduate course on solid-state physics.

This thesis addresses a novel application of network modelling methodologies to power transformers.

This collection focuses on energy efficient technologies including innovative ore beneficiation, smelting technologies, recycling and waste heat recovery.

This book explores the new materials and the resultant new field of piezotronics.

This book provides a review of all types of silicon solar cells.

This book focuses on the microscopic understanding of the function of organic semiconductors.

This thesis presents optical methods to split the energy levels of electronic valleys in transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) by means of coherent light-matter interactions.

The electromechanical coupling effect introduced by piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting (PVEH) presents serious modeling challenges.

This book describes the physics of phase change memory devices, starting from basic operation to reliability issues.

This book explains the use of nanocrystalline semiconductors in the harvesting of energy from solar light.

This book provides technological perspective and comprehensive overview on the research efforts related to II-VI group cadmium based semiconducting nanomaterials.

This volume provides a broad overview of the latest achievements in scintillator development, from theory to applications, and aiming for a deeper understanding of fundamental processes, as well as the discovery and availability of components for the production of new generations of scintillation materials.

This thesis describes novel devices for the secure identification of objects or electronic systems.

This book addresses electronics and the rise of photonics, and asks what the future holds in store for this technology.

The new edition of this textbook presents a detailed description of basic semiconductor physics.

This book describes the fabrication of a frequency-based electronic tongue using a modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE), opening a new field of applying organic precursors to achieve nanostructure growth.

Mathematical treatment to properties of dynamic materials, material substances whose properties are variable in space and time are examined in this book.

To meet the demands of students, scientists and engineers for a systematic reference source, this book introduces, comprehensively and in a single voice, research and development progress in emerging metamaterials and derived functional metadevices.

This impressive thesis offers a comprehensive scientific study of the alkaline earth niobates and describes their nonlinear optical properties for the first time.

This expert volume addresses the practical challenges which have so far inhibited the commercial realization of a rechargeable magnesium battery, placing the discussion within the context of the already established lithium-ion battery.

Metallic quantum clusters belonging to intermediate size regime between two and few hundred of atoms, represent unique building blocks of new materials.

This clearly written thesis discusses the development of a highly innovative single-photon source that uses active optical switching, known as multiplexing, to increase the probability of delivering photons into a single mode.

This book addresses the main challenges in implementing the concepts that aim to replace the regular fossil-fuels based energy pattern with the novel energy pattern relying on renewable energy.

This volume originates from the proceedings of the International Conference on Nano for Energy and Water (NEW) & Indo French Workshop on Water Networking, 22-24 February, 2017 in Dehar.