Introduction to the Electronic Properties of Materials SECOND EDITION

This fully revised and updated second edition discusses the range of available materials and their technological applications and presents the principles of the behavior of electrons in materials. Broadly based, it touches on all of the key issues in the field and offers a multidisciplinary approach spanning physics, electrical engineering, and materials science. It provides an understanding of the behavior of electrons within materials, how electrons determine the magnetic thermal, optical and electrical properties of materials, and how electronic properties are controlled for use in technological applications. The book uses easy to follow mathematics kept at an appropriate level for the reader. This book offers an outstanding introduction to the topic and provides a careful balance of interdisciplinary information that is appropriate for physicists, materials scientists, and electrical engineers.

Electronic materials provide the basis for many high tech industries that have changed rapidly in recent years. In this fully revised and updated second edition, the author discusses the range of available materials and their technological applications.Introduction to the Electronic Properties of Materials, 2nd Edition presents the principles of the behavior of electrons in materials and develops a basic understanding with minimal technical detail. Broadly based, it touches on all of the key issues in the field and offers a multidisciplinary approach spanning physics, electrical engineering, and materials science. It provides an understanding of the behavior of electrons within materials, how electrons determine the magnetic thermal, optical and electrical properties of materials, and how electronic properties are controlled for use in technological applications. Although some mathematics is essential in this area, the mathematics that is used is easy to follow and kept to an appropriate level for the reader.An excellent introductory text for undergraduate students, this book is a broad introduction to the topic and provides a careful balance of information that will be appropriate for physicists, materials scientists, and electrical engineers.

PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONS IN MATERIALSPROPERTIES OF A MATERIAL CONTINUUMRelationships between Macroscopic Properties of MaterialsMechanical PropertiesElectircal PropertiesOptical PropertiesThermal PropertiesMagnetic PropertiesRelationships between Various Bulk PropertiesPROPERTIES OF ATOMS IN MATERIALSThe Role of Atoms within a MaterialThe Harmonic Potential ModelSpecific Heat CapacityCONDUCTION ELECTRONS IN MATERIALS - CLASSICAL APPROACHElectrons as Classical Particles in MaterialsElectrical Properties and the Classical Free Electron ModelThermal Properties and the Classical Free Electron ModelOptical Properties of MetalsCONDUCTION ELECTRONS IN MATERIALS - QUANTUM CORRECTIONSElectronic Contribution to Specific HeatWave Equation for Free EquationsBoundary Conditions: The Sommerfeld ModelDistribution of Electrons Among Allowed Energy LevelsMaterial Properties Predicted by the Quantum Free Electron ModelBOUND ELECTRONS AND THE PERIODIC POTENTIALModels for Describing Electrons in MaterialsSolution of the Wave Equation in a One-Dimensional Periodic Square -well PotentialThe Origin of Energy Bands in Solids: The Tight-binding ApproximationEnergy Bands in a SolidReciprocal Space or Wave Vector k-spaceExamples of Band Structure DiagramsPART TWO: PROPERTIES OF MATERIALSELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF METALSElectrical Conductivity of MetalsReflectance and AbsorptionThe Fermi SurfaceELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTORSElectron Band Structures of SemiconductorsIntrinsic SemiconductorsExtrinsic (or impurity) SemiconductorsOptical Properties of SemiconductorsPhotoconductivityThe Hall EffectEffective Mass and Mobility of Charge CarriersSemiconductor JunctionsELECTRICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALSMacroscopic Electrical PropertiesQuantum-mechanical Description of Conduction Electron BehaviourDielectric PropertiesOther Effects Caused by Electric Fields, Magnetic Fields and Thermal GradientsThermal Properties of MaterialsThermoluminescenceOPTICAL PROERTIES OF MATERIALSOptical PropertiesInterpretation of Optical Properties in Terms of Simplified Electron Band StructureBand Structure Determination from Optical SpectraPhotoluminescence and ElectroluminescenceMAGNETIC PROPERTEIS OF MATERIALSMagnetism in MaterialsTypes of Magnetic MaterialsMicroscopic Classification of Magnetic MaterialsBand Electron Theory of MagnetismThe Localized Electron Model of FerromagnetismApplications of Magnetic MaterialsPART THREE: APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALSMICROELECTRONICS - SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGYUse of Materials for Specific Electronic FunctionsSemiconductor MaterialsTypical Semiconductor DevicesMicroelectronic Semiconductor DevicesFuture Improvements in SemiconductorsOPTOELECTRONICS - SOLID-STATE OPTICAL DEVICESElectronic Materials with Optical FunctionsMaterials for Optoelectronic DevicesLasersFibre Optics and TelecommunicationsFlat Panel DisplaysOptical Disks for Data StorageSUPERCONDUCTIITY AND SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALSQuantum Effects in Electrical CondutivityTheories of SuperconductivityHigh-temperature SuperconductorsApplications of SuperconductorsMAGNETIC RECORDINGMagnetic Recording MediaMagnetic Recording Heads and the Recording ProcessModelling the Magnetic Recording ProcessMagnetic Random Access MemoriesELECTRONIC MATERIALS FOR TRANSDUCERS: SENSORS AND ACTUATORSTransducersTransducer Performance ParametersTransducer Materials ConsiderationsFerroelectric MaterialsFerroelectrics as TransducersSOLUTIONSSUBJECT INDEXAUTHOR INDEX