ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|40 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|48 pages

Electrical Conduction in Metals and Alloys

chapter 3|44 pages

Fundamentals of Semiconductor Materials

chapter 4|24 pages

Fermi Energy Levels in Semiconductors

chapter 5|34 pages

Semiconductor p-n Junctions

chapter 6|50 pages

Semiconductor Devices

chapter 7|60 pages

Linear Dielectric Materials

chapter 8|60 pages

Optical Properties of Materials

chapter 11|54 pages

Magnetic Materials