| Reviews |
| - '...'this text illustrates the fundamentals of electrical properties of material with reference to contemporary applications in engineering...'. Materials World Incorporating International Mining & Minerals. April 2004.' -
- 'Review from previous edition "I found it easy to use as a textbook. There are very few mathematical difficulties."' - Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
- '"... popular with students, largely because it is sprinkled with pleasant humour ... major strengths are in its sense of humour and its range ..."' - Materials Scientist, MIT
- '"... main strengths are clarity of presentation and the style of writing ... If there was a "bedtime reading" book on electrical properties then this is it!"' - Lecturer, Birmingham University
- '"The unique approach, accessible style and wide range of topics make this invaluable for undergraduate teaching."' - Physics Lecturer, Staffordshire University
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| Description | | - A fluid and engaging writing style make the text a joy to read
- Fundamentals of electrical properties of material are illustrated and contextualised with contemporary applications in engineering
- Includes problems and worked solutions to support student learning
- Mathematical content is kept to a minimum, allowing the reader to focus on the subject
| New to this edition- Coverage has been expanded to include new topics such as organic materials (including polymers of various kinds) and artificial materials which include photonic band gap materials and materials with negative dieletric constant and negative permeability (the most often used generic term for them is metamaterials)
- An exciting insight into many of the new devices coming to prominence over the last six years is given covering issues such as vertical build-up of microeletronics (more on amorphous semiconductors), nanotechnology, single electron transistors, carbon nanotube transistors, molecular transistors, Light Emitting Diodes, quantum-cascade lasers, biocavity lasers and some other medical
applications, microlasers and more interesting topics
- Revised chapters and a number of new figures will provide an up-to-date account of the electrical properties of materials
| An informal and highly accessible writing style, a simple treatment of mathematics, and clear guide to applications, have made this book a classic text in electrical and electronic engineering. Students will find it both readable and comprehensive. The fundamental ideas relevant to the understanding of the electrical properties of materials are emphasized; in addition, topics are selected in
order to explain the operation of devices having applications (or possible future applications) in engineering.
The mathematics, kept deliberately to a minimum, is well within the grasp of a second-year student. This is achieved by choosing the simplest model that can display the essential properties of a phenomenom, and then examining the difference between the ideal and the actual
behaviour.
This new edition features many subjects which have reached maturity in the last 5 years, like organic semiconductors and artificial materials. The largest addition is to the treatment of light emitting diodes which are rapidly replacing classical lighting sources. There are also a number of new devices discussed including nanotube transistors, single electron transistors, magnetic
tunnel junctions, quantum cascade lasers, and new ferroelectric and superconducting memories.
The whole text is designed as an undergraduate course. However most individual sections are self contained and can be used as background reading in graduate courses, and for interested persons who want to explore advances in microelectronics, lasers, nanotechnology and several other topics that
impinge on modern life.
Online Resource Centre:
Illustrations from the text available to download
Solutions manual, giving worked solutions to the problems in the book, available to download in PDF format
Online Resource Centre at www.oup.com/uk/booksites/engineering |
Readership: Upper level undergraduate electrical and electronic engineering students. This also refers to students of applied physics and materials science.
| Contents |
1.
The electron as a particle
2.
The electron as a wave
3.
The electron
4.
The hydrogen atom and the periodic table
5.
Bonds
6.
The free electron theory of metals
7.
The band theory of solids
8.
Semiconductors
9.
Principles of semiconductor devices
10.
Dielectric materials
11.
Magnetic materials
12.
Lasers
13.
Optoelectronics
14.
Superconductivity
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Laszlo Solymar, Department of Engineering, Oxford and
Donald Walsh, Department of Engineering, Oxford
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