Bücher der Reihe Springer Series in Materials Science

Miniaturization and high precision are rapidly becoming a requirement for many industrial processes and products. This book composed of 16 chapters covers all the topics of laser precision processing from fundamental aspects to industrial applications to both inorganic and biological materials.

The book concentrates on the microstructural, electric and optoelectronic properties of rare-earth implanted MOS structures and their use as light emitters in potential applications.

This, the first volume on an emerging topic in materials science, examines in depth the physical properties and models of a new class of high-TC superconductors which belong to iron-based layered compounds, and which have similar physical characteristics.

This book addresses the most important aspects of solid state physics, reviewing basic properties, related experimental techniques, and summarizing research over six decades.

Up-to-date introduction to the field with the focus on the critical areas of novel thin films such as sol gel synthesis of membrane, ferroelectric thin films and devices, functional nanostructured thin films, micromechanical analysis of fiber-reinforced composites, and novel applications.

As materials whose semiconducting properties are influenced by magnetic ions, DMSs are central to the emerging field of spintronics. This volume focuses both on basic physical mechanisms (e.g. carrier-ion and ion-ion interactions), and resulting phenomena.

Discovered in 1880, piezoelectric materials play a key role in an innovative market of several billions of dollars. Consequently, strong emphasis is placed on tailoring materials and technology, whether one deals with single crystals, ceramics or plastic materials.

This book contains six chapters on central topics in materials science. Each is written by specialists and gives a state-of-art presentation of the subject for graduate students and scientists not necessarily working in that field. Computer simulations of new materials, theory and experimental work are all extensively discussed.

Aimed at researchers and graduate students, this book provides up-to-date information about the electronic interactions that impact the optical properties of rare earth ions in solids.

This book presents the theoretical basis of the study of grain boundaries. It explores opportunities emerging through grain boundary engineering to the control of morphological and crystallographic features.

The present volume describes and explains the fundamentals of organic/plastic solar cells in a manner accessible to both researchers and students. It provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of these materials and corresponding devices, which will play a key role in future solar energy systems.

This is the first major compilation of new advances covering the current status and topics related to the processing and production of precisely controlled materials.

Presented in two parts, this first comprehensive overview addresses all aspects of energetic ion irradiation of polymers.

The second volume, Transport Processes in Ion Irradiated Polymers deals with transport processes in both unirradiated and irradiated polymers. As both a review and a stimulus, this work seeks to contribute substantially to the literature and advancement of polymeric devices, from both the low- and high-energy regimes.

Overview of diffraction methods applied to the analysis of the microstructure of materials.

The purpose of this book is to show how general principles afford insight into laser processes. The principles may be from fundamental physical theory or from direct observation, but understanding of the general characteristics of a process is essential.

ZnO has been the central theme of research in the past decade due to its various applications in band gap engineering, and textile and biomedical industries. These chapters will help researchers to understand and explore the varied physical properties to envisage device applications of ZnO in thin film, heterostructure and nanostructure forms.

With an emphasis on aircraft materials, this book describes techniques for the material characterization to detect and quantify degradation processes such as corrosion and fatigue.

Recent developments in electronic structure theory have led to a new understanding of magnetic materials at the microscopic level.

This book consists of ten chapters which outline a wide range of technologies from first-principle calculations to continuum mechanics, with applications to materials design and development.

This in-depth experimental and theoretical account explores polymers and composites whose unusual properties (such as photophysical phenomena, electrical transport, phase transitions, and magnetic properties) stem from the incorporation of C60 in the material.

Raman scattering is now being applied with increasing success to a wide range of practical problems at the cutting edge of materials science. Included are chapters on instrumentation, bulk semiconductors and alloys, heterostructures, high-Tc superconductors, catalysts, carbon-based materials, wide-gap and super-hard materials, and polymers.

Zinc oxide (ZnO) belongs to the class of transparent conducting oxides that can be used as transparent electrodes in electronic devices or heated windows. In this book the material properties of, the deposition technologies for, and applications of zinc oxide in thin film solar cells are described in a comprehensive manner.

This book covers a promising new surface treatment technique for improving fatigue durability, corrosion, wear resistance and other mechanical properties of metals and alloys. Examines the underlying mechanism for grain refinement by ultra-high strain rate.

Chalcopyrites, in particular those with a wide band gap, are fascinating materials in terms of their technological potential in the next generation of thin-film solar cells and in terms of their basic material properties.

Lifetime spectroscopy is one of the most sensitive diagnostic tools for the identification and analysis of impurities in semiconductors. This book introduces a transparent modeling procedure that allows a detailed theoretical evaluation of the spectroscopic potential of the different lifetime spectroscopic techniques.

Chalcopyrites, in particular those with a wide band gap, are fascinating materials in terms of their technological potential in the next generation of thin-film solar cells and in terms of their basic material properties.

This book examines the effective electron mass in nanodevices, explaining changes in band structure of optoelectronic semiconductors, and offering insight into electronic behavior in doped semiconductors and nanostructures. Includes 200 problems and questions.

This book details the development of a nuclear rocket engine reactor, based on simulation experiments and prototype reactor test data. Covers properties and performance of materials and fuels, and reviews prospects for use in piloted and drone spacecraft.

Detailing the anisotropy and multiband effects in newly discovered unconventional superconductors such as borocarbides and magnesium diboride, this volume compares theoretical results and experimental data and explains a variety of contextual effects.