*PRE-ORDER, APPROX 7-14 BUSINESS DAYS, print-on-demand* Electronic Properties of Materials 4th Edition by Rolf E. Hummel 9781441981639 [ZZ]

Hardcover, Springer. TAGS: PHYS 2590

This text on the electrical, optical, magnetic, and thermal properties of materials stresses concepts rather than mathematical formalism. Suitable for advanced undergraduates, it is intended for materials and electrical engineers who want to gain a fundamental understanding of alloys, semiconductor devices, lasers, magnetic materials, and so forth. The book is organized to be used in a one-semester course; to that end each section of applications, after the introduction to the fundamentals of electron theory, can be read independently of the others. Many examples from engineering practice serve to provide an understanding of common devices and methods. Among the modern applications covered are: high-temperature superconductors, optoelectronic materials, semiconductor device fabrication, xerography, magneto-optic memories, and amorphous ferromagnetics. The fourth edition has been revised and updated with an emphasis on the applications sections, which now cover devices of the next generation of electronics.

Widely used, course-tested text is now available in an updated Fourth Edition Introduces the elements of solid-state physics that are required to understand the coverage of electrical, optical, magnetic, and thermal properties of materials and their applications Stresses concepts rather than mathematical formalism Describes the materials basis of the next generation of electronic devices Designed for a single, 15-week semester course Supplemental and more detailed information for graduate students is marked with an asterisk Divided into five independent modules to suit different course needs Presents many end-of-chapter problems with numerical solutions in an appendix Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material