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Electronic properties of engineering materials / James D. Livingston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Livingston, James D., 1930-
- Series:
- MIT series in materials science and engineering
- MIT series in materials science & engineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronics--Materials.
- Electronics.
- Electric conductors.
- Electric resistors.
- Capacitors.
- Semiconductors.
- Materials--Electric properties.
- Local Subjects:
- Materials--Electric properties.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Wiley, [1999]
- Summary:
- This book explores the connection between the basic principles of chemistry and physics, and the properties of engineering materials -- metals, semiconductors, polymers, ceramics, glasses, and composites. It covers electrical, optical, magnetic, and superconducting properties. It approaches the properties of electrons in solids from two complementary approaches: the atoms-to-molecules-to-solids approach popular with chemists and the nearly-free-electron approach popular with physicists. This book focuses on the optical properties of solids, especially color, and frequently uses actual engineering applications.
- Contents:
- Conductors and resistors
- Windows, doors, and transparent electrodes (optical properties of conductors)
- Insulators and capacitors
- Lenses and optical fibers (optical properties of insulators)
- Inductors, electromagnets, and permanent magnets
- Superconductors and superconducting magnets
- Elasticity, springs, and sonic waves
- Light particles, electron waves, quantum wells, and springs
- Periodic table, atomic spectra, and neon lights
- Game is bonds, interatomic bonds
- From bonds to bands (and why grass is green)
- Free electron waves in metals
- Nearly-free electrons
- bands, gaps, holes, and zones
- Metals and insulators
- Semiconductors
- LEDs, photodetectors, solar cells, and transistors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 047131627X
- OCLC:
- 39195387
- Online:
- Table of Contents
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