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This text on the electrical optical magnetic and thermal properties ofmaterials stresses concepts rather than mathematical formalism. Suitable foradvanced undergraduates it is intended for materials and electrical engineerswho want to gain a fundamental understanding of alloys semiconductor deviceslasers magnetic materials and so forth. The book is organized to be used in aonesemester course to that end each section of applications after theintroduction to the fundamentals of electron theory can be read independentlyof the others. Many examples from engineering practice serve to provide anunderstanding of common devices and methods. Among the modern applicationscovered are hightemperature superconductors optoelectronic materialssemiconductor device fabrication xerography magnetooptic memories andamorphous ferromagnetics. This third edition has been revised and updatedthroughout and includes new sections on thermoelectric phenomenapiezoelectric ferroelectric and electrostrictive materials and liquidcrystal and other flatpanel displays. TOCPart I Fundamentals of ElectronTheory Introduction. Wave Properties of Electrons. The Schroedinger Equation.Solution of the Schroedinger Equation for Four Specific Problems. Energy Bandsin Crystals. Electrons in a Crystal. Part II Electrical Properties ofMaterials Electrical Conduction in Metals and Alloys. Semiconductors.Electrical Properties of Polymers Ceramics Dielectrics and AmorphousMaterials. Part III Optical Properties of Materials The Optical Constants.Atomistic Theory of the Optical Properties. Quantum Mechanical Treatment of theOptical Properties. Applications. Part IV Magnetic Properties of MaterialsFoundations of Magnetism. Magnetic Phenomena and Their Interpretation Classical Approach. Quantum Mechanical Considerations. Applications. Part VThermal Properties of Materials Introduction. Fundamentals of ThermalProperties. Heat Capacity. Thermal Conduction. Thermal Expansion. Appendices.Index. «