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Books in Electronic optical and magnetic materials

Supporting researchers and industry professionals, this portfolio covers materials for electronics, photonics, and magnetic devices. It features cutting-edge research, fabrication techniques, and applications that drive advancements in data storage, sensors, and communication technologies.

  • Nanostructured Thin Film Deposition by Sputtering

    From Fundamentals to Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • June 16, 2025
    • Kanak Kalita + 3 more
    • English
    Nanostructured Thin Film Deposition by Sputtering: From Fundamentals to Applications provides an exhaustive overview of the significant influence of sputtering in the production of nanostructured thin films. It begins with a review of the historical evolution and fundamental principles inherent to sputtering before delving into a thorough examination of thin films, covering their distinctive properties, the impact of sputtering, and the role of target materials. Building upon this base, the book unveils advanced sputtering methodologies, augmented with applicable case studies. The book provides an in-depth study of nanostructured thin films, addressing their diverse forms, and the elaborate procedures for nanostructure characterization. Finally, it embarks on an extensive analysis of the broad range of applications of sputtered nanostructured thin films, with a focus on sectors such as electronics, optics, biomedicine, and environmental science, as well as promising domains like automotive, oil and gas, food, and energy sectors. This approach offers a sweeping view of sputtering, bridging basic concepts and sophisticated aspects, thereby crafting an invaluable compendium for both researchers and learners in the field.
  • Magnetoelectric Composites

    Materials, Structures, and Applications
    • 2nd Edition
    • May 22, 2025
    • Gopalan Srinivasan + 2 more
    • English
    Magnetoelectric Composites: Materials, Structures, and Applications, Second Edition summarizes the theory behind magnetoelectric phenomena and then introduces magnetoelectric materials and structures and the techniques used to fabricate and characterize them. Part two of the book looks at magnetoelectric devices: applications covered include magnetoelectric sensors, magnetoelectric antennas, transducers for energy harvesting, microwave and millimetre wave devices, and miniature magnetoelectric systems for biomedical applications. The final chapter discusses progress toward magnetoelectric memory.This new edition starts with the phenomena and theory of magnetoelectric materials in bulk laminates, thin-film heterostructures, and nanocomposites. On the magnetoelectric devices side, the contents have been significantly expanded to include energy harvesting, sensing, and magnetoelectric antennas. This book is suitable for materials scientists and engineers working on magnetoelectrics in academia and R&D.
  • Functionalized Magnetic Nanohybrids

    Synthetic Approaches, Biomedical and Environmental Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • April 3, 2025
    • Komal Rizwan + 1 more
    • English
    Functionalized Magnetic Nanohybrids: Synthetic Approaches, Biomedical and Environmental Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles, fabrication, self-assembling strategies, and potential applications of magnetic nanohybrids in the fields of biomedicine, sensors, and environmental remediation. Sections cover an introduction to the synthesis methods, functionalization, and characterization of magnetic nanohybrids, focus on the potential applications of these nanostructured materials in the biomedical field and for the removal of environmental pollutants, and cover challenges associated with fabrication techniques, and in the application of magnetic nanohybrids.
  • The Design of Chiral Metamaterials and Metasurfaces

    • 1st Edition
    • January 27, 2025
    • Yaoliang Song + 3 more
    • English
    The Design of Chiral Metamaterials and Metasurfaces covers the theoretical and experimental study of the properties of chiral metamaterials (composite media that can be engineered to exhibit unique electromagnetic properties), metasurfaces, and helix-structured systems. This book also focuses on the practical applications of the physical properties and the phenomena that are characteristic of chiral metamaterials, including electromagnetic signal polarization conversion, selection, and electromagnetic wave absorption. Given that chiral materials and metasurfaces offer solutions for manipulating electromagnetic waves by incorporating an additional degree of freedom, namely the ability to control the polarization of the wave, this book provides a welcome update for researchers and engineers working in the fields of optics, radio physics, biophysics, and condensed-matter physics.
  • Spinel Ferrite Materials

    Fundamentals, Progress, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • November 30, 2024
    • Gagan Kumar Bhargava + 4 more
    • English
    Spinel Ferrite Materials: Fundamentals, Progress, and Applications provides a systematic and comprehensive review of the latest research in ferrite materials to assist students, researchers, and practitioners. The book focuses on the synthesis methodology; the structural, electrical, and magnetic properties; and various applications of spinel ferrites. The book pays particular attention to synthesis techniques and subsequent applications in biomedicine, microwave absorption, nanoelectronics, wastewater treatment, sensing, and photocatalysis.
  • Flexible Devices Based on Metal Oxides

    Achievements and Prospects
    • 1st Edition
    • November 28, 2024
    • Daniela Nunes + 7 more
    • English
    Flexible devices based on metal oxides: Achievements and prospects focuses on the integration of flexibility in electronic circuitry, sensing applications, energy conversion and storage, and environmental remediation. Flexibility in these applications offers great potential, especially in the areas of wearable sensors, solar cells, transistors, electronic skin, and human body monitoring. The book investigates flexible and wearable devices based on metal oxide nanostructures or thin films that are capable of bending, rolling, compression, and folding, all while maintaining their performance.Metal oxide nanomaterials display exceptional properties that include mechanical stress tolerance, high optical transparency, high carrier mobilities, wide band gap, high dielectric constant, and superconductivity, amongst others. In some cases, they are also earth abundant, environmentally benign, cost-effective, chemically stable, and compatible with low-cost wet-chemical synthesis routes. The focus of the book is on wearables manufactured using sustainable manufacturing methods and integrated into substrates that are flexible, inexpensive, recyclable, abundant, and lightweight, including polymer, textile, cellulose and cork substrates.
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies Beyond Li-ion Batteries

    Fundamentals, Materials, Devices
    • 1st Edition
    • November 26, 2024
    • Guanjie He
    • English
    Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies Beyond Li-ion Batteries: Fundamentals, Materials, Devices focuses on an overview of the current research directions to enable the commercial translation of electrochemical energy storage technologies. The principles of energy storage mechanisms and device design considerations are introduced, along with advances in candidate materials and their path to commercialization and industrialization. Electrochemical energy storage technologies reviewed include rocking chair batteries, metal-air batteries, redox flow batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors.This book is suitable for materials scientists and chemists in academia and industry. It may also be of interest to physicists and energy scientists and practitioners.
  • Modern Luminescence from Fundamental Concepts to Materials and Applications, Volume 2

    Luminescence in Materials
    • 1st Edition
    • November 14, 2024
    • Surender Kumar Sharma + 3 more
    • English
    Modern Luminescence from Fundamental Concepts to Materials and Applications: Volume Two: Luminescence in Materials is part of a multivolume work that reviews the fundamental principles, properties and applications of luminescent materials. Topics addressed include 1) The key concepts of luminescence with a focus on important characterization techniques to understand a wide category of luminescent materials, 2) The most relevant luminescent materials categories, including both current and emerging materials, and 3) The applications of luminescent materials in biomedicine, solid state devices, and the development of hybrid materials.This updated volume reviews the most relevant luminescent materials, including transition metals, rare-earth materials, actinide-based materials, and organic materials. In addition, the book reviews luminescence mechanisms in relevant, emerging materials and the optical techniques used to characterize these materials.
  • Paper-Based Optical Chemosensors

    • 1st Edition
    • November 13, 2024
    • Liang Feng
    • English
    Paper-based Optical Chemosensors comprehensively discusses the origin, development, and current state-of-the-art in paper-based sensors. With a focus on the principles, classifications, methodology, design, and application of paper-based sensors, this book represents a developing research field with recent innovative applications resulting in a comprehensive presentation of the different physico-chemical techniques using paper sensors. It discloses underlying rules and factors in paper-based sensors and discusses intricate sensing systems and working environments by ways of chemistry and physics for a variety of application scenarios such as environmental protection, food safety, public safety, and clinical diagnosis.This is a valuable resource for researchers who major in analytical chemistry, or for those who are interested in the development of methods or devices for rapid analysis/monitoring based on paper/membrane-based sensors who wish to broaden their knowledge in the allied field.
  • Handbook of Magnetic Materials

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 33
    • November 12, 2024
    • English
    Handbook of Magnetic Materials, Volume 33 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely and field specific topics, each contributed to by an international board of authors. A sample chapter in this new release includes Magnetic chirality and polarized neutron scattering.