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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.

  • Functionalized Magnetic Nanohybrids

    Synthetic Approaches, Biomedical and Environmental Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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.

  • Fundamentals of Vacuum Science and System Design for High and Ultrahigh Vacuum, Volume 1

    Introduction to Vacuum and Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • J.R. Gaines + 1 more
    • English
    Fundamentals of Vacuum Science and System Design for High and Ultrahigh Vacuum, Volume 1: Introduction to Vacuum and Systems details the important practical considerations in design of vacuum systems for various vacuum deposition technologies. Topics covered include an introduction to vacuum and end-uses, molecular density in vacuum, molecular flow in various vacuum regimes, characteristics of gas composition at various molecular densities, general principles of gas–solid interactions, vacuum pump technology, pressure sensors, leak detection, and the impact of fundamental design decisions and operating practices on vacuum system performance.The introductory sections are designed to introduce the reader to basic concepts in vacuum technology. More detailed sections provide fundamental descriptions of basic vacuum pumps and pumping mechanisms in current practice and provides insight into the various pros and cons for each approach. System design, assembly, maintenance, and trouble-shooting are reviewed in detail.The book also describes a wide range of pressure measurement approaches, and includes several key characterization techniques, example applications on systems for rough vacuum, high vacuum and ultrahigh vacuum, as well as trade-offs in system design. These perspectives will allow the reader to develop an understanding of all the elements required for a successfully designed, assembled, and operating system.

  • Handbook of Thin Film Deposition

    Theory, Technology and Semiconductor Applications
    • 5th Edition
    • Dominic Schepis + 1 more
    • English
    Handbook of Thin Film Deposition: Theory, Technology and Semiconductor Applications, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive reference focusing on thin film technologies and applications used in the semiconductor industry and the closely related areas of thin film deposition, thin film microproperties, ferroelectric films, LED research, and materials for memory applications, and other thin film applications.Of particular note in this new edition is the coverage of “reduction to practice,” a phase where the idea for a technology transitions from a concept to actual implementation. This section includes chapters that review the most relevant methods to fabricate thin films toward practical applications. This book also discusses the latest applications of various thin film deposition technologies.Handboo... of Thin Film Deposition: Theory, Technology and Semiconductor Applications, Fifth Edition, is suitable for students, materials scientists, engineers, and managers working in academia or semiconductor-relate... R&D.

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