Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials

Name: Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials
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ISBN: 9780471316275

ISBN-10: 047131627X

ISBN-13: 9780471316275

Edition: 1999

Authors: James D. Livingston

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This undergraduate text introduces the physics and chemistry underlying the electronic properties of engineering solids. Strong focus is given to optical properties of solids, and frequent use is made of actual engineering applications.

Book details

List price: $280.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.36" wide x 9.65" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

James D. Livingston is a former physicist at GE and lecturer at MIT, and the author of Driving Force: The Natural Magic of Magnets.



Semi-Classical Approach


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


Quantum Mechanical Approach


Light Particles, Electron Waves, and Quantum Wells, and Springs


The Periodic Table, Atomic Spectra, and Neon Lights


The 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


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index