Advanced semiconducting materials and devices. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: K.M. Gupta and Nishu Gupta.
• Authors: Gupta, K. M; Gupta, Nishu
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Symbols with Units; About the Authors; Part I Review of Fundamentalsof Semiconductors; 1 Semiconductor Materials: Their Properties, Applications, and Recent Advances; Abstract; 1.1 Importance of Electronic and Semiconducting Materials; 1.2 Classification of Electrical and Electronic Materials, and Status of Semiconducting Materials; 1.2.1 Conductors; 1.2.2 Semiconductors; 1.2.3 Dielectrics; 1.2.4 Superconductors; 1.3 Scope of Application of Semiconducting Materials; 1.4 Electrons and Their Role in Semiconductivity; 1.4.1 Valence Electrons. 1.5 Classification of Materials on the Basis of Energy Gap (or Band)1.5.1 Valence and Conduction Band, and Energy Gap; 1.5.2 Comparison among Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators; 1.6 Introduction to Semiconducting Materials [1]; 1.6.1 Different Types of Semiconducting Materials; 1.6.2 Merits of Semiconducting Materials; 1.6.3 Characteristics of Semiconducting Materials; 1.6.4 Semiconducting Devices and Their Working Principles; 1.7 Element Form Semiconducting Materials; 1.7.1 Silicon (Si); 1.7.2 Germanium (Ge); 1.7.3 Selenium (Se); 1.7.4 Antimony (Sb); 1.7.5 Other Elements. 1.7.6 Comparison Between Silicon and Germanium1.8 Formulated (Compound and Alloyed) Semiconductor Materials; 1.8.1 Gallium Arsenide (GaAs); 1.8.2 Indium Antimonite (InSb); 1.8.3 Oxides, Sulphides, Hallides, Tellurides and Sellurides; 1.8.4 Cadmium Sulphide (CdS); 1.8.5 Silicon Carbide (SiC); 1.8.6 Lead Sulphide (PbS); 1.8.7 Indium Arsenide (InAs); 1.9 Choicest Materials for Different Semiconductor Devices; 1.10 Spintronics and Spintronic Materials [1]; 1.10.1 Major Fields of Spintronic Research; 1.10.2 Operational Mechanisms of Spintronic Devices. 1.10.3 Working Principle of Spintronic Devices1.10.4 Emerging and Futuristic Spintronic Materials; 1.11 Ferromagnetic Semiconductor; 1.12 Emerging Wide Bandgap Semiconductors; 1.13 Left Handed (LH) Materials [1]; 1.13.1 Single Negative Left-Handed Materials; 1.13.2 Double Negative Left-Handed Materials; 1.13.3 Negative Index Metamaterials; 1.13.4 Double Positive Medium; 1.14 Manganese Semiconductor; 1.15 Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor; 1.16 Silicon: The Semiconductor Used as Raw Material in Making ICs; 1.16.1 Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) for Making Integrated Circuit. 1.17 Semiconducting Photocatalytic Materials in the Services of Pollution Free Environment1.18 LED Stumps: The Advent of Semiconductors in Cricket; 1.19 Glimpse of Some Salient Semiconductors; 1.20 Solved Examples; Review Questions; Objective Questions; Answers; References; 2 Overview of Crystals, Bonding, Imperfections, Atomic Models, Narrow and Wide Bandgap Semiconductors and, Semiconductor Devices; Abstract; 2.1 Crystal Structure; 2.2 Bravais Crystal System; 2.3 Miller Indices: The Crystallographic Notation of Atomic Planes; 2.3.1 Determining the Miller Indices of a Given Plane [1].
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 621.3815/2; Materials science; Semiconductors -- Materials; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical; Semiconductors -- Materials; Materials Science; Structural Materials; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Semiconductors; Technology & Engineering -- Electronics -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Electronics -- Semiconductors; Electronics engineering; Semi-conductors & super-conductors; Materials; Electronics; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Materials science; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319197586; 3319197584
• Related ISBNs: 9783319197579; 3319197576
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 25, 2015).
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