This book series is devoted to the rapidly developing class of materials used for electronic and
optoelectronic applications. It is designed to provide much-needed information on the
fundamental scientific principles of these materials, together with how these are employed
in technological applications. The books are aimed at (postgraduate) students, researchers and
technologists, engaged in research, development and the study of materials in electronics and
photonics, and industrial scientists developing new materials, devices and circuits for the
electronic, optoelectronic and communications industries.
The development of new electronic and optoelectronic materials depends not only on
materials engineering at a practical level, but also on a clear understanding of the properties of
materials, and the fundamental science behind these properties. It is the properties of a material
that eventually determine its usefulness in an application. The series therefore also includes
such titles as electrical conduction in solids, optical properties, thermal properties, and so on,
all with applications and examples of materials in electronics and optoelectronics. The
characterization of materials is also covered within the series in as much as it is impossible
to develop new materials without the proper characterization of their structure and properties.
Structure-property relationships have always been fundamentally and intrinsically important
to materials science and engineering.