Semiconductors

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Semiconductor Fundamentals

   • P. Horley, P. J. Gonçalves Ribeiro, J. A. Aguilar Martínez, V. J. Rocha Vieira

   Pages 1-35

3. Processing Techniques

   • Barbara Cortese, Luciano Velardi, Ilaria Elena Palamà, Stefania D’Amone, Eliana D’Amone, Gianvito de Iaco et al.

   Pages 37-93

4. Characterization Techniques

   • Marla Berenice Hernández Hernández, Mario Alberto García-Ramírez, Yaping Dan, Josué A. Aguilar-Martínez, Bindu Krishnan, Sadasivan Shaji

   Pages 95-126

5. Vanadium Oxides: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

   • Chiranjivi Lamsal, Nuggehalli M. Ravindra

   Pages 127-218

6. Graphene: Properties, Synthesis, and Applications

   • Sarang Muley, Nuggehalli M. Ravindra

   Pages 219-332

7. Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Properties and Applications

   • Nuggehalli M. Ravindra, Weitao Tang, Sushant Rassay

   Pages 333-396

8. Group II–VI Semiconductors

   • Bindu Krishnan, Sadasivan Shaji, M. C. Acosta-Enríquez, E. B. Acosta-Enríquez, R. Castillo-Ortega, MA. E. Zayas et al.

   Pages 397-464

9. Other Miscellaneous Semiconductors and Related Binary, Ternary, and Quaternary Compounds

   • Dongguo Chen, Nuggehalli M. Ravindra

   Pages 465-545

10. Organic Semiconductors

    • Josefina Alvarado Rivera, Amanda Carrillo Castillo, María de la Luz Mota González

    Pages 547-573

11. Emerging Opportunities and Future Directions

    • Martin I. Pech-Canul, Socorro Valdez Rodríguez, Luis A. González, Nuggehalli M. Ravindra

    Pages 575-583

12. Back Matter

    Pages 585-590

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This book is a practical guide to optical, optoelectronic, and semiconductor materials and provides an overview of the topic from its fundamentals to cutting-edge processing routes to groundbreaking technologies for the most recent applications. The book details the characterization and properties of these materials. Chemical methods of synthesis are emphasized by the authors throughout the publication.

• Describes new materials and updates to older materials that exhibit optical, optoelectronic and semiconductor behaviors;
  
• Covers the structural and mechanical aspects of the optical, optoelectronic and semiconductor materials for meeting mechanical property and safety requirements;
  
• Includes discussion of the environmental and sustainability issues regarding optical, optoelectronic, and semiconductor materials, from processing to recycling.

• Ceramic Varistors
• Functional Ceramic Materials
• Materialographic Preparation
• Microstructure Characterization
• Nonlinear Optical Semi-organic Crystals
• Optical Semiconductor Materials
• Optoelectronic Devices
• Optoelectronic Materials
• Semiconductor Materials

• Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional—Unidad Saltillo—Ingeniería Cerámica, Ramos Arizpe, Mexico

  Martin I. Pech-Canul

• Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA

  Nuggehalli M. Ravindra

Dr. Pech-Canul was a Fulbright Scholar and is currently a Researcher and Professor at CINVESTAV, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of The National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico.Dr. N.M. Ravindra (Ravi) is a Professor of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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