Sharon Ann Holgate

Understanding Solid State Physics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition has been fully updated throughout, with the latest developments and literature in the field, including graphene and the use of modern materials in healthcare, in addition to new journalistic boxes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000337594
• Artikelnr.: 61240883

Autorenporträt

Sharon Ann Holgate is a freelance science writer and broadcaster. She has presented on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, and presented video podcasts for medical research charity the Myrovlytis Trust. She earned a D.Phil in physics from the University of Sussex, where she was a Visiting Fellow in Physics and Astronomy for nine years. Her articles have appeared in Science, Science Careers, New Scientist, The Times Higher Education Supplement, Flipside, E&T, Focus, Physics World, Interactions, Materials World, Modern Astronomer, and Astronomy Now. She was also shortlisted for the radio programme category of the Association of British Science Writers' Awards in 2005, and for the Aventis Prizes for Science Books Junior Prize in 2003. Dr. Holgate has been a recipient of the Institute of Physics Young Professional Physicist of the Year and of a Merit Award in the Daily Telegraph Young Science Writer of the Year competition.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. Crystal Clear: Bonding and Crystal Structures. 3. The Rejection of Perfection: Defects
Amorphous Materials
and Polymers. 4. The Right Stuff: Choosing teh Best Material for the Job. 5. In
Out
Shake It All About: Diffraction
Phonons
and Thermal Properties of Solids. 6. Unable to Resist: Metals
Semiconductors
and Superconductors. 7. Chips with Everything: Semiconductor Devices and Dielectrics. 8. Living in a Magnetic World: Magnetism and Its Applications.