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<P>Introduction: Perspectives on Electronic, Optoelectronic, and Photonic Materials.- Part A: Fundamental Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Properties.- Part B: Growth and Characterization.- Part C: Materials for Electronics.- Part D: Materials for Optoelectronics and Photonics.- Part E: Novel Materials and Selected Applications.- Glossary of Terms.- About the Authors.- Subject Index.</P>
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<P>Safa Kasap is currently a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Electronic Materials and Devices in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He obtained his BSc (1976), MSc (1978) and PhD (1983) degrees from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, specializing in amorphous semiconductors and chalcogenide glasses. In 1996 he was awarded the DSc (Engineering) from London University for his research contributions to materials science in electrical engineering. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Materials. His research interests are in amorphous semiconductors, glasses for photonics, photoconductors, electrical, optical and thermal properties of materials, and related topics, with more than one hundred refereed journal papers in these areas. He is the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (Springer), and a Series Editor for the Series on Materials in Electronic and Optoelectronics (Wiley).</P>
<P>Peter Capper has worked for the same company (through several name changes) for over 30 years in the area of II-VI compounds for infrared applications, latterly as a Materials Team Leader in charge of group of scientists working on the growth and characterisation of these compounds. This has been mainly in the area of cadmium mercury telluride and cadmium telluride, the premier infrared materials, by a range of bulk and epitaxial techniques. He has given several invited talks in Japan, USA and Europe, has coauthored over 100 Journal papers, holds one patent and has edited/written 5 books in the field since 1987. He is on the Editorial Board of the J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. (Springer) and is a Series Editor for Wiley on Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics.</P>

<P>The Springer Handbook of Electronic and Photonic Materials has been prepared to give a broad coverage of a wide range of electronic and photonic materials, starting from fundamentals and building up to advanced topics and applications. Its wide coverage with clear illustrations and applications, its chapter sequencing and logical flow, make it very different than other electronic materials handbooks. Each chapter has been prepared either by experts in the field or instructors who have been teaching the subject at a university or in corporate laboratories. </P>
<P>The handbook provides an accessible treatment of the material by developing the subject matter in easy steps and in a logical flow. Wherever possible, the sections have been logically sequenced to allow a partial coverage at the beginning of the chapter for those who only need a quick overview of the subject. Additional valuable features include the practical applications used as examples, details on experimental techniques, useful tables that summarize equations, and, most importantly, properties of various materials.</P>
<P>The handbook also has an extensive glossary at the end being helpful to those readers whose background may not be directly in the field. </P>
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<P>Key Topics</P>
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<LI>Fundamental Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties</LI>
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<LI>Materials Growth and Characterization </LI>
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<LI>Materials for Electronics</LI>
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<LI>Materials for Optoelectronics and Photonics</LI>
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<LI>Novel Materials</LI>
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<LI>Selected Applications</LI>
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<P>Features</P>
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<LI>Contains over 600 two-color illustrations </LI>
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<LI>Includes over 100 comprehensive tables summarizing equations, experimental techniques and properties of various materials</LI>
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<LI>Emphasizes physical concepts over extensive mathematical derivations</LI>
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<LI>Parts and chapters with summaries, detailed index and fully searchable CD-ROM guarantee quick access to data and links to other sources</LI>
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<LI>Delivers a wealth of up-to-date references </LI>
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<LI>Incorporates a detailed Glossary of Terms</LI>
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Electronic materials is a truly interdisciplinary subject that encompasses a number of traditional disciplines such as materials science, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics and chemistry. This unique handbook provides broad coverage of a wide range of electronic and photonic materials, starting from fundamentals and building up to advanced topics and applications. Its wide coverage, with clear illustrations and applications and its chapter sequencing and logical flow, make this a very useful and 'useable' handbook. Each chapter has been prepared either by expert researchers or instructors who have been teaching the subject at a university or in corporate laboratories. Unlike other handbooks that concentrate on a narrow field and have chapters that start at an advanced level, the present handbook starts at a senior-undergraduate level and builds up the subject matter in easy steps and in a logical flow. Wherever possible, the sections are logically sequenced to allow those who need a quick overview of a particular topic immediate access to it. Additional valuable features include the practical applications used as examples, details on experimental techniques, useful tables that summarize equations, and, most importantly, properties of various materials. Each chapter is full of clear color illustrations that convey the concepts and make the subject matter enjoyable to read and understand. An extensive glossary aids&nbsp;readers form adjacent fields. The Handbook&nbsp;constitutes an essential reference for today's electrical engineers, material scientists and physicists.