An Introduction to Materials Science

By: Wenceslao Gonzlez-Vias, Hector L. Mancini

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Materials science has undergone a revolutionary transformation in the past two decades. It is an interdisciplinary field that has grown out of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering departments. In this book, Gonzalez-Vinas and Mancini provide an introduction to the field, one that emphasizes a qualitative understanding of the subject, rather than an intensely mathematical one.

The book covers the topics usually treated in a first course on materials science, such as crystalline solids and defects. It describes the electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of matter; the unique properties of dielectric and magnetic materials; the phenomenon of superconductivity; polymers; and optical and amorphous materials. More modern subjects, such as fullerenes, liquid crystals, and surface phenomena are also covered, and problems are included at the end of each chapter.

An Introduction to Materials Science is addressed to both undergraduate students with basic skills in chemistry and physics, and those who simply want to know more about the topics on which the book focuses.

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"An Introduction to Materials Science is a useful addition to the texts in the field... [I]ts contribution to a materials-science course or its ability to motivate individual study is likely to be significant."--Christopher L. Cahill, Physics Today

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List of Figures	p. xi
List of Tables	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
What Is a Material?	p. 1
Classifications	p. 3
Fundamental Properties of Different Kinds of Materials	p. 4
Crystalline Solids	p. 6
Order, Translational Invariance, and Anisotropy	p. 9
Bravais Lattice, Wigner-Seitz Cell, Reciprocal Lattice, and First Brillouin Zone	p. 10
Crystalline Structures: Types of Crystals and Their Properties	p. 13
Schrodinger Equation, Periodic Potentials and Bloch's Theorem, and Energy Bands	p. 17
Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors	p. 20
Characterization of Crystal Structures	p. 26
Problems	p. 28
Imperfections	p. 31
Defects: Types of Defects and Vibrations	p. 31
Point Defects: Frenkel and Schottky Defects	p. 31
Dislocations and Disclinations	p. 35
Planar Defects and Grain Size	p. 37
Defect Detection	p. 38
Amorphous Materials	p. 38
Problems	p. 39
Electrical Properties	p. 40
Electrical Conductivity and Temperature	p. 40
Thermoelectric and Galvanomagnetic Effects	p. 41
Semiconductor Electronic Devices	p. 44
Problems	p. 49
Mechanical and Thermal Properties	p. 50
Mechanical Properties	p. 50
Phonons	p. 52
Thermal Properties	p. 53
Problems	p. 55
Magnetic Materials and Dielectrics	p. 56
Diamagnetism and Paramagnetism	p. 57
Ferromagnetism, Ferrimagnetism, and Antiferromagnetism	p. 60
Magnetic Resonances	p. 64
Applications	p. 64
Dielectrics	p. 65
Problems	p. 68
Superconductivity	p. 70
Introduction and Applications	p. 70
Type I and Type II Superconductors	p. 72
Josephson Effect	p. 76
Problems	p. 80
Optical Materials	p. 81
The Interaction of Radiation with Matter	p. 81
Optical Parameters	p. 83
Propagation of Light in Solids	p. 85
Absorption and Emission of Radiation in Solids	p. 88
Lasers	p. 94
Effects of the Crystalline Structure on the Refractive Index	p. 99
Problems	p. 100
Noncrystalline Materials	p. 102
Quasicrystals	p. 103
Glasses and Glassy Materials	p. 113
Metallic Glasses	p. 117
Amorphous Ferromagnets	p. 117
Amorphous Semiconductors	p. 118
Low-Energy Excitations in Amorphous Solids	p. 119
Problems	p. 119
Polymeric Materials	p. 121
Molecular Structure	p. 123
Macromolecular Architecture	p. 130
Crystalline, Semicrystalline, and Amorphous Polymeric Materials	p. 134
Distribution of Molecular Weights and Sizes	p. 137
Polymerization Procedures	p. 141
Properties of Polymeric Materials	p. 144
Design Polymers	p. 153
Problems	p. 156
Surface Science	p. 158
Electronic Structure of Surfaces	p. 158
Nanocrystalline Surface Formation	p. 161
Problems	p. 162
New Materials	p. 164
Fullerenes	p. 164
Liquid Crystals	p. 165
Biocompatible Materials	p. 167
Physical Constants	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 173
Index	p. 175
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