Electrical characterization of GaAs materials and devices. By D. C. Look, Wiley, Chichester 1989, 280 pp., paperback, £ 16.95, ISBN 0-471-93573-5

✍ Scribed by Robin S. Smith

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 275 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.19930050429

✦ Synopsis

Chapter 5 (piezoelectric materials), Chapter 6 (shape memory materials), and Chapter 7 (fiber optics sensors) provide comprehensive and up-to-date treatments of some of the typical technologies. Chapter 8 is a forecast of how the field will mature and a description of a variety of research issues.

According to the authors, this book has been written for undergraduates and graduate engineers in industry and research organizations. Indeed, the contents are largely intelligible to a broader and more general audience since the book is devoid of mathematical equations but profusely illustrated, which makes it easy for the reader to grasp the intent of the authors quickly.

This book describes one aspect of materials science that will be of importance for tomorrow's industrial requirements.