Showcasing the expanded technological potential of electric refractory materials, this comprehensive reference highlights the extreme, exotic characteristics of nonoxides. Ranging from fundamental properties through applications, and considered from the perspectives of material science and engineering, Electric Refractory Materials is an indispensable state-of-the-art resource for creating more durable electronic devices.

Covers exciting developments of blue light-emitting diodes using GaN-based nitrides for laser and high-temperature and -frequency devices!

Electric Refractory Materials

• introduces growth and evaluation standards of films and bulk crystals, with consideration of band structure, surface electronic structure, and lattice vibration
• examines field electron emitters, the Josephson device, solar-absorber-selective surfaces, and plasma-facing materials
• analyzes the clarification of electronic structures, bonding characters, and physical properties for new electric refractory materials via crystal growth techniques
• emphasizes the electronic potential of refractory metalloids and semiconductors through the characterization of properties, syntheses, and evaluation and measurement methods
• discusses high-temperature and high-power operation, optoelectronic, thermoelectronic, and heat-seeking devices
• investigates the rise of wide-gap refractory semiconductors and potential applications in high-power and -temperature, radiation and ultraviolet light influence, and high-frequency/high-power devices
• and more!

Written by over 25 contributors and containing nearly 2500 literature references, tables, and equations, Electric Refractory Materials is an invaluable resource for materials, nonoxide ceramic, wide-gap semiconductor, and electric and electronics engineers; solid-state chemists; physicists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.