Solid State Materials

Advances in solid state materials provide an important driving force in the development of modern society, playing a vital role in almost all aspects ofscience and technology. This book presents the contributions to an international workshop on solid state materials, organized to providehands-on experience to scientists from a wide range of relevant disciplines.The topics discussed fall into the categories solid state ionic materials, laser materials, semiconductors and superconducting materials. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Limiting Processes in Lithium Solid State Cells....Pages 3-14 Materials for Solid State Batteries....Pages 15-29 Polymer Batteries....Pages 30-52 Dynamical Properties of Fast Ion Conducting Borate Glasses....Pages 53-67 Layered Intercalation Compounds....Pages 68-109 Thin Films of Solid Electrolyte and Their Applications....Pages 110-121 Properties and Structure of Oxyfluoride Glasses....Pages 122-132 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 Quantum Microstructures and New Solid State Materials....Pages 135-156 (C 10 H 21 NH 3 ) 2 PbI 4 : A natural quantum-well material....Pages 157-168 Physics and Applications of Electroluminescent Materials....Pages 169-180 An Overview of Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals....Pages 181-194 Material Characterisation for Infrared Hybrid Arrays....Pages 195-201 Materials for Optical Fibre....Pages 202-206 Materials for Laser Spectroscopy: Rare earth doped alkaline earth fluorides....Pages 207-220 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 Magneto-optics of Semiconductors at High Magnetic Fields....Pages 223-237 Problems of Silicon Crystal for VLSI Applications....Pages 238-248 Molecular Beam Epitaxy....Pages 249-263 Studies on ITO/Si Junctions Prepared by Spray Pyrolysis Technique....Pages 264-278 Stoichiometry Control of Compound Semiconductor Crystals....Pages 279-307 Front Matter....Pages 309-309 Physics of Superconducting Devices and Recent Topics on High T c Superconducting Devices....Pages 311-324 Front Matter....Pages 309-309 Synthesis of High T c Superconductors....Pages 325-334 Some Aspects of Single Crystal Growth of High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 335-350 Thermally Stimulated Luminescence Studies in High Temperature Superconductors....Pages 351-365 Oxide Ion Conductors for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells....Pages 366-376 Advances in solid state materials provide an important driving force in the development of modern society, playing a vital role in almost all aspects ofscience and technology. This book presents the contributions to an international workshop on solid state materials, organized to providehands-on experience to scientists from a wide range of relevant disciplines. The topics discussed fall into the categories solid state ionic materials, laser materials, semiconductors and superconducting materials Based on the papers presented at an international workshop on solid state materials, this volume provides a survey of recent advances in solid state ionic materials, laser materials, semiconductors and superconducting materials.