Functional Oxides

Functional oxides have a wide variety of applications in the electronic industry. The discovery of new metal oxides with interesting and useful properties continues to drive much research in chemistry, physics, and materials science.
In Functional Oxides five topical areas have been selected to illustrate the importance of metal oxides in modern materials chemistry:Noncentrosymmetric Inorganic Oxide MaterialsGeometrically Frustrated Magnetic MaterialsLithium Ion Conduction in OxidesThermoelectric OxidesTransition Metal Oxides – Magnetoresistance and Half–Metallicity
The contents highlight structural chemistry, magnetic and electronic properties, ionic conduction and other emerging areas of importance, such as thermoelectricity and spintronics.
Functional Oxides covers these complex concepts in a clear and accessible manner providing an excellent introduction to this broad subject area.
Additional volumes in the Inorganic Materials Series:
Low–Dimensional Solids | Molecular Materials | Porous Materials | Energy Materials

Spis treści:
Inorganic Materials Preface
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Noncentrosymmetric Inorganic Oxide Materials: Synthetic Strategies and Characterization Techniques
P. Shiv Halasyamani
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Properties Associated with Noncentrosymmetric Materials
1.3 Outlook – Multifunctional Materials
1.4 Concluding Thoughts
Acknowledgements
References
2. Geometrically Frustrated Magnetic Materials
John E. Greedan
2.1 Geometric Frustration
2.2 Real Materials
References
3. Lithium Ion Conduction in Oxides
E. J. Cussen
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sodium and Lithium β–alumina
3.3 Akali Metal Sulfates and the Effect of Anion Disorder on Conductivity
3.4 LISICON and Related Phases
3.5 Lithium co nduction in NaSICON–related phases
3.6 Doped Analogues of LiZr2(PO4)3
3.7 Lithium conduction in the Perovskite Structure
3.8 Lithium Containing Garnets
References
4. Thermoelectric Oxides
Sylvie Hébert and Antoine Maignan
4.1. Introduction
4.2. How to optimize Thermoelectric Generators (TEG)
4.3. Thermoelectric oxides
4.4. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
5. Transition Metal Oxides – Magnetoresistance and Half–Metallicity
Tapas Kumar Mandal and Martha Greenblatt
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Magnetoresistance: Concepts and Developments
5.3 Half–Metallicity
5.4 Oxides Exhibiting Half–Metallicity
5.5 Magnetoresistance and Half–Metallicity of Double Perovskites
5.6 Spintronics – The Emerging Magneto–electronics
5.7 Summary
Acknowledgments
References


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Functional oxides have a wide variety of applications in the electronic industry. The discovery of new metal oxides with interesting and useful properties continues to drive much research in chemistry, physics, and materials science.
In Functional Oxides five topical areas have been selected to illustrate the importance of metal oxides in modern materials chemistry:Noncentrosymmetric Inorganic Oxide MaterialsGeometrically Frustrated Magnetic MaterialsLithium Ion Conduction in OxidesThermoelectric OxidesTransition Metal Oxides – Magnetoresistance and Half–Metallicity
The contents highlight structural chemistry, magnetic and electronic properties, ionic conduction and other emerging areas of importance, such as thermoelectricity and spintronics.
Functional Oxides covers these complex concepts in a clear and accessible manner providing an excellent introduction to this broad subject area.
Additional volumes in the Inorganic Materi als Series:
Low–Dimensional Solids | Molecular Materials | Porous Materials | Energy Materials