TY - BOOK AU - Hummel, Rolf E TI - Electronic properties of materials : : an introduction for engineers SN - 9781489998415 U1 - 530.41 PY - 2011/// CY - New York : PB - Springer, KW - Solid state physics. Electronics -- KW - Materials. Materials -- KW - Electric properties N1 - Part I: Fundamentals of Electron Theory; Part II: Electrical Properties of Materials; Part III: Optical Properties of Materials; Part IV: Magnetic Properties of Materials; Part V: Thermal Properties of Materials N2 - This text on the electrical, optical, magnetic, and thermal properties of materials stresses concepts rather than mathematical formalism. Suitable for advanced undergraduates, it is intended for materials and electrical engineers who want to gain a fundamental understanding of alloys, semiconductor devices, lasers, magnetic materials, and so forth. The book is organized to be used in a one-semester course; to that end each section of applications, after the introduction to the fundamentals of electron theory, can be read independently of the others. Many examples from engineering practice serv ER -