Principles and Applications of Chemical Defects

This book provides some insight into chemical defects in crystalline solids, focusing on the relationship between basic principles and device applications. It is concerned with the chemical, optical and electronic consequences of the presence of defects in crystals.

Preface -- Point defects -- Atomic mobility: diffusion -- The atomic theory of diffusion -- Non-stoichiometry and point defects -- Fast ion conductors -- Non-stoichiometry and electronic conduction -- Defects and optical properties -- Defects, composition ranges and conductivity -- Point defects and planar defects -- Defects and non-stoichiometry in high temperature superconductors -- Non-stoichiometry: an overview

Undergraduate

Richard J. D. Tilley