Solid State Materials

Based on the presentations at an international workshop on solid state materials, this book provides a survey of recent advances in a variety of materials issues of importance in science and technology.

1. Limiting Processes in Lithium Solid State Cells.- 2. Materials for Solid State Batteries.- 3. Polymer Batteries.- 4. Dynamical Properties of Fast Ion Conducting Borate Glasses.- 5. Layered Intercalation Compounds.- 6. Thin Films of Solid Electrolyte and Their Applications.- 7. Properties and Structure of Oxyfluoride Glasses.- 8. Quantum Microstructures and New Solid State Materials.- 9. (C10H21NH3)2PbI4: A natural quantum-well material.- 10. Physics and Applications of Electroluminescent Materials.- 11. An Overview of Nonlinear Optics of Liquid Crystals.- 12. Material Characterisation for Infrared Hybrid Arrays.- 13. Materials for Optical Fibre.- 14. Materials for Laser Spectroscopy: Rare earth doped alkaline earth fluorides.- 15. Magneto-optics of Semiconductors at High Magnetic Fields.- 16. Problems of Silicon Crystal for VLSI Applications.- 17. Molecular Beam Epitaxy.- 18. Studies on ITO/Si Junctions Prepared by Spray Pyrolysis Technique.- 19. Stoichiometry Control of Compound Semiconductor Crystals.- 20. Physics of Superconducting Devices and Recent Topics on High Tc Superconducting Devices.- 21. Synthesis of High Tc Superconductors.- 22. Some Aspects of Single Crystal Growth of High Temperature Superconductors.- 23. Thermally Stimulated Luminescence Studies in High Temperature Superconductors.- 24. Oxide Ion Conductors for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.