Principles and Applications of Chemical Defects (Paperback)

POINT DEFECTSThe Important DefectsPoint DefectsThe Equilibrium Concentration of Schottky Defects in CrystalsThe Equilibrium Concentration of Frenkel Defects in CrystalsSchottky and Frenkel Defects in CrystalsSchottky and Frenkel Defects: Trends and Further ConsiderationsCase Study: The Photographic ProcessSupplementary ReadingATOMIC MOBILITY: DIFFUSIONIntroductionSelf-Diffusion and Tracer DiffusionChemical DiffusionChemical Diffusion, Intrinsic Diffusion, and Self-DiffusionDiffusion in Ionic CrystalsCase Study: Corrosion and Oxidation ReactionsShort-Circuit DiffusionTHE ATOMIC THEORY OF DIFFUSIONIntroductionSelf-Diffusion MechanismsThe Arrhenius Equation and the Effect of TemperatureThe Relationship between D and Diffusion DistanceCorrelation EffectsCase History: Integrated CircuitsIonic ConductivityNON-STOICHIOMETRY AND POINT DEFECTSThe Composition of SolidsSolid SolutionsCase Study: Magnetic SpinelsNon-StoichiometrySubstitutional ImpuritiesDensity and Defect TypeInterpolationDefect ChemistryPoint Defect InteractionsFAST ION CONDUCTORSIntroductionThe Lithium Iodide BatteryDisordered Cation CompoundsCalcia-Stabilized Zirconia and Related Fast Qxygen Ion ConductorsCase Study: Fuel CellsThe B-Alumina OxidesThe LixTiS3N Battery: Role ReversalNON-STOICHIOMETRY AND ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIONIntroductionNon-stoichiometry in Pure OxidesThe Effect of Impurity AtomsElectronic Conduction in Ionic MaterialsThermoelectric EffectsBand TheoryBand Conduction and Hoping ConductionCase Study: Turning an Insulator into a MetalDEFECTS AND OPTICAL PROPERTIESColourCase Study: Rubies and Ruby LasersTransparent ElectrodesElectrochromic FilmsCase Study: The Structure of the F-CentreElectron and Hole CentresCase Study: The Search for a Colour Centre Based Information Storage MediumColour Centre LasersDEFECTS, COMPOSITION RANGES AND CONDUCTIVITYThe Equilibrium Partial Pressure of Oxygen Over an OxideVariation of Partial Pressure with CompositionElectronic Conductivity and Partial Pressure for Ni-xOCase Study: Co1-xOElectronic Conductivity and Partial Pressure for Zn1+xOBrouwer DiagramsCase Study: An Experimentally Determined Brouwer Diagram; CdTePOINT DEFECTS AND PLANAR DEFECTSPoint Defects in Nearly Stoichiometric CrystalsPoint Defect ClustersMicrodomainsPoint Defect Ordering and AssimilationInerpolationPlanar Faults and BoundariesCrystallorgraphic Shear PhasesChemical TwinningPlanar IntergrowthsCase Study: The Nb2O5 Block StructuresPentagonal Column PhasesDefect-Free Structures: Modulated and Incommensurate PhasesDEFECTS AND NON-STOICHIOMETRY IN HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORSSuperconductivity and SuperconductorsHigh Temperature Oxide SuperconductorsSuperconducting Oxides Which do not Contain CopperHigh-Temperature Superconducting Copper OxidesLa2CuO4 Electron SuperconductorsYB2Cu3O7 and Related PhasesPb2Sr2Ycu3O8 The Bi, TI,. And Hg Homologous Series of SuperconductorsConclusionsNON-STOICHIOMETRY: AN OVERVIEWOrdering, Assimilation, and Elimination of DefectsThermodynamics and StructuresTheories and CalculationsDefect Structures and ConfigurationsSurface and InterfacesMolecular Dynamics