Electric Refractory Materials (Hardcover)

Importance and research programme of electric refractory materials; survey of refractory matalloids - transition metal carbides, nitrides and diborides; bulk crystal growth; thin-film preparation; electronic structure; lattice vibrations, heat capacity, and related properties; electrical and thermal conductivity and related transport properties at low temperatures; high-temperature characteristics; surface electronic structures and surface reactivities; irradiation properties of electric refractory materials; transition metal carbide field emitters; NbN superconducting devices; solar absorbers - selective surfaces; metalloids for plasma-facing materials; synthesis of diamond from the gas phase; the electrical and optical properties of diamond; semiconducting diamond and diamond devices; SiC boule growth; epitaxial growth, characterization, and properties of SiC; silicon carbide power electronic devices; science and technology of boron nitride; boron phosphide; boron and boron-rich compounds; boron films; single crystal of AIN; AIN sintered polycrystal; GaN-AIN-InN blue light-emitting devices.