Advanced Semiconducting Materials and Devices K.M. Gupta and Nishu Gupta
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matter employing scanning probe microscopy, micromechanical systems, and application of microelectromechanical systems are discussed with the experimental setup and their functionality. Chapter 10 briefly discusses fluid dynamics at the microand nanoscale and applications. Different types of flow in various structures such as laminar flow, surface interactions, and electrolytes are explained with beautiful diagrams and real images. Applications of nanofluids and microfluidic devices such as flow sensors are discussed in the second half of the chapter. Chapter 11 covers the relevance of nanotechnology to biology, including detection, and monitoring of biological
Advanced Semiconducting Materials and Devices K.M. Gupta and Nishu Gupta Springer, 2016 573 pages, $129.00 (e-book $99.00) ISBN 978-3-319-19757-9
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n considering id i the h plethora of textbooks on semiconductor devices, one cannot fail to use such well-known ones as Sze (Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology) and Streetman/ Banerjee (Solid State Electronic Devices) as benchmarks. Indeed, Advanced Semiconducting Materials and Devices by Gupta and Gupta claims to cover a wider remit than such standard texts, and in doing so could fill a real niche. After a short introduction, the basics of semiconductor theory are covered in much the same way as in other texts, moving on to simple devices such as the p–n junction and transistors. Following a short section on fabrication technologies, the later chapters are devoted to recent advances, special devices, and nanostructures. Unfortunately, these later chapters are rather weak and disordered, with short paragraphs and a few bullet points on each subject. These seem superfluous in the era of Internet search engines, where one could find a
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recent review in seconds. They are far too superficial and inadequately referenced to be of any real use. To take a rather extreme example, less than half a page is dedicated to semiconductor nanocrystals, the same amount of space that is given to light-emitting diodes on cricket stumps in the introduction. This text also suffers from the sloppy use of language. In the introductory chapter, it is stated that atoms are indivisible in one sentence, and that they contain protons, neutrons, and electrons in the next. We are told silicon and germanium are “not useful” in their intrinsic form and semiconductors do not follow Ohm’s Law. There is an element of truth to each statement, of course: atoms do not usually divide in semiconductors (except in some novel radiation detectors); one generally dopes silicon and germanium in semiconductor devices to enhance their utility, and semiconductors do not follow Ohm’s Law under high fields. However, there is also radioactive decay that produces
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information. The last chapter discusses the realistic near-future applications of nanotechnology in materials science and in the energy, electronics, information technology, and biology industries, as well as hazards and
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