Graphene for Defense and Security
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Graphene for Defense and Security Andre U. Sokolnikov CRC Press, 2017 282 pages, $175.96 (e-book $197.96) ISBN 978-1-4987-2762-4
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his book is focused on the physics of an interesting material, graphene, with its unique two-dimensional crystal structure that confers special electrical, thermal, optical, and mechanical properties with a wide pallete of possible applications. It contains nine chapters, out of which the first two familiarize the reader with some specific phenomena, such as the Landau level effect and the quantum Hall effect, particularly interesting for graphene developments. The next three chapters deal with the physical properties and quantum mechanics of graphene, while chapters 6–8 report on sources and methods for producing graphene and characterization techniques for graphenebased materials. The last 50 pages of the final chapter are devoted to applications. The book develops the basic concepts for understanding the versatility of graphene related to its electronic band structure, which may be engineered by various methods able to break graphene’s lattice symmetry, such as defect generation, water adsorption, and interaction with
gases. In this context, some of graphene’s special properties are explained in detail. Micrometer-sized samples of graphene show some of the best electron mobility values ever measured. As the optical response of graphene nanoribbons may extend into the THz range by using an applied magnetic field, a practical application may be a graphene-based Bragg grating, which is a one-dimensional photonic crystal that is capable of excitation of surface electromagnetic waves in a periodic structure. Such phenomena may contribute to different devices and their improvements: fiber lasers, mode-locking, microwave saturable absorbers, polarizers, modulators in the microwave range, and broadband wireless access networks. The plasmonic dynamics may exploit optical properties of graphene to design a solid-state laser in the THz range with high efficiency at room temperature. Thermal properties of graphene are also different from those of other carbon materials, such as graphite, nanotubes, or diamond, and
Imperfections in Crystalline Solids Wei Cai and William D. Nix Materials Research Society and Cambridge University Press, 2016 532 pages, $64.99 (e-book $52.00) ISBN 9781107123137
In the interest of transparency, MRS is a co-publisher of this title. However, this review was requested and reviewed by an independent Book Review Board.
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his book by two acclaimed experts contains an excellent account of the
origins and implications of imperfections in crystalline materials, and offers a vivid introduction to the behavior of defects in crystalline materials. The presentation of concepts is superb and is guided by a thorough description of the fundamentals of the chemistry, mechanics, and
the nature of conductivity at the chargeneutrality point has been discussed in connection with graphene-based device fabrication. Moreover, graphene is one of the strongest materials from a mechan
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