The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

This book reviews the progress on interband and intersubband transitions in semiconductors, including III-V, IV and II-VI materials and quantum structures. Advances in the development of light sources, detectors, modulators, and electronic materials and devices are also explored. Brought to maturity, such devices will likely see widespread use in applications as diverse as infrared imaging, chemical and biological sensing, surveillance, short-links, space-based applications, solar cells, high-bandwidth communications, and many others. Topics include: infrared materials and devices; quantum dot structures and devices; progress in semiconductor materials - quantum dots, growth and magnetism; terahertz materials and devices; nitride materials for devices; nanostructured semiconductors and novel materials and devices; progress in semiconductors - dielectrics, silicon-, carbon- and nanomaterials; zinc oxide materials and devices including alloys; progress in semiconductor materials - ZnO and dilute nitrides; dilute nitride and bismide semiconductors; and advanced dielectrics and Si-based materials.

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners. This book shares results and physical models related to MOSFETs and to discuss innovative approaches necessary to continue the transistor scaling. Expanded versions of presentations in the areas of technology development are featured

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

This book investigates the fundamental properties and response of materials in extreme environments such as static and dynamic high pressure, high strain and high strain-rates, high radiation and electromagnetic fields, high and low temperatures, corrosive conditions, environments causing embrittlement, and environments containing atomic oxygen. This is an extremely active and vibrant field of research, in particular because it is now possible to create laboratory conditions similar in pressure, temperature and radiation to those found in planetary interiors and in space. In addition, advanced simulation methods, coupled with high-performance computing platforms, now afford predictions - on a first-principles basis - of the properties of materials in extreme environments. Scientists from a broad spectrum of fields are represented, including space science, planetary science, high-pressure research, shock physics, ultrafast science, and energetic materials research.

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners. This book studies the effect of nanometer-scale structure and confinement on degradation processes and analyzes the experimental and theoretical approaches used to estimate the lifetime of nanostructured and nanoconfined materials in various environments.

Combinatorial and high-throughput experimental approaches and related informatics, modeling and data-mining methods have permitted researchers to accelerate the pace at which new, complex materials and device systems are discovered, optimized and understood. Today, the development and application of these revolutionary approaches continue to grow and diversify. This book offers an international, interdisciplinary perspective for scientists and engineers interested in combinatorial, high-throughput and advanced informatics approaches to materials research. The range of disciplines includes materials science; chemistry; physics; electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering; materials modeling; and data systems engineering. Presentations share successful studies, and illuminate current and emerging challenges in areas including: the design and fabrication of combinatorial libraries for materials and devices; high-throughput characterization methods for such systems; automation of instrumentation and data analysis; advanced modeling and data mining techniques for rapid materials design and properties prediction; and data system design and software for combinatorial workflows.

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.