Bismuth-Containing Alloys and Nanostructures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Shumin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lu, Pengfei (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 285
• Subjects: Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Semiconductors.; Nanochemistry.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.
• Physical Description: XIII, 399 p. 194 illus., 164 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811380785
• ISSN: 0933-033X ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8078-5

This book focuses on novel bismuth-containing alloys and nanostructures, covering a wide range of materials from semiconductors, topological insulators, silica optical fibers and to multiferroic materials. It provides a timely overview of bismuth alloys and nanostructures, from material synthesis and physical properties to device applications and also includes the latest research findings. Bismuth is considered to be a sustainable and environmentally friendly element, and has received increasing attention in a variety of innovative research areas in recent years. The book is intended as a reference resource and textbook for graduate students and researchers working in these fields. .