This book is a practical guide to optical, optoelectronic, and semiconductor materials and provides an overview of the topic from its fundamentals to cutting-edge processing routes to groundbreaking technologies for the most recent applications. The book details the characterization and properties of these materials. Chemical methods of synthesis are emphasized by the authors throughout the publication.

• Describes new materials and updates to older materials that exhibit optical, optoelectronic and semiconductor behaviors;
• Covers the structural and mechanical aspects of the optical, optoelectronic and semiconductor materials for meeting mechanical property and safety requirements;
• Includes discussion of the environmental and sustainability issues regarding optical, optoelectronic, and semiconductor materials, from processing to recycling.

Autorentext
Dr. Pech-Canul was a Fulbright Scholar and is currently a Researcher and Professor at CINVESTAV, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of The National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico.Dr. N.M. Ravindra (Ravi) is a Professor of Physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Inhalt
Semiconductor Fundamentals.- Processing Techniques.- Characterization Techniques.- Vanadium Oxides: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications.- Graphene: Properties, Synthesis & Applications.- Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Properties & Applications.- Group II-VI Semiconductors.- Other Miscellaneous Semiconductors and Related Binary, Ternary and Quaternary Compounds.-  Semiconductors: Synthesis, Properties and Applications.- Emerging Opportunities and Future Directions.