Complex oxides have a wide variety of modern applications nanoelectronics, thermoelectronics, photo- and electrochemistry, as battery materials, catalysts and for energy conversion and storage. In a clear and accessible waythe text provides an overview of all important materials classes, such as superconductors, manganites, (multi-) ferroics, discusses nanoscale and interface properties and important synthesis and characterization methods.

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Jan Seidel, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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Table of Contents PrefaceIntroduction to correlated electron oxide materials- Basic principles of oxide materials physics - Theoretical conceptsMaterial classes- Ferroics- Manganites- Superconductors- Semiconducting and metallic oxides (MIT systems, electrochromes, )- Other oxidesNanoscale properties- Effects of reduced dimension (2D, 1D, 0D)- Surfaces and interfaces- Nanowires and nanodots- Defects (Kröger-Vink, energy scales, mobility and diffusion, )Synthesis methods- Bulk single crystals (Bridgeman, flux growth etc., )- Thin films (PLD, MBE, CVD)- Nanostructures (VLS growth, other chemical methods)- Electrolytic anodizing- Other methods (sol-gel, spray pyrolysis, other ceramics processing )Important experimental characterization methods- Optical spectroscopy (Raman, SHG, MOKE, UV-VIS-IR, THz, PL, time-resolved techniques, )- Neutron spectroscopy / SQUID magnetometry- Electron microscopy and spectroscopy- Scanning probe methods- Transport measurements- Calorimetry- X-ray spectroscopy and photoemission (XAS, XMCD, PEEM, ARPES, XANES, etc.)Applications - Nanoelectronics / Spintronics (Resistive switching memory, tunnel junctions (TMR), )- Optoelectronics- Thermoelectrics- (Photo-) Electrochemistry- Ionic conductors (battery materials, )- Catalysts- Energy storage / conversionOutlook and open questions- Current hot topics (new oxypnictides, oxide topological insulators, tailored interfaces with novel properties, polar metals, quantum ferroics )- Fabrication challenges (oxide material purity, doping, )- Concluding remarks