Science of Engineering Materials and Carbon Nanotubes

Part I provides the essential classical and quantum laws on which the correlation between properties and structures of materials is explained. It covers the traditional engineering materials, metals and alloys, semiconductors, polymers, dielectrics, amorphous solids, superconductors and materials for magnetic, nuclear, space and laser applications. The recent discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNT) has led to nanotechnology and exciting applications in biology, medicine, textiles, energy, transportation and electronic devices. An update to this edition as Part II of the book is the physical description of CNT, the method of their production, the classical and quantum aspects of their properties and the way these differ from the three-dimensional materials discussed in Part I. The author accounts for the difference in properties like electrical and thermal conduction in copper and carbon nanotubes on models that differ due to dimensionality of the material.

C M Srivastava received his Ph.D. degree from Imperial College, London. He is Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics and retired Head of Materials Science Center and Advanced Center for Research in Electronics at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. He is a Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, Indian National Academy of Sciences, and Life Member of IEEE.

C Srinivasan received his M.Sc. degree in physics with a Gold Medal from Mysore University and Ph.D. Degree from Moscow State University. He has served as Professor of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India, for several years. He was associated with the Materials Science Centre and Advanced Centre for Research in Electronics as also with Materials Science courses for M.Tech. students for several years.