{"product_id":"functional-oxides-1-inorganic-materials-series-9780470997505","title":"Functional Oxides 1 Inorganic Materials Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunctional oxides have a wide variety of applications in the electronic industry. The discovery of new metal oxides with interesting and useful properties continues to drive much research in chemistry, physics, and materials science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInorganic Materials Series Preface ix  \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Noncentrosymmetric Inorganic Oxide Materials: Synthetic Strategies and Characterisation Techniques 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eP. Shiv Halasyamani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Strategies toward Synthesising Noncentrosymmetric Inorganic Materials 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Electronic Distortions 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1 Metal Oxyfluoride Systems 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2 Salt-Inclusion Solids 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.3 Borates 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.4 Noncentrosymmetric Coordination Networks 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Properties Associated with Noncentrosymmetric Materials 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.1 Second-Harmonic Generation 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2 Piezoelectricity 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.3 Pyroelectricity 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.4 Ferroelectricity 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Outlook – Multifunctional Materials 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.1 Perovskites 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.2 Hexagonal Manganites 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.3 Metal Halide and Oxy-Halide Systems 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Concluding Thoughts 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.1 State of the Field 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Geometrically Frustrated Magnetic Materials 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn E. Greedan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Geometric Frustration 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 Definition and Criteria: Subversion of the Third Law 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 Magnetism Short Course 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3 Frustrated Lattices – The Big Four 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.4 Ground States of Frustrated Systems: Consequences of Macroscopic Degeneracy 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Real Materials 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 The Triangular Planar (TP) Lattice 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 The Kagome´ Lattice 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 The Face-Centred Cubic Lattice 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.4 The Pyrochlores and Spinels 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.5 Other Frustrated Lattices 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Concluding Remarks 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Lithium Ion Conduction in Oxides 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdmund Cussen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Sodium and Lithium b-Alumina 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Akali Metal Sulfates and the Effect of Anion Disorder on Conductivity 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 LISICON and Related Phases 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Lithium Conduction in NASICON-Related Phases 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Doped Analogues of LiZr2(PO4)3 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Lithium Conduction in the Perovskite Structure 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.1 The Structures of Li3xLa2\/3xTiO3 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7.2 Doping Studies of Lithium Perovskites 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Lithium-Containing Garnets 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Thermoelectric Oxides 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSylvie Hébert and Antoine Maignan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 How to Optimise Thermoelectric Generators (TEG) 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Principle of a TEG 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 The Figure of Merit 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 Beyond the Classical Approach 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Thermoelectric Oxides 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.1 Semiconducting Oxides and the Heikes Formula 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.2 NaxCoO2 and the Misfit Cobaltate Family 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.3 Degenerate Semiconductors 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.4 All-Oxide Modules 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Conclusion 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Transition Metal Oxides: Magnetoresistance and Half-Metallicity 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTapas Kumar Mandal and Martha Greenblatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Magnetoresistance: Concepts and Development 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 Phenomenon of Magnetoresistance: Metallic Multilayers and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance (AMR) 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2 Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) Effect 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.3 Colossal Magnetoresistance (CMR) in Perovskite Oxomanganates 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.4 Tunnelling Magnetoresistance (TMR) and Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJ) 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.5 Powder, Intrinsic and Extrinsic MR 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Half-Metallicity 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 Half-Metallicity in Heusler Alloys 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 Half-Metallic Ferro\/Ferrimagnets, Antiferromagnets 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Oxides Exhibiting Half-Metallicity 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 CrO2 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Fe3O4 and Other Spinel Oxides 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.3 Perovskite Oxomanganates 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.4 Double Perovskites 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Magnetoresistance and Half-Metallicity of Double Perovskites 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.1 Double Perovskite Structure 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.2 Ordering and Anti-Site (AS) Disorder in Double Perovskites 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.3 Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Double Perovskites 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.4 Magnetoresistance and Half-Metallicity in Double Perovskites 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.5 High Curie Temperature (TC) Double Perovskites and Room Temperature MR 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Spintronics – The Emerging Magneto-Electronics 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Summary 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 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