Physical Properties of Materials by Taylor & Francis

This fully revised and updated second edition presents a discussion of materials sustainability, a description of crystalline structures, and discussion of current and recent developments, including graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanocomposites, magnetocaloric effect, and spintronics.

Salient Features:

• Presents an atomic and molecular approach to understanding the properties of materials
• Introduces the principles underlying a wide variety of physical properties of materials
• Provides tutorials that encourage students to discover the physical principles behind such important advances as fiber optics, heat storage, memory metals, and more
• Includes 300 end-of-chapter problems as well as numerous real-life examples and illustrations