Srinivasan R, Ramesh T.G., Umesh G., Sundar C.S. Experimental Techniques in Physics and Materials Science: Principles and Methodologies

World Scientific, 2023, 532 p. — ISBN 978-9811278881.There have been new developments in experimental techniques for preparing and characterizing materials and for measuring their properties. These techniques are not being taught to students at the master's or even doctoral levels because there is no single book which deals with all these techniques at a basic level.
In the past century, there has been tremendous progress in the techniques for the preparation of materials, their characterization, and the methods of measurement of various physical properties of these materials. At the same time, advances in vacuum techniques, low-temperature techniques, and high-pressure techniques have led to extensive studies on the changes in the properties of materials when subjected to such environmental con ditions. Research in materials science has produced novel materials which have changed the lifestyle of humans drastically. It is no surprise that master’s degree courses in materials science have been started in many universities globally.Preface
Techniques for Preparation of Materials
Techniques for Preparation of Solid-State Materials and Nanoparticles
Deposition of Thin Films
Techniques for Materials Characterization
X-Ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction
Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis
Ellipsometry for Thin-Film Analysis
Electron Microscopy
Surface Probe Techniques
Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Study of Defects in Solids
Techniques for Measurement of Physical Properties
Elastic Properties
Thermal Properties
Specific Heat
Thermal Expansion of Solids
Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity
Electrical Transport Properties
Electrical Conductivity of Metals and Semiconductors
Seebeck Coefficient in Metals and Semiconductors
Dielectric Properties
Magnetic Properties
Spectroscopic Techniques
NMR and EPR Spectroscopy
IR, Visible, and UV Spectroscopies
Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Phase Transition
Phase Transitions