applications * Covers cutting-edge applications, including solid-state batteries, fast-ion conductors, fuel cells and sensors, and cuprate superconductors * Includes detailed chapters on: point defect chemistry; linear and planar defects; nonstoichiometry and crystal structure; diffusion in solids; ionic conductivity; intrinsic and extrinsic electronic conductivity; and magnetic and optical defects * Features introductory questions at the beginning of each chapter to help readers focus, plus end-of-chapter questions With a strong emphasis on areas of recent research that represent exciting frontiers, this is a great resource for academic and industrial researchers in materials engineering, semiconductors, information storage and transmission, LCD technologies, and related fields. It's also an excellent text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and engineering, solid-state chemistry and physics, and inorganic chemistry.