Strain Engineering in Functional Materials and Devices

Strain Engineering in Functional Materials and Devices provides a comprehensive overview of fundamentals, applications, and recent developments in the field of strain tuning of multifunctional materials. It collates and summarizes interrelations between strain and various functional properties, characterization techniques, theoretical understanding of strain effects, and how the application strain can lead to novel functional properties. The book addresses the role of strain at multiple length scales and summarizes theoretical analysis of the same. Verification of theoretical analysis are supported by the chapters pertaining to thin film fabrication and nanocomposites. Strain Engineering in Functional Materials and Provides extensive coverage of multifaceted aspects of strain engineering in functional materials Delivers fundamental understanding of strain tuning of functional properties of materials Summarizes recent developments and applications including first-principles/atomistic modeling, phase-field modeling, and state-of-the-art characterization techniques Researchers, graduate students working in relevant areas of materials science and nanotechnology, and professionals working on smart materials and their applications will find this a relevant and useful resource.