Written by academics with more than 30 years experience teaching physics and material science, this book will act as a one-stop reference on functional materials. Offering a complete coverage of functional materials, this unique book deals with all three states of the material, providing an insightful overview of this subject not before seen in other texts.

• Includes solved examples, a number of exercises and answers to the exercises.
• Aims to promote understanding of the subject as a basis for higher studies. 
• The use of mathematically complicated quantum mechanical equations will be minimized to aid understanding.