From the reviews: "Kochergin (Luna Innovations) and Foll (Univ. of Kiel, Germany) focus primarily on silicon's experimentally measured properties and applications ... . Each chapter contains a useful list of recent citations. This monograph is particularly valuable for researchers; graduate students in physics, materials engineering, optics, or electrical engineering; and industrial engineers. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate through professional collections." (J. Lambropoulos, Choice, Vol. 47 (9), May, 2010)