Sadao Adachi is Professor in the Graduate School of Engineering at Gunma University (Japan). Professor Adachi received his PhD at Osaka University (Japan) in 1980. He has written a number of successful books including "Properties of Group-IV, III-V and II-VI Semiconductors" in the Wiley Series in Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications and "Handbook on Physical Properties of Semiconductors". His research interests include the optical properties and microelectronics of group-IV semiconductors, III-V and II-VI semiconducting compounds.

• Series Preface. Preface.Abbreviations and Acronyms.Introductory Remarks.A.1 An Alloy and a Compound.A.2 Grimm–Sommerfeld Rule.A.3 An Interpolation Scheme.References.1 Structural Properties.1.1 Ionicity.1.2 Elemental Isotopic Abundance and Molecular Weight.1.3 Crystal Structure.1.4 Lattice Constant and Related Parameters.1.5 Coherent Epitaxy and Strain Problem.1.6 Structural Phase Transition.1.7 Cleavage Plane.References.2 Thermal Properties.2.1 Melting Point and Related Parameters.2.2 Specific Heat.2.3 Debye Temperature.2.4 Thermal Expansion Coefficient.2.5 Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity.References.3 Elastic Properties.3.1 Elastic Constant.3.2 Third-order Elastic Constant.3.3 Young’s Modulus, Poisson’s Ratio and Similar Properties.3.4 Microhardness.3.5 Sound Velocity.References.4 Lattice Dynamic Properties.4.1 Phonon Dispersion Relationships.4.2 Phonon Frequency.4.3 Mode Grüneisen Parameter.5 Collective Effects and Some Response Characteristics.5.1 Piezoelectric Constant.5.2 Fröhlich Coupling Constant.References.6 Energy-band Structure: Energy-band Gaps.6.1 Introductory Remarks.6.2 Group-IV Semiconductor Alloy.6.3 III–V Semiconductor Ternary Alloy.6.4 III–V Semiconductor Quaternary Alloy.6.5 II–VI Semiconductor Alloy.References.7 Energy-band Structure: Effective Masses.7.1 Introductory Remarks.7.2 Group-IV Semiconductor Alloy.7.3 III–V Semiconductor Ternary Alloy.7.4 III–V Semiconductor Quaternary Alloy.7.5 II–VI Semiconductor Alloy.7.6 Concluding Remarks.References.8 Deformation Potentials.8.1 Intravalley Deformation Potential: I Point.8.2 Intravalley Deformation Potential: High-symmetry Points.8.3 Intervalley Deformation Potential.References.9 Heterojunction Band Offsets and Schottky Barrier Height.9.1 Heterojunction Band Offsets.9.2 Schottky Barrier Height.References.10 Optical Properties.10.1 Introductory Remarks.10.2 Group-IV Semiconductor Alloy.10.3 III–V Semiconductor Ternary Alloy.10.4 III–V Semiconductor Quaternary Alloy.10.5 II–VI Semiconductor Alloy.References.11 Elasto-optic, Electro-optic and Nonlinear Optical Properties.11.1 Elasto-optic Effect.11.2 Linear Electro-optic Constant.11.3 Quadratic Electro-optic Constant.11.4 Franz–Keldysh Effect.11.5 Nonlinear Optical Constant.References.12 Carrier Transport Properties.12.1 Introductory Remarks.12.2 Low-field Mobility.12.3 High-field Transport.12.4 Minority-carrier Transport.12.5 Impact Ionization Coefficient.References.Index.