Applications of Chalcogenides: S, Se, and Te, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017

This book introduces readers to a wide range of applications for elements in Group 16 of the periodic table, such as, optical fibers for communication and sensing, X-ray imaging, electrochemical sensors, data storage devices, biomedical applications, photovoltaics and IR detectors, the rationale for these uses, the future scope of their applications, and expected improvements to existing technologies. Following an introductory section, the book is broadly divided into three parts?dealing with Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium. The sections cover the basic structure of the elements and their compounds in bulk and nanostructured forms; properties that make these useful for various applications, followed by applications and commercial products. As the global technology revolution necessitates the search for new materials and more efficient devices in the electronics and semiconductor industry, Applications of Chalcogenides: S, Se, and Te is an ideal book for a wide range of readers in industry, government and academic research facilities looking beyond silicon for materials used in the electronic and optoelectronic industry as well as biomedical applications.

Part I: Introduction.- Fundamentals of Chalcogenides in Crystalline, Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Forms.- Techniques for Structural Investigations (Theory and Experimental).- Nanostructured Chalcogenides.- Part II: Sulfur.- Optical Fibers.- Part III: Selenium.- Imaging and Detection.- Electrochemical Sensors.- Biomedical Applications.- Selenide Glass Fibers for Bio-Chemical Infrared Sensing.- Part IV: Tellurium.- Data Storage Devices.- Photovoltaics.- Infrared Detectors.

Gurinder Kaur Ahluwalia is a lead instructor at the Department of Physics at College of the North Atlantic (CNA), Labrador West Campus in Canada since August 2007. Gurinder received her PhD in Physics with specialization in amorphous semiconductors (chalcogenides) from the Department of Physics and Astrophysics at Delhi University in India in 1992. Thereafter she pursued active research on materials including chalcogenides and silicon at institutions across the globe. Coupled with 20+ years of professional experience in teaching and research, and more than 65 publications in international arena on investigation of novel materials as well as a book chapter on ‘Triblock Polymer Colloidal Nanoparticles”, Gurinder acquired top rated skills  in sophisticated technologies such as; Synchrotron Beam line, Thin Film Technologies MBE, Photo-CVD, Thermal evaporation, Electron beam), Differential Scanning Calorimetry, UV-VIS-NIR Spectroscopy, Atomic force Spectroscopy, Electron Microscopies, Dielectric, Dark and photoconductivity measurements, cell designing for conductivity and dielectric measurements. Her Research Interests are focused on designing and investigation of novel materials for photovoltaics, non-linear optics devices, polymers, data Storage devices and biomaterials. Her research assignments include visiting professor at Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan (1993), visiting scientist-University of Palermo, Italy (1993-1994), Monbusho postdoctoral fellowship-Toyohashi University of technology (1995-1996), visiting scientist (2003 and 2004)- Science University of Tokyo, JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) visiting professor (2003)-Osaka City University, Japan. She taught Physics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Delhi University (1992-1993) and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) in Amritsar, India (1996-2005) and pursued research on materials, polymers and surfactants. In 2005 she moved to Canada along with her family and was accept