Introduction to Solid State Ionics: Phenomenology and Applications presents a pedagogical, graduate-level treatment of the science and technology of superionic conductors, also known as fast ion conductors or solid electrolytes. Suitable for physics, materials science, and engineering researchers and students, the text emphasizes basic physics and

C.S. Sunandana is an honorary professor in the School of Physics at the University of Hyderabad. He is a fellow of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, foundation member of the Materials Research Society of India, and a life member of the Indian Physics Association. Dr. Sunandana has published more than 150 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and coauthored three books. He earned a PhD in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology. His research interests encompass condensed matter physics and physics of materials.

Introduction to Solid State Ionics. Solid State Ionic Materials. Materials Synthesis. Materials Characterization. Phase Transitions in Solid State Ionic Materials. Phonons. Electronic Structure. The All Solid State Battery. Fuel Cells and Sensors. Nanoionics. In Lieu of an Epilogue.