Emerging materials : design characterization and applications This book serves as a quick guide on the latest material systems including their synthesis fabrication and characterization techniques. It discusses recent developments in different material systems and discusses their novel applications in various branches of science and engineering. The book briefs latest computational tools and techniques that are used to discover new material systems. The book also briefs applications of new emerging materials in various fields including healthcare sensors opto electronics high power devices and nano electronics. This book helps to create a synergy between computational and experimental research methods to better understand a particular material system.