Download or read book Size Effects in Thin Films written by C.R. Tellier and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete and comprehensive study of transport phenomena in thin continuous metal films, this book reviews work carried out on external-surface and grain-boundary electron scattering and proposes new theoretical equations for transport properties of these films. It presents a complete theoretical view of the field, and considers imperfection and impurity effects.