Measurement of 1/f noise and its application in materials science

This is a review of the measurement of 1/f noise in certain classes of materials which have a wide range of potential applications. This includes metal films, semiconductors, metallic oxides and inhomogeneous systems such as composites. The review contains a basic introduction to this field, the theories and models and follows it up with a discussion on measurement methods. There are discussions on specific examples of the application of noise spectroscopy in the field of materials science.