Textbook in PDF format This book provides chronological advancement of metal oxide high-K dielectrics up to contemporary scenarios, synthesis with suitability and challenges, and diverse properties with emerging technological applications. It helps readers select metal oxide-based high-K dielectrics with large band-gap, cost-effective, and highly efficient material properties for plausible applications. It provides up-to-date research findings on established synthesis techniques, easy processing, characterization, properties, and prospective practical applicability, including hybrid materials