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Lecture Notes On Field Theory In Condensed Matter Physics

by Christopher Mudry ...

The aim of this book is to introduce a graduate student to selected concepts in condensed matter physics for which the language of field theory is ideally suited. The examples considered in this book are those of superfluidity for weakly interacting bosons, collinear magnetism, and superconductivity. Quantum phase transitions are also treated in the context of quantum dissipative junctions and ... Read more

$53.99 USD

The aim of this book is to introduce a graduate student to selected concepts in condensed matter physics for which the language of field theory is ideally suited. The examples considered in this book are those of superfluidity for weakly interacting bosons, collinear magnetism, and superconductivity. Quantum phase transitions are also treated in the context of quantum dissipative junctions and
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Nonlinear Sound Waves in Solids

by Xiaozhou Liu ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the fundamental principles and analytical methods of nonlinear acoustics in solids, with a focus on the theories and applications of nonlinear acoustics in ultrasonic non-destructive testing and metamaterials. The text is designed to provide readers with a deep understanding of how nonlinear acoustic phenomena manifest in various material contexts, from crystalline structures ... Read more

$170.99 USD

This book highlights the fundamental principles and analytical methods of nonlinear acoustics in solids, with a focus on the theories and applications of nonlinear acoustics in ultrasonic non-destructive testing and metamaterials. The text is designed to provide readers with a deep understanding of how nonlinear acoustic phenomena manifest in various material contexts, from crystalline structures
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Nanoparticle Delivery in Cancer Care

Edited by Nirav J. Joshi, Gautam Patel ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book delves into the forefront of cancer treatment, exploring the revolutionary potential of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems. Authored by leading experts, it provides a comprehensive examination of the latest advancements in nanotechnology and their role in transforming cancer therapy. Covering a broad spectrum of topics—including targeted drug delivery, advanced imaging techniques, ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book delves into the forefront of cancer treatment, exploring the revolutionary potential of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems. Authored by leading experts, it provides a comprehensive examination of the latest advancements in nanotechnology and their role in transforming cancer therapy. Covering a broad spectrum of topics—including targeted drug delivery, advanced imaging techniques,
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Unraveling Thermoluminescence

by C M Sunta ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The book is essentially about the theoretical aspects of thermoluminescence (TL). It is structured and written in a manner which will specially be of interest to the fresh undergraduate students and young researchers planning to take up work in the field of thermoluminescence. It is arranged into seven chapters, starting with the historical growth of the subject of TL and an overview of the ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The book is essentially about the theoretical aspects of thermoluminescence (TL). It is structured and written in a manner which will specially be of interest to the fresh undergraduate students and young researchers planning to take up work in the field of thermoluminescence. It is arranged into seven chapters, starting with the historical growth of the subject of TL and an overview of the
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Clean Electricity From Photovoltaics (2nd Edition)

by Mary D Archer, Martin Andrew Green ...

Series Book 4 - Series On Photoconversion Of Solar Energy
The second edition of Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics, first published in 2001, provides an updated account of the underlying science, technology and market prospects for photovoltaics. All areas have advanced considerably in the decade since the first edition was published, which include: multi-crystalline silicon cell efficiencies having made impressive advances, thin-film CdTe cells having ... Read more

$63.99 USD

The second edition of Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics, first published in 2001, provides an updated account of the underlying science, technology and market prospects for photovoltaics. All areas have advanced considerably in the decade since the first edition was published, which include: multi-crystalline silicon cell efficiencies having made impressive advances, thin-film CdTe cells having
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Diamond and Related Nanostructures

Edited by Mircea Vasile Diudea, Csaba Levente Nagy ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Over the past twenty years, the field of carbon structures has been invigorated by the discovery of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. These nano-structured carbons have attracted a tremendous interest in the fundamental properties of discrete carbon molecules, leading to the discovery of novel complex crystalline and quasi-crystalline materials. As a consequence, a variety of applications have been ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Over the past twenty years, the field of carbon structures has been invigorated by the discovery of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. These nano-structured carbons have attracted a tremendous interest in the fundamental properties of discrete carbon molecules, leading to the discovery of novel complex crystalline and quasi-crystalline materials. As a consequence, a variety of applications have been
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Raman Scattering on Emerging Semiconductors and Oxides

by Zhe Feng ...

Raman Scattering on Emerging Semiconductors and Oxides presents Raman scattering studies. It describes the key fundamental elements in applying Raman spectroscopies to various semiconductors and oxides without complicated and deep Raman theories.Across nine chapters, it covers:• SiC and IV-IV semiconductors,• III-GaN and nitride semiconductors,• III-V and II-VI semiconductors,• ZnO-based and GaO ... Read more

$70.99 USD

Raman Scattering on Emerging Semiconductors and Oxides presents Raman scattering studies. It describes the key fundamental elements in applying Raman spectroscopies to various semiconductors and oxides without complicated and deep Raman theories.Across nine chapters, it covers:• SiC and IV-IV semiconductors,• III-GaN and nitride semiconductors,• III-V and II-VI semiconductors,• ZnO-based and GaO
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Computational Studies

From Molecules to Materials

Edited by Ambrish Kumar Srivastava ...

Series series Emerging Materials and Technologies
The book covers a diverse range of topics based on computational studies, including modeling and simulations based on quantum chemical studies and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. It contains quantum chemical studies on several molecules, including biologically relevant molecules and liquid crystals and various aspects of superatomic clusters including superalkalis and superhalogens. It gives ... Read more

$233.99 USD

The book covers a diverse range of topics based on computational studies, including modeling and simulations based on quantum chemical studies and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. It contains quantum chemical studies on several molecules, including biologically relevant molecules and liquid crystals and various aspects of superatomic clusters including superalkalis and superhalogens. It gives
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International Youth Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies

Proceedings of the YETI 2021, St. Petersburg, Russia

Edited by Elena Velichko, Viktoria Kapralova, Platon Karaseov, Sergey Zavjalov, Pablo Angueira, Sergey Andreev ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers of the International Youth Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies (YETI-2021), held in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, on April 22–23, 2021. For the third time around, the conference brings together students and early career scientists, serving to disseminate the current ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers of the International Youth Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies (YETI-2021), held in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, on April 22–23, 2021. For the third time around, the conference brings together students and early career scientists, serving to disseminate the current
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Manuale di fisica dello stato solido

by Giampiero Amato ...

Dare una definizione univoca della fisica dello stato solido non è semplice, perché i confini della materia sono spesso indefiniti e si intrecciano con numerose altre discipline, come la termodinamica, l’ottica, l’elettronica, l’ingegneria, la chimica… La stessa numerosità si ritrova per le applicazioni: se da un lato l’elettronica a stato solido è nota a tutti perché ormai accompagna nelle ... Read more

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Dare una definizione univoca della fisica dello stato solido non è semplice, perché i confini della materia sono spesso indefiniti e si intrecciano con numerose altre discipline, come la termodinamica, l’ottica, l’elettronica, l’ingegneria, la chimica… La stessa numerosità si ritrova per le applicazioni: se da un lato l’elettronica a stato solido è nota a tutti perché ormai accompagna nelle
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Defects in Self-Catalysed III-V Nanowires

by James A. Gott ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This thesis presents an in-depth exploration of imperfections that can be found in self-catalysed III-V semiconductor nanowires. By utilising advanced electron microscopy techniques, the interface sharpness and defects at the atomic and macroscopic scale are analysed. It is found that a surprising variety and quantity of defect structures can exist in nanowire systems, and that they can in fact ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This thesis presents an in-depth exploration of imperfections that can be found in self-catalysed III-V semiconductor nanowires. By utilising advanced electron microscopy techniques, the interface sharpness and defects at the atomic and macroscopic scale are analysed. It is found that a surprising variety and quantity of defect structures can exist in nanowire systems, and that they can in fact
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ZnO-Nanocarbon Core-Shell Type Hybrid Quantum Dots

by Won Kook Choi ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive overview of ZnO-nano carbon core shell hybrid issues. There is significant interest in metal oxide/nanocarbon hybrid functional materials in the field of energy conversion and storage as electrode materials for supercapacitors, Li ion secondary battery, electrocatalysts for water splitting, and optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diodes and solar ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book offers a comprehensive overview of ZnO-nano carbon core shell hybrid issues. There is significant interest in metal oxide/nanocarbon hybrid functional materials in the field of energy conversion and storage as electrode materials for supercapacitors, Li ion secondary battery, electrocatalysts for water splitting, and optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diodes and solar
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System-Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Edited by Yutaka Wakayama, Katsuhiko Ariga ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book is the first publication to widely introduce the contributions of nanoarchitectonics to the development of functional materials and systems. The book opens up pathways to novel nanotechnology based on bottom-up techniques. In fields of nanotechnology, theoretical and practical limitations are expected in the bottom-up nanofabrication process. Instead, some supramolecular processes for ... Read more

$107.99 USD

This book is the first publication to widely introduce the contributions of nanoarchitectonics to the development of functional materials and systems. The book opens up pathways to novel nanotechnology based on bottom-up techniques. In fields of nanotechnology, theoretical and practical limitations are expected in the bottom-up nanofabrication process. Instead, some supramolecular processes for
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Silicon Photonics IV

Innovative Frontiers

Edited by David J. Lockwood, Lorenzo Pavesi ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This fourth book in the series Silicon Photonics gathers together reviews of recent advances in the field of silicon photonics that go beyond already established and applied concepts in this technology. The field of research and development in silicon photonics has moved beyond improvements of integrated circuits fabricated with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology to ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This fourth book in the series Silicon Photonics gathers together reviews of recent advances in the field of silicon photonics that go beyond already established and applied concepts in this technology. The field of research and development in silicon photonics has moved beyond improvements of integrated circuits fabricated with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology to
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Neutron and X-ray Reflectometry

Emerging phenomena at heterostructure interfaces

by Saibal Basu, Surendra Singh ...

Series series IOP ebooks
The field of ultra-thin films, a subgroup of nanomaterials, has seen an upsurge in research within the last 30 years. Studies have primarily been done using neutron and x-ray reflectometry. The technique of polarized neutron reflectometry or PNR is a unique non-destructive tool to understand thin film magnetism in mesoscopic length scale.This book presents x-ray and neutron reflectometry ... Read more

$114.99 USD

The field of ultra-thin films, a subgroup of nanomaterials, has seen an upsurge in research within the last 30 years. Studies have primarily been done using neutron and x-ray reflectometry. The technique of polarized neutron reflectometry or PNR is a unique non-destructive tool to understand thin film magnetism in mesoscopic length scale.This book presents x-ray and neutron reflectometry
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Frontiers of Fundamental Physics FFP16

Fundamental Physics and Physics Education

Edited by Ekrem Aydiner, Burra G. Sidharth, Marisa Michelini, Christian Corda ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book is a collection of contributions presented at the 16th annual international symposium “Frontiers of Fundamental Physics” (FFP16), supported by Istanbul University. As a document of the latest occurrence of this very important gathering, it presents the most recent advances in fundamental physics and physics teaching. For nearly fifteen years, the FFP has attracted some of the greatest ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This book is a collection of contributions presented at the 16th annual international symposium “Frontiers of Fundamental Physics” (FFP16), supported by Istanbul University. As a document of the latest occurrence of this very important gathering, it presents the most recent advances in fundamental physics and physics teaching. For nearly fifteen years, the FFP has attracted some of the greatest
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Langevin Analysis of Microstructured Fluids

A Perspective of Microstructured Fluids

by Dingyi Pan, Zhaosheng Yu, Nhan Phan-Thien ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the important role of Langevin analysis in modeling complex structured fluids- mainly dilute polymer solutions and suspensions, where exact and rigorous results can be obtained, although some efforts are made in the concentrated regimes. It brings together basic but essential tools needed to understand and model complex structured fluids. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book highlights the important role of Langevin analysis in modeling complex structured fluids- mainly dilute polymer solutions and suspensions, where exact and rigorous results can be obtained, although some efforts are made in the concentrated regimes. It brings together basic but essential tools needed to understand and model complex structured fluids.
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Transport and Fluctuations in Granular Fluids

From Boltzmann Equation to Hydrodynamics, Diffusion and Motor Effects

by Andrea Puglisi ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This brief offers a concise presentation of granular fluids from the point of view of non-equilibrium statistical physics. The emphasis is on fluctuations, which can be large in granular fluids due to the small system size (the number of grains is many orders of magnitude smaller than in molecular fluids).Firstly, readers will be introduced to the most intriguing experiments on fluidized granular ... Read more

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This brief offers a concise presentation of granular fluids from the point of view of non-equilibrium statistical physics. The emphasis is on fluctuations, which can be large in granular fluids due to the small system size (the number of grains is many orders of magnitude smaller than in molecular fluids).Firstly, readers will be introduced to the most intriguing experiments on fluidized granular
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Thermoelectric Nanomaterials

Materials Design and Applications

Edited by Kunihito Koumoto, Takao Mori ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Presently, there is an intense race throughout the world to develop good enough thermoelectric materials which can be used in wide scale applications. This book focuses comprehensively on very recent up-to-date breakthroughs in thermoelectrics utilizing nanomaterials and methods based in nanoscience. Importantly, it provides the readers with methodology and concepts utilizing atomic scale and ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Presently, there is an intense race throughout the world to develop good enough thermoelectric materials which can be used in wide scale applications. This book focuses comprehensively on very recent up-to-date breakthroughs in thermoelectrics utilizing nanomaterials and methods based in nanoscience. Importantly, it provides the readers with methodology and concepts utilizing atomic scale and
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Mechanics of Swelling

by Paola Nardinocchi, Luciano Teresi, Douglas P Holmes ...

Series Book 25 - Soft Matter Series
Soft materials are all around us: they naturally form biological tissues and plant matter, while rubbers and gels are used as sealants, contact lenses, energy absorbers, sensors, and actuators. Most soft materials swell as they absorb fluids – in some cases this swelling is a desirable feature of the material, while in others it can be detrimental to its ability to function. It is essential to ... Read more

$251.99 USD

Soft materials are all around us: they naturally form biological tissues and plant matter, while rubbers and gels are used as sealants, contact lenses, energy absorbers, sensors, and actuators. Most soft materials swell as they absorb fluids – in some cases this swelling is a desirable feature of the material, while in others it can be detrimental to its ability to function. It is essential to
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Sustainable Lead-Free Perovskite Materials

Unique Potential of Applications in New Generation Devices

Edited by Vishnu Chauhan, Manish Kumar, Rajesh Kumar ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book provides an advanced-level exploration of lead-free perovskite materials, covering their synthesis, structural and electronic properties, and diverse applications. As the global scientific community seeks high-performance materials with reduced environmental impact, lead-free perovskites offer groundbreaking potential for enhancing device efficiency while ensuring sustainability.With the ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This book provides an advanced-level exploration of lead-free perovskite materials, covering their synthesis, structural and electronic properties, and diverse applications. As the global scientific community seeks high-performance materials with reduced environmental impact, lead-free perovskites offer groundbreaking potential for enhancing device efficiency while ensuring sustainability.With the
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Electron Nano-imaging

Basics of Imaging and Diffraction for TEM and STEM

by Nobuo Tanaka ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
In this second edition, most chapters of the first edition, which published in 2017, have been revised and recent advancement of electron microscopy such as differential phase contrast (DPC) STEM, sparse-coding image processing and quantum electron microscopy have been supplemented with further details. This book explains the basis of imaging and diffraction in transmission electron microscopy ... Read more

$98.99 USD

In this second edition, most chapters of the first edition, which published in 2017, have been revised and recent advancement of electron microscopy such as differential phase contrast (DPC) STEM, sparse-coding image processing and quantum electron microscopy have been supplemented with further details. This book explains the basis of imaging and diffraction in transmission electron microscopy
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Line Defects in Conformal Field Theory

From Weak to Strong Coupling

by Julien Barrat ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book investigates conformal line defects in both the weak- and strong-coupling regimes. Conformal field theory finds applications across diverse fields, from statistical systems at criticality to quantum gravity through the AdS/CFT correspondence. These theories are subject to strong constraints, enabling a systematic non-perturbative analysis. Conformal defects provide a controlled means of ... Read more

$170.99 USD

This book investigates conformal line defects in both the weak- and strong-coupling regimes. Conformal field theory finds applications across diverse fields, from statistical systems at criticality to quantum gravity through the AdS/CFT correspondence. These theories are subject to strong constraints, enabling a systematic non-perturbative analysis. Conformal defects provide a controlled means of
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Cold Plasma in Nano-Matter Synthesis

Basic Principles and Practices

by A. Subrahmanyam ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book describes the basic principles and techniques of cold plasma to synthesize nanomaterials, emphasizing the fundamentals.Nanotechnology has matured enough to make inroads into the industry. “Quantum size effects” is the basis of the exotic properties of nanomaterials. The shapes and the size distribution dictate the properties of the nano-matter. The demands of the synthesis technique are ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book describes the basic principles and techniques of cold plasma to synthesize nanomaterials, emphasizing the fundamentals.Nanotechnology has matured enough to make inroads into the industry. “Quantum size effects” is the basis of the exotic properties of nanomaterials. The shapes and the size distribution dictate the properties of the nano-matter. The demands of the synthesis technique are
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