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Contact Modeling for Solids and Particles

Edited by Alexander Popp, Peter Wriggers ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The book conveys modern techniques and the latest state-of-the-art with regard to the most fundamental aspects of computational contact mechanics. However, since contact can readily be interpreted as a special type of interface problem, it seems advisable not to isolate contact mechanics, but rather to address it in the context of a broader class of problems denoted as computational interface ... Read more

$98.99 USD

The book conveys modern techniques and the latest state-of-the-art with regard to the most fundamental aspects of computational contact mechanics. However, since contact can readily be interpreted as a special type of interface problem, it seems advisable not to isolate contact mechanics, but rather to address it in the context of a broader class of problems denoted as computational interface
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Frequency Metrology of Infrared Molecular Spectra

Sources, Techniques, and Applications

by Pasquale Maddaloni, Luigi Consolino, Paolo De Natale ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Starting from basic concepts, this book provides a comprehensive review of cutting-edge experimental research in the field of infrared precision molecular spectroscopy and absolute frequency metrology. Ranging from the near-infrared to the THz region, state-of-the-art narrow- and broad-band coherent radiation sources with corresponding frequency stabilization methods are described. The most ... Read more

$125.99 USD

Starting from basic concepts, this book provides a comprehensive review of cutting-edge experimental research in the field of infrared precision molecular spectroscopy and absolute frequency metrology. Ranging from the near-infrared to the THz region, state-of-the-art narrow- and broad-band coherent radiation sources with corresponding frequency stabilization methods are described. The most
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Stable Organic Thermoelectric Devices and Thermocells for Self-powered Sensor Applications

by Masakazu Mukaida, Qingshuo Wei ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive examination of organic thermoelectric conversion and thermocell technologies—two pioneering methods for converting low-temperature waste heat into viable electrical energy. It elucidates the distinct advantages of organic materials in these applications, such as mechanical flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and compatibility with low-temperature environments, ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book offers a comprehensive examination of organic thermoelectric conversion and thermocell technologies—two pioneering methods for converting low-temperature waste heat into viable electrical energy. It elucidates the distinct advantages of organic materials in these applications, such as mechanical flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and compatibility with low-temperature environments,
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High-Tc Superconducting Technology

Towards Sustainable Development Goals

Edited by Muralidhar Miryala ...

Mitigating climate change, clean environment, global peace, financial growth, and future development of the world require new materials that improve the quality of life. Superconductivity, in general, allows perfect current transmission without losses. This makes it a valuable resource for sustainability in several aspects. High-temperature superconducting (HTSC) materials will be crucial for ... Read more

$179.99 USD

Mitigating climate change, clean environment, global peace, financial growth, and future development of the world require new materials that improve the quality of life. Superconductivity, in general, allows perfect current transmission without losses. This makes it a valuable resource for sustainability in several aspects. High-temperature superconducting (HTSC) materials will be crucial for
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Magneto-transport Properties of Skyrmions and Chiral Spin Structures in MnSi

by Tomoyuki Yokouchi ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book provides extensive and novel insights into transport phenomena in MnSi, paving the way for applying the topology and chirality of spin textures to the development of spintronics devices. In particular, it describes in detail the key measurements, e.g. magnetoresistance and nonlinear electronic transport, and multiple material-fabrication techniques based on molecular beam epitaxy, ion ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book provides extensive and novel insights into transport phenomena in MnSi, paving the way for applying the topology and chirality of spin textures to the development of spintronics devices. In particular, it describes in detail the key measurements, e.g. magnetoresistance and nonlinear electronic transport, and multiple material-fabrication techniques based on molecular beam epitaxy, ion
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Solved Problems in Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

by Gregor Skačej, Primož Ziherl ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book contains a modern selection of about 200 solved problems and examples arranged in a didactic way for hands-on experience with course work in a standard advanced undergraduate/first-year graduate class in thermodynamics and statistical physics. The principles of thermodynamics and equilibrium statistical physics are few and simple, but their application often proves more involved than it ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book contains a modern selection of about 200 solved problems and examples arranged in a didactic way for hands-on experience with course work in a standard advanced undergraduate/first-year graduate class in thermodynamics and statistical physics. The principles of thermodynamics and equilibrium statistical physics are few and simple, but their application often proves more involved than it
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21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook

Exotic Nanostructures and Quantum Systems (Volume Five)

Edited by Klaus D. Sattler ...

Series series 21st Century Nanoscience
This 21st Century Nanoscience Handbook will be the most comprehensive, up-to-date large reference work for the field of nanoscience. Handbook of Nanophysics, by the same editor, published in the fall of 2010, embraced as the first comprehensive reference to consider both fundamental and applied aspects of nanophysics. This follow-up project has been conceived as a necessary expansion and full ... Read more

$70.99 USD

This 21st Century Nanoscience Handbook will be the most comprehensive, up-to-date large reference work for the field of nanoscience. Handbook of Nanophysics, by the same editor, published in the fall of 2010, embraced as the first comprehensive reference to consider both fundamental and applied aspects of nanophysics. This follow-up project has been conceived as a necessary expansion and full
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Applications of Accelerators in the Quantum Technology Era

Edited by David Jamieson, Andrew Anthony Bettiol, André Schleife ...

This book explores new experimental techniques and theoretical models to deepen an understanding of radiation effects and ion interaction processes in order to design materials for devices for the emerging quantum technology era.Applications include tailored sensors that respond to ionizing radiation and other electromagnetic phenomena; sensors with high radiation hardness; and materials that ... Read more

$77.99 USD

This book explores new experimental techniques and theoretical models to deepen an understanding of radiation effects and ion interaction processes in order to design materials for devices for the emerging quantum technology era.Applications include tailored sensors that respond to ionizing radiation and other electromagnetic phenomena; sensors with high radiation hardness; and materials that
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Metal Nanoparticles-Based Nanoplatforms for Colorimetric Sensing

Mechanisms, Applications, and Future Directions

by Arnold C. Alguno, Rey Y. Capangpangan, Gerard G. Dumancas, Arnold A. Lubguban, Roberto M. Malaluan, Rolen Brian P. Rivera ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights an in-depth examination of metal nanoparticles as transformative agents in colorimetric sensing technology. Targeted toward researchers, practitioners, and students in nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, and related fields, this book consolidates the latest advancements in nanoparticle-based colorimetric systems for highly sensitive and selective detection. With chapters ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book highlights an in-depth examination of metal nanoparticles as transformative agents in colorimetric sensing technology. Targeted toward researchers, practitioners, and students in nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, and related fields, this book consolidates the latest advancements in nanoparticle-based colorimetric systems for highly sensitive and selective detection. With chapters
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Colossal Magnetoresistive Oxides

Edited by Yoshinori Tokura ...

Series series Advances in Condensed Matter Science
The features and mechanism of Colossal Magnetoresistance, or CMR, in manganese oxides as well as device physics are highlighted in this book, with a focus on tunneling MR for some artificial structures. Underlying new science, such as tunable electron-lattice interaction in a metal and roles of orbital degrees of freedom in producing an unconventio ... Read more

$325.99 USD

The features and mechanism of Colossal Magnetoresistance, or CMR, in manganese oxides as well as device physics are highlighted in this book, with a focus on tunneling MR for some artificial structures. Underlying new science, such as tunable electron-lattice interaction in a metal and roles of orbital degrees of freedom in producing an unconventio
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Quantities For Generalized Dosimetry Of Ionizing Radiations in Liquid Water

by D E Watt ...

Intended as a reference handbook of quantities used in dosimetry of ionizing radiations. Fields of application are radiological protection, environmental radiation, health physics, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy, radiobiology, radiopharmacy and radiation chemistry. The book is in three parts. The first part deals with electrons, X-rays and gamma ... Read more

$470.99 USD

Intended as a reference handbook of quantities used in dosimetry of ionizing radiations. Fields of application are radiological protection, environmental radiation, health physics, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy, radiobiology, radiopharmacy and radiation chemistry. The book is in three parts. The first part deals with electrons, X-rays and gamma
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Bulk Nanostructured Materials with Multifunctional Properties

by I. Sabirov, N.A. Enikeev, M.Yu. Murashkin, R.Z. Valiev ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book presents a multifunctional approach to the design of bulk nanostructured metals through severe plastic deformation (SPD). Materials engineering has traditionally involved selecting a suitable material for a given application. However, modern engineering frequently requires materials with a set of multifunctional, often conflicting properties: Enhanced mechanical properties need to be ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book presents a multifunctional approach to the design of bulk nanostructured metals through severe plastic deformation (SPD). Materials engineering has traditionally involved selecting a suitable material for a given application. However, modern engineering frequently requires materials with a set of multifunctional, often conflicting properties: Enhanced mechanical properties need to be
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Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Spintronics

by Vladimir Litvinov ...

This second edition of the book presents spintronic properties of III–V nitride semiconductors. As wide bandgap III-nitride nanostructures are relatively new materials, the book pays particular attention to the difference between zinc-blende GaAs- and wurtzite GaN-based structures where the Rashba spin–orbit interaction plays a crucial role in voltage-controlled spin engineering. It also deals ... Read more

$64.99 USD

This second edition of the book presents spintronic properties of III–V nitride semiconductors. As wide bandgap III-nitride nanostructures are relatively new materials, the book pays particular attention to the difference between zinc-blende GaAs- and wurtzite GaN-based structures where the Rashba spin–orbit interaction plays a crucial role in voltage-controlled spin engineering. It also deals
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Novel Optical Technologies for Nanofabrication

by Qian Liu, Xuanming Duan, Changsi Peng ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Novel Optical Technologies for Nanofabrication describes recent advances made in micro/nanofabrication with super-resolution laser technologies, which are based on the latest research findings in the authors’ groups. It focuses on new techniques and methods as well as applications and development trends in laser nanofabrication, including super-resolution laser direct writing, surface structures ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Novel Optical Technologies for Nanofabrication describes recent advances made in micro/nanofabrication with super-resolution laser technologies, which are based on the latest research findings in the authors’ groups. It focuses on new techniques and methods as well as applications and development trends in laser nanofabrication, including super-resolution laser direct writing, surface structures
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Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

by K.L. Ngai ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Relaxation and diffusion are general and common phenomena in many branches of condensed matter physics, chemistry and materials sciences. In disordered and partially ordered systems the classes of materials include liquids, colloids, polymers, rubbers, plastic crystals, biomolecules, ceramics, electrolytes, fuel cell materials, molten salts, glasses, and etc. Each class is further subdivided into ... Read more

$242.99 USD

Relaxation and diffusion are general and common phenomena in many branches of condensed matter physics, chemistry and materials sciences. In disordered and partially ordered systems the classes of materials include liquids, colloids, polymers, rubbers, plastic crystals, biomolecules, ceramics, electrolytes, fuel cell materials, molten salts, glasses, and etc. Each class is further subdivided into
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Postmodern Fermi Liquids

by Umang Mehta ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis develops a new approach to Fermi liquids based on the mathematical formalism of coadjoint orbits, allowing Landau’s Fermi liquid theory to be recast in a simple and elegant way as a field theory. The theory of Fermi liquids is a cornerstone of condensed matter physics with many applications, but efforts to cast Landau’s Fermi liquid theory in the modern language of effective field ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This thesis develops a new approach to Fermi liquids based on the mathematical formalism of coadjoint orbits, allowing Landau’s Fermi liquid theory to be recast in a simple and elegant way as a field theory. The theory of Fermi liquids is a cornerstone of condensed matter physics with many applications, but efforts to cast Landau’s Fermi liquid theory in the modern language of effective field
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Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Materials

by Pradeep Fulay, Jung-Kun Lee ...

This book integrates materials science with other engineering subjects such as physics, chemistry and electrical engineering. The authors discuss devices and technologies used by the electronics, magnetics and photonics industries and offer a perspective on the manufacturing technologies used in device fabrication. The new addition includes chapters on optical properties and devices and addresses ... Read more

$189.99 USD

This book integrates materials science with other engineering subjects such as physics, chemistry and electrical engineering. The authors discuss devices and technologies used by the electronics, magnetics and photonics industries and offer a perspective on the manufacturing technologies used in device fabrication. The new addition includes chapters on optical properties and devices and addresses
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Pulvermetallurgische Fertigungstechnik

by Paul Beiss ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Unter den Oberbegriff Pulvermetallurgie fällt eine große Vielfalt an Verfahren und Produkten, von denen die Strukturwerkstoffe in der Technik die größte Wertschöpfung und Anwendungsbreite haben. Dazu sind sehr unterschiedliche Aufbereitungs- und Formgebungsverfahren entwickelt worden, die auf den Verarbeitungseigenschaften der jeweiligen Pulver beruhen. Eine Auswahl dieser Verfahren mit größerer ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Unter den Oberbegriff Pulvermetallurgie fällt eine große Vielfalt an Verfahren und Produkten, von denen die Strukturwerkstoffe in der Technik die größte Wertschöpfung und Anwendungsbreite haben. Dazu sind sehr unterschiedliche Aufbereitungs- und Formgebungsverfahren entwickelt worden, die auf den Verarbeitungseigenschaften der jeweiligen Pulver beruhen. Eine Auswahl dieser Verfahren mit größerer
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Nanotoxicology

Materials, Methodologies, and Assessments

Edited by Nelson Durán, Silvia S. Guterres, Oswaldo L. Alves ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book takes a systematic approach to nanotoxicology and the developing risk factors associated with nanosized particles during manufacture and use of nanotechnology. Beginning with a detailed introduction to engineered nanostructures, the first part of the book presents concepts and definitions of nanomaterials from quantum dots to graphene to fullerenes, with detailed discussion of ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book takes a systematic approach to nanotoxicology and the developing risk factors associated with nanosized particles during manufacture and use of nanotechnology. Beginning with a detailed introduction to engineered nanostructures, the first part of the book presents concepts and definitions of nanomaterials from quantum dots to graphene to fullerenes, with detailed discussion of
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Materials Research with Ion Beams

Edited by Horst Schmidt-Böcking, Alwin Schempp, Kurt E. Stiebing ...

Series series Research Reports in Physics
Due to new technological progress in the development of ion sources and accelerators interesting kinds of beams are now available. They open new fields for materials research with ion beams. The present status and future possibilities of these research activities are described by experts on this field in the form of review articles. The papers presented in the book focus on very different aspects ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Due to new technological progress in the development of ion sources and accelerators interesting kinds of beams are now available. They open new fields for materials research with ion beams. The present status and future possibilities of these research activities are described by experts on this field in the form of review articles. The papers presented in the book focus on very different aspects
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A Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

by Michele Maggiore ...

Series Book 12 - Oxford Master Series in Physics
The importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domains as different as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modern developments, assuming no previous knowledge of quantum field theory. Along with standard ... Read more

$62.99 USD

The importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domains as different as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modern developments, assuming no previous knowledge of quantum field theory. Along with standard
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Optical Properties of Metallic Nanoparticles

Basic Principles and Simulation

by Andreas Trügler ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book introduces the fascinating world of plasmonics and physics at the nanoscale, with a focus on simulations and the theoretical aspects of optics and nanotechnology. A research field with numerous applications, plasmonics bridges the gap between the micrometer length scale of light and the secrets of the nanoworld. This is achieved by binding light to charge density oscillations of metallic ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book introduces the fascinating world of plasmonics and physics at the nanoscale, with a focus on simulations and the theoretical aspects of optics and nanotechnology. A research field with numerous applications, plasmonics bridges the gap between the micrometer length scale of light and the secrets of the nanoworld. This is achieved by binding light to charge density oscillations of metallic
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Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

Evolution or Revolution?

Edited by Jean-Michel Lourtioz, Marcel Lahmani, Claire Dupas-Haeberlin, Patrice Hesto ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book provides information to the state of art of research in nanotechnology and nano medicine and risks of nano technology. It covers an interdisciplinary and very wide scope of the latest fundamental research status and industrial applications of nano technologies ranging from nano physics, nano chemistry to biotechnology and toxicology. It provides information to last legislation of nano ... Read more

$125.99 USD

This book provides information to the state of art of research in nanotechnology and nano medicine and risks of nano technology. It covers an interdisciplinary and very wide scope of the latest fundamental research status and industrial applications of nano technologies ranging from nano physics, nano chemistry to biotechnology and toxicology. It provides information to last legislation of nano
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Quantum Fluids, Solitons, and Vortices

A Primer with Worked Problems

by Carlo F. Barenghi, Thomas Bland, Nick G. Parker ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book offers a clear introduction to the key theoretical concepts needed to explore modern research topics in quantum fluids, with a particular focus on solitons and vortices. It is designed for graduate students and junior researchers, who want to build the foundation required to engage with current work in the field.The text begins with a brief historical overview before moving on to ... Read more

$58.99 USD

This book offers a clear introduction to the key theoretical concepts needed to explore modern research topics in quantum fluids, with a particular focus on solitons and vortices. It is designed for graduate students and junior researchers, who want to build the foundation required to engage with current work in the field.The text begins with a brief historical overview before moving on to
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