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Synchrotron Radiation

Basics, Methods and Applications

Edited by Settimio Mobilio, Federico Boscherini, Carlo Meneghini ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Synchrotron radiation is today extensively used for fundamental and applied research in many different fields of science. Its exceptional characteristics in terms of intensity, brilliance, spectral range, time structure and now also coherence pushed many experimental techniques to previously un-reachable limits, enabling the performance of experiments unbelievable only few years ago.The book gives ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

Synchrotron radiation is today extensively used for fundamental and applied research in many different fields of science. Its exceptional characteristics in terms of intensity, brilliance, spectral range, time structure and now also coherence pushed many experimental techniques to previously un-reachable limits, enabling the performance of experiments unbelievable only few years ago.The book gives
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Novel Approaches for Single Molecule Activation and Detection

Edited by Fabio Benfenati, Enzo Di Fabrizio, Vincent Torre ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
How can we obtain tools able to process and exchange information at the molecular scale? In order to do this, it is necessary to activate and detect single molecules under controlled conditions. This book focuses on the generation of biologically-inspired molecular devices. These devices are based on the developments of new photonic tools able to activate and stimulate single molecule machines. ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

How can we obtain tools able to process and exchange information at the molecular scale? In order to do this, it is necessary to activate and detect single molecules under controlled conditions. This book focuses on the generation of biologically-inspired molecular devices. These devices are based on the developments of new photonic tools able to activate and stimulate single molecule machines.
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Optical Absorption Spectra Calculated Using Linear-Scaling Density-Functional Theory

by Laura Ratcliff ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The development of linear-scaling density functional theory (LS-DFT) has made ab initio calculations on systems containing thousands of atoms possible. These systems range from nanostructures to biomolecules. These methods rely on the use of localized basis sets, which are optimised for the representation of occupied Kohn-Sham states but do not guarantee an accurate representation of the ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

The development of linear-scaling density functional theory (LS-DFT) has made ab initio calculations on systems containing thousands of atoms possible. These systems range from nanostructures to biomolecules. These methods rely on the use of localized basis sets, which are optimised for the representation of occupied Kohn-Sham states but do not guarantee an accurate representation of the
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Flexible Electronic Packaging and Encapsulation Technology

Edited by Hong Meng, Wei Huang ...

Flexible Electronic Packaging and Encapsulation TechnologyA systematic introduction to the future of electronic packagingElectronic packaging materials are among the most important components of the broader electronics industry, capable of facilitating heat dissipation, redistributing stress on electronic components, and providing environmental protections for electronic systems. Recent advances ... Read more

$182.99 CAD

Flexible Electronic Packaging and Encapsulation TechnologyA systematic introduction to the future of electronic packagingElectronic packaging materials are among the most important components of the broader electronics industry, capable of facilitating heat dissipation, redistributing stress on electronic components, and providing environmental protections for electronic systems. Recent advances
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Building and Probing Small for Mechanics

Edited by Christian Joachim ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents mechanics miniaturization trends explored step by step, starting with the example of the miniaturization of a mechanical calculator. The ultra-miniaturization of mechanical machinery is now approaching the atomic scale. In this book, molecule-gears, trains of molecule-gears, and molecule motors are studied -one molecule at a time- on a solid surface, using scanning probe ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This book presents mechanics miniaturization trends explored step by step, starting with the example of the miniaturization of a mechanical calculator. The ultra-miniaturization of mechanical machinery is now approaching the atomic scale. In this book, molecule-gears, trains of molecule-gears, and molecule motors are studied -one molecule at a time- on a solid surface, using scanning probe
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Bogoliubov-de Gennes Method and Its Applications

by Jian-Xin Zhu ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The purpose of this book is to provide an elementary yet systematic description of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) equations, their unique symmetry properties and their relation to Green’s function theory. Specifically, it introduces readers to the supercell technique for the solutions of the BdG equations, as well as other related techniques for more rapidly solving the equations in practical ... Read more

$57.69 CAD

The purpose of this book is to provide an elementary yet systematic description of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) equations, their unique symmetry properties and their relation to Green’s function theory. Specifically, it introduces readers to the supercell technique for the solutions of the BdG equations, as well as other related techniques for more rapidly solving the equations in practical
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Memristors and Memelements

Mathematics, Physics and Fiction

by Massimiliano Di Ventra, Yuriy V. Pershin ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book, written by two pioneers in the field, provides a clear and concise description of memristors and other memory elements. It stresses the difference between their mathematical definition and physical reality. The reader will then be able to distinguish between what is experimentally realizable and various fictitious claims that plague the scientific literature. The discussion is kept ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book, written by two pioneers in the field, provides a clear and concise description of memristors and other memory elements. It stresses the difference between their mathematical definition and physical reality. The reader will then be able to distinguish between what is experimentally realizable and various fictitious claims that plague the scientific literature. The discussion is kept
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The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change

Edited by Marco Marengo, Joel De Coninck ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change collects high level contributions from internationally recognised scientists in the field. It thoroughly explores surface wettability, with topics spanning from the physics of phase change, physics of nucleation, mesoscale modeling, analysis of phenomena such drop evaporation, boiling, local heat flux at triple line, Leidenfrost, dropwise condensation ... Read more

$204.99 CAD

The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change collects high level contributions from internationally recognised scientists in the field. It thoroughly explores surface wettability, with topics spanning from the physics of phase change, physics of nucleation, mesoscale modeling, analysis of phenomena such drop evaporation, boiling, local heat flux at triple line, Leidenfrost, dropwise condensation
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Nanowires

Building Blocks for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

by Anqi Zhang, Gengfeng Zheng, Charles M. Lieber ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive summary of nanowire research in the past decade, from the nanowire synthesis, characterization, assembly, to the device applications. In particular, the developments of complex/modulated nanowire structures, the assembly of hierarchical nanowire arrays, and the applications in the fields of nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, quantum devices, nano-enabled energy, and ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This book provides a comprehensive summary of nanowire research in the past decade, from the nanowire synthesis, characterization, assembly, to the device applications. In particular, the developments of complex/modulated nanowire structures, the assembly of hierarchical nanowire arrays, and the applications in the fields of nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, quantum devices, nano-enabled energy, and
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Traffic and Granular Flow 2019

Edited by Iker Zuriguel, Angel Garcimartín, Raúl Cruz Hidalgo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book gathers contributions on a variety of flowing collective systems. While primarily focusing on pedestrian dynamics, they also reflect the latest developments in areas such as vehicular traffic and granular flows and address related emerging topics such as self-propelled particles, data transport, swarm behavior, intercellular transport, and collective dynamics of biological systems. ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This book gathers contributions on a variety of flowing collective systems. While primarily focusing on pedestrian dynamics, they also reflect the latest developments in areas such as vehicular traffic and granular flows and address related emerging topics such as self-propelled particles, data transport, swarm behavior, intercellular transport, and collective dynamics of biological systems.
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Peptide Bionanomaterials

From Design to Application

Edited by Mohamed A. Elsawy ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Molecular self-assembly has been exploited by nature for developing the higher functional macromolecular structures of both the genome and proteome. Inspired by nature, there has been a surge of research, in the last two decades, for the molecular engineering of peptide-based self-assembling nanostructures, adopting the bottom-up design approach.This book gives the reader an overview on the design ... Read more

$256.19 CAD

Molecular self-assembly has been exploited by nature for developing the higher functional macromolecular structures of both the genome and proteome. Inspired by nature, there has been a surge of research, in the last two decades, for the molecular engineering of peptide-based self-assembling nanostructures, adopting the bottom-up design approach.This book gives the reader an overview on the design
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Memory Functions, Projection Operators, and the Defect Technique

Some Tools of the Trade for the Condensed Matter Physicist

by V. M. (Nitant) Kenkre ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book provides a graduate-level introduction to three powerful and closely related techniques in condensed matter physics: memory functions, projection operators, and the defect technique. Memory functions appear in the formalism of the generalized master equations that express the time evolution of probabilities via equations non-local in time, projection operators allow the extraction of ... Read more

$102.49 CAD

This book provides a graduate-level introduction to three powerful and closely related techniques in condensed matter physics: memory functions, projection operators, and the defect technique. Memory functions appear in the formalism of the generalized master equations that express the time evolution of probabilities via equations non-local in time, projection operators allow the extraction of
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Optoelectronic Properties of Organic Semiconductors

Charge Generation and Recombination in Next-Generation Photovoltaic Devices

by Nasim Zarrabi ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book focuses on organic semiconductors with particular attention paid to their use as photovoltaic devices. It addresses a fundamental and hitherto overlooked concept in the field of organic optoelectronics, namely the role that sub-gap states play in the performance of organic semiconducting devices. From a technological point of view, organic semiconductor-based devices are of significant ... Read more

$70.49 CAD

This book focuses on organic semiconductors with particular attention paid to their use as photovoltaic devices. It addresses a fundamental and hitherto overlooked concept in the field of organic optoelectronics, namely the role that sub-gap states play in the performance of organic semiconducting devices. From a technological point of view, organic semiconductor-based devices are of significant
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Handbook of II-VI Semiconductor-Based Sensors and Radiation Detectors

Vol. 3: Sensors, Biosensors and Radiation Detectors

Edited by Ghenadii Korotcenkov ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
The reference provides interdisciplinary discussion for diverse II-VI semiconductors with a wide range of topics. The third volume of a three volume set, the book provides an up-to-date account of the present status of multifunctional II-VI semiconductors, from fundamental science and processing to their applications as various sensors, biosensors, and radiation detectors, and based on them to ... Read more

$280.49 CAD

The reference provides interdisciplinary discussion for diverse II-VI semiconductors with a wide range of topics. The third volume of a three volume set, the book provides an up-to-date account of the present status of multifunctional II-VI semiconductors, from fundamental science and processing to their applications as various sensors, biosensors, and radiation detectors, and based on them to
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Regenerated Cellulose and Composites

Morphology-Property Relationship

Edited by Mohd Shabbir ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book highlights the morphology-property relationship of regenerated cellulose materials and composites, as morphology of materials is the key feature and corresponds to associated applications of/to the materials. It is highly essential to assimilate the literature on morphology-property relationship of cellulose materials. Being the most abundant natural polymer on earth and gateway to large ... Read more

$281.79 CAD

This book highlights the morphology-property relationship of regenerated cellulose materials and composites, as morphology of materials is the key feature and corresponds to associated applications of/to the materials. It is highly essential to assimilate the literature on morphology-property relationship of cellulose materials. Being the most abundant natural polymer on earth and gateway to large
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Ultracondensed Matter by Dynamic Compression

by William J. Nellis ...

Dynamic compression is an experimental technique with interdisciplinary uses, ranging from enabling the creation of ultracondensed matter under previously impossible conditions to understanding the likely cause of unusual planetary magnetic fields. Readers can now gain an intuitive understanding of dynamic compression; clear and authoritative chapters examine its history and experimental method, ... Read more

$164.99 CAD

Dynamic compression is an experimental technique with interdisciplinary uses, ranging from enabling the creation of ultracondensed matter under previously impossible conditions to understanding the likely cause of unusual planetary magnetic fields. Readers can now gain an intuitive understanding of dynamic compression; clear and authoritative chapters examine its history and experimental method,
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Architectures and Synthesizers for Ultra-low Power Fast Frequency-Hopping WSN Radios

by Emanuele Lopelli, Johan van der Tang, Arthur H.M. van Roermund ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Wireless sensor networks have the potential to become the third wireless revolution after wireless voice networks in the 80s and wireless data networks in the late 90s. Unfortunately, radio power consumption is still a major bottleneck to the wide adoption of this technology. Different directions have been explored to minimize the radio consumption, but the major drawback of the proposed solutions ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

Wireless sensor networks have the potential to become the third wireless revolution after wireless voice networks in the 80s and wireless data networks in the late 90s. Unfortunately, radio power consumption is still a major bottleneck to the wide adoption of this technology. Different directions have been explored to minimize the radio consumption, but the major drawback of the proposed solutions
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Renormalization Group Analysis of Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions in Driven Disordered Systems

by Taiki Haga ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book investigates phase transitions and critical phenomena in disordered systems driven out of equilibrium. First, the author derives a dimensional reduction property that relates the long-distance physics of driven disordered systems to that of lower dimensional pure systems. By combining this property with a modern renormalization group technique, the critical behavior of random field spin ... Read more

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This book investigates phase transitions and critical phenomena in disordered systems driven out of equilibrium. First, the author derives a dimensional reduction property that relates the long-distance physics of driven disordered systems to that of lower dimensional pure systems. By combining this property with a modern renormalization group technique, the critical behavior of random field spin
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Advances in Research and Development

Modeling of Film Deposition for Microelectronic Applications

by Maurice H. Francombe, John L. Vossen ...

Series Book 23 - Thin Films
Significant progress has occurred during the last few years in device technologies and these are surveyed in this new volume. Included are Si/(Si-Ge) heterojunctions for high-speed integrated circuits, Schottky-barrier arrays in Si and Si-Ge alloys for infrared imaging, III-V quantum-well detector structures operated in the heterodyne mode for high-data-rate communications, and III-V ... Read more

$199.99 CAD

Significant progress has occurred during the last few years in device technologies and these are surveyed in this new volume. Included are Si/(Si-Ge) heterojunctions for high-speed integrated circuits, Schottky-barrier arrays in Si and Si-Ge alloys for infrared imaging, III-V quantum-well detector structures operated in the heterodyne mode for high-data-rate communications, and III-V
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O que é a Matéria Escura?

by ROGELIO PEREZ CASADIEGO ...

EXPLICAÇÃO DO LIVROA matéria escura é um dos fenômenos mais estudados e debatidos do nosso tempo. Mas o que é matéria escura? Neste livro, o autor questiona as teorias convencionais sobre as ideias da matéria escura e propõe uma nova visão.Através de uma análise cuidadosa, mostra que o plasma cristalizado responde à maioria das questões sobre as características da matéria escura.Esta teoria ... Read more

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EXPLICAÇÃO DO LIVROA matéria escura é um dos fenômenos mais estudados e debatidos do nosso tempo. Mas o que é matéria escura? Neste livro, o autor questiona as teorias convencionais sobre as ideias da matéria escura e propõe uma nova visão.Através de uma análise cuidadosa, mostra que o plasma cristalizado responde à maioria das questões sobre as características da matéria escura.Esta teoria
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Electronic Properties of Organic Conductors

by Takehiko Mori ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides an easily understandable introduction to solid state physics for chemists and engineers. Band theory is introduced as an extension of molecular orbital theory, and its application to organic materials is described. Phenomena beyond band theory are treated in relation to magnetism and electron correlation, which are explained in terms of the valence bond theory and the Coulomb ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This book provides an easily understandable introduction to solid state physics for chemists and engineers. Band theory is introduced as an extension of molecular orbital theory, and its application to organic materials is described. Phenomena beyond band theory are treated in relation to magnetism and electron correlation, which are explained in terms of the valence bond theory and the Coulomb
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Freshman Lectures on Nanotechnology

by Hassan Raza ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Nanotechnology is the art, science, and engineering of designing materials, devices, and systems at the nanoscale from bottom-up and/or top-down approaches. The material properties at the nanoscale are governed by quantum mechanics, and hence are drastically different than those at the macro/micro scale. It is thus no surprise, that nanotechnology has led to a scientific and technological ... Read more

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Nanotechnology is the art, science, and engineering of designing materials, devices, and systems at the nanoscale from bottom-up and/or top-down approaches. The material properties at the nanoscale are governed by quantum mechanics, and hence are drastically different than those at the macro/micro scale. It is thus no surprise, that nanotechnology has led to a scientific and technological
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Guida allo studio della computazione quantistica

by Stefano Olivares ...

Series series Italian language eBook collection
Questo libro di testo offre un’introduzione completa ai principi e ai metodi della computazione quantistica, pensata per la comunità universitaria. Dopo aver rivisto gli elementi di base della logica classica e della meccanica quantistica, il testo illustra come queste discipline si integrino nella computazione quantistica. Tra gli argomenti principali figurano le porte logiche quantistiche, ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Questo libro di testo offre un’introduzione completa ai principi e ai metodi della computazione quantistica, pensata per la comunità universitaria. Dopo aver rivisto gli elementi di base della logica classica e della meccanica quantistica, il testo illustra come queste discipline si integrino nella computazione quantistica. Tra gli argomenti principali figurano le porte logiche quantistiche,
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Theory Of The Quantum World, The - Proceedings Of The 25th Solvay Conference On Physics

by David J Gross, Alexander Sevrin, Marc Henneaux ...

Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics. The 25th edition held in October 2011 in Brussels and chaired by David Gross continued this tradition and celebrated the first centennial of this illustrious series of conferences. The development and applications of quantum mechanics have always been the main threads in the history of the Solvay Conferences, hence the 25th Solvay ... Read more

$81.99 CAD

Ever since 1911, the Solvay Conferences have shaped modern physics. The 25th edition held in October 2011 in Brussels and chaired by David Gross continued this tradition and celebrated the first centennial of this illustrious series of conferences. The development and applications of quantum mechanics have always been the main threads in the history of the Solvay Conferences, hence the 25th Solvay
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