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Solid State Properties

From Bulk to Nano

by Mildred Dresselhaus, Gene Dresselhaus, Antonio Gomes Souza Filho, Stephen B. Cronin ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book fills a gap between many of the basic solid state physics and materials sciencebooks that are currently available. It is written for a mixed audience of electricalengineering and applied physics students who have some knowledge of elementaryundergraduate quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. This book, based on asuccessful course taught at MIT, is divided pedagogically into three ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book fills a gap between many of the basic solid state physics and materials sciencebooks that are currently available. It is written for a mixed audience of electricalengineering and applied physics students who have some knowledge of elementaryundergraduate quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. This book, based on asuccessful course taught at MIT, is divided pedagogically into three
... Read more
CFN Lectures on Functional Nanostructures - Volume 2

Nanoelectronics

Edited by Christian Röthig, Gerd Schön, Matthias Vojta ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This series of books contains selected and edited lectures from summer schools organized by the Center for Functional nanostructures (CFN) at the University of Karlsruhe. The mission of the CFN is to carry out research in the following areas: nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, molecular nanostructures and nanostructured materials. The aim of the summer schools is mainly to exchange new ideas and ... Read more

$42.29 CAD

This series of books contains selected and edited lectures from summer schools organized by the Center for Functional nanostructures (CFN) at the University of Karlsruhe. The mission of the CFN is to carry out research in the following areas: nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, molecular nanostructures and nanostructured materials. The aim of the summer schools is mainly to exchange new ideas and
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Flexible Electronics

Materials and Applications

Edited by William S. Wong, Alberto Salleo ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Flexible-electronics is rapidly finding many main-stream applications where low-cost, ruggedness, light weight, unconventional form factors and ease of manufacturability are just some of the important advantages over their conventional rigid-substrate counterparts. Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications surveys the materials systems and processes that are used to fabricate devices that ... Read more

$243.39 CAD

Flexible-electronics is rapidly finding many main-stream applications where low-cost, ruggedness, light weight, unconventional form factors and ease of manufacturability are just some of the important advantages over their conventional rigid-substrate counterparts. Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications surveys the materials systems and processes that are used to fabricate devices that
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Trends in Computational Nanomechanics

Transcending Length and Time Scales

Edited by Traian Dumitrica ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Trends in Computational Nanomechanics reviews recent advances in analytical and computational modeling frameworks to describe the mechanics of materials on scales ranging from the atomistic, through the microstructure or transitional, and up to the continuum. The book presents new approaches in the theory of nanosystems, recent developments in theoretical and computational methods for studying ... Read more

$370.19 CAD

Trends in Computational Nanomechanics reviews recent advances in analytical and computational modeling frameworks to describe the mechanics of materials on scales ranging from the atomistic, through the microstructure or transitional, and up to the continuum. The book presents new approaches in the theory of nanosystems, recent developments in theoretical and computational methods for studying
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The NMR Probe of High-Tc Materials and Correlated Electron Systems

by Russell E. Walstedt ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This new edition updates readers in three areas of NMR studies, namely, recent developments in high-Tc materials, heavy fermion systems and actinide oxides are presented. The NMR probe has yielded a vast array of data for solid state materials, corresponding to different compounds, ionic sites, and nuclear species, as well as to a wide variety of experimental conditions. The last two parts of the ... Read more

$140.89 CAD

This new edition updates readers in three areas of NMR studies, namely, recent developments in high-Tc materials, heavy fermion systems and actinide oxides are presented. The NMR probe has yielded a vast array of data for solid state materials, corresponding to different compounds, ionic sites, and nuclear species, as well as to a wide variety of experimental conditions. The last two parts of the
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Modern Tools of Biophysics

Edited by Thomas Jue ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Handbook of Modern Biophysics brings current biophysics topics into focus, so that biology, medical, engineering, mathematics, and physical-science students or researchers can learn fun¬damental concepts and the application of new techniques in addressing biomedical challenges. Chapters will develop the conceptual framework of the physics formalism and illustrate the biomedical applica¬tions. With ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

Handbook of Modern Biophysics brings current biophysics topics into focus, so that biology, medical, engineering, mathematics, and physical-science students or researchers can learn fun¬damental concepts and the application of new techniques in addressing biomedical challenges. Chapters will develop the conceptual framework of the physics formalism and illustrate the biomedical applica¬tions. With
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Techniques in High Pressure Neutron Scattering

by Stefan Klotz ...

Drawing on the author's practical work from the last 20 years, Techniques in High Pressure Neutron Scattering is one of the first books to gather recent methods that allow neutron scattering well beyond 10 GPa. The author shows how neutron scattering has to be adapted to the pressure range and type of measurement.Suitable for both newcomers and exp ... Read more

$147.02 CAD

Drawing on the author's practical work from the last 20 years, Techniques in High Pressure Neutron Scattering is one of the first books to gather recent methods that allow neutron scattering well beyond 10 GPa. The author shows how neutron scattering has to be adapted to the pressure range and type of measurement.Suitable for both newcomers and exp
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D(X) Centres and other Metastable Defects in Semiconductors, Proceedings of the INT Symposium, Mauterndorf, Austria, 18-22 February 1991

Edited by W. Jantsch, R.A. Stradling ...

Since the first reports on metastable defects in III-V and II-VI compound semiconductors appeared in the late 1960s, the number of reports on defects with metastable states has been growing at an ever increasing rate. D(X)-center and other metastability defects cause many technical problems that are exacerbated by the uncertainty and controversy surrounding the mechanisms that cause them. A lively ... Read more

$321.55 CAD

Since the first reports on metastable defects in III-V and II-VI compound semiconductors appeared in the late 1960s, the number of reports on defects with metastable states has been growing at an ever increasing rate. D(X)-center and other metastability defects cause many technical problems that are exacerbated by the uncertainty and controversy surrounding the mechanisms that cause them. A lively
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Quantum Dissipative Systems (Fifth Edition)

by Ulrich Weiss ...

This comprehensive textbook provides the fundamental concepts and methods of dissipative quantum mechanics and related issues in condensed matter physics starting from first principles. It deals with the phenomena and theory of decoherence, relaxation and dissipation in quantum mechanics that arise from the random exchange of energy with the environment. Major theoretical advances in combination ... Read more

$85.99 CAD

This comprehensive textbook provides the fundamental concepts and methods of dissipative quantum mechanics and related issues in condensed matter physics starting from first principles. It deals with the phenomena and theory of decoherence, relaxation and dissipation in quantum mechanics that arise from the random exchange of energy with the environment. Major theoretical advances in combination
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Magnetic Skyrmions and Topological Insulators for Spintronics Applications

by Hamed Vakili ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book employs end-to-end materials-to-systems modeling to show how topological properties of emerging quantum materials can be useful as low-power accelerators of classical computing hardware in edge intelligence. Skyrmions are ultra-small and topologically protected, so that their self-focusing, notch-driven synchronization and current-driven placement along a racetrack can be used to encode ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

This book employs end-to-end materials-to-systems modeling to show how topological properties of emerging quantum materials can be useful as low-power accelerators of classical computing hardware in edge intelligence. Skyrmions are ultra-small and topologically protected, so that their self-focusing, notch-driven synchronization and current-driven placement along a racetrack can be used to encode
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The Mathematics and Topology of Fullerenes

Edited by Franco Cataldo, Ante Graovac, Ottorino Ori ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
The Mathematics and Topology of Fullerenes presents a comprehensive overview of scientific and technical innovations in theoretical and experimental studies.Topics included in this multi-author volume are: Clar structures for conjugated nanostructures; counting polynomials of fullerenes; topological indices of fullerenes; the wiener index of nanotubes; toroidal fullerenes and nanostars; C60 ... Read more

$128.09 CAD

The Mathematics and Topology of Fullerenes presents a comprehensive overview of scientific and technical innovations in theoretical and experimental studies.Topics included in this multi-author volume are: Clar structures for conjugated nanostructures; counting polynomials of fullerenes; topological indices of fullerenes; the wiener index of nanotubes; toroidal fullerenes and nanostars; C60
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Silicon Nanomaterials Sourcebook

Hybrid Materials, Arrays, Networks, and Devices, Volume Two

Edited by Klaus D. Sattler ...

Series series Series in Materials Science and Engineering
This comprehensive tutorial guide to silicon nanomaterials spans from fundamental properties, growth mechanisms, and processing of nanosilicon to electronic device, energy conversion and storage, biomedical, and environmental applications. It also presents core knowledge with basic mathematical equations, tables, and graphs in order to provide the reader with the tools necessary to understand the ... Read more

$97.55 CAD

This comprehensive tutorial guide to silicon nanomaterials spans from fundamental properties, growth mechanisms, and processing of nanosilicon to electronic device, energy conversion and storage, biomedical, and environmental applications. It also presents core knowledge with basic mathematical equations, tables, and graphs in order to provide the reader with the tools necessary to understand the
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Reviews in Plasmonics 2017

Edited by Chris D. Geddes ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Reviews in Plasmonics is a comprehensive collection of current trends and emerging hot topics in the field of Plasmonics and closely related disciplines. It summarizes the years progress in Plasmonics and its applications, with authoritative analytical reviews specialized enough to be attractive to professional researchers, yet also appealing to the wider audience of scientists in related ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

Reviews in Plasmonics is a comprehensive collection of current trends and emerging hot topics in the field of Plasmonics and closely related disciplines. It summarizes the years progress in Plasmonics and its applications, with authoritative analytical reviews specialized enough to be attractive to professional researchers, yet also appealing to the wider audience of scientists in related
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Dynamical Phase Transitions in Chaotic Systems

by Edson Denis Leonel ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book discusses some scaling properties and characterizes two-phase transitions for chaotic dynamics in nonlinear systems described by mappings. The chaotic dynamics is determined by the unpredictability of the time evolution of two very close initial conditions in the phase space. It yields in an exponential divergence from each other as time passes. The chaotic diffusion is investigated, ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This book discusses some scaling properties and characterizes two-phase transitions for chaotic dynamics in nonlinear systems described by mappings. The chaotic dynamics is determined by the unpredictability of the time evolution of two very close initial conditions in the phase space. It yields in an exponential divergence from each other as time passes. The chaotic diffusion is investigated,
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Graphene for Defense and Security

by Andre U. Sokolnikov ...

Graphene is giving new impetus to the electronics industry because its band structure allows its properties to be dramatically altered and modified by chemical or electrochemical doping methods. This book provides a comprehensive source of information about graphene as a phenomenon, its physics and its mechanical and chemical properties in the light of the latest scientific and technological ... Read more

$173.13 CAD

Graphene is giving new impetus to the electronics industry because its band structure allows its properties to be dramatically altered and modified by chemical or electrochemical doping methods. This book provides a comprehensive source of information about graphene as a phenomenon, its physics and its mechanical and chemical properties in the light of the latest scientific and technological
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Graphene Science Handbook

Fabrication Methods

Edited by Mahmood Aliofkhazraei, Nasar Ali, William I. Milne, Cengiz S. Ozkan, Stanislaw Mitura, Juana L. Gervasoni ...

Explores Chemical-Based, Non-Chemical Based, and Advanced Fabrication MethodsThe Graphene Science Handbook is a six-volume set that describes graphene's special structural, electrical, and chemical properties. The book considers how these properties can be used in different applications (including the development of batteries, fuel cells, photovolt ... Read more

$529.06 CAD

Explores Chemical-Based, Non-Chemical Based, and Advanced Fabrication MethodsThe Graphene Science Handbook is a six-volume set that describes graphene's special structural, electrical, and chemical properties. The book considers how these properties can be used in different applications (including the development of batteries, fuel cells, photovolt
... Read more
Graphene in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring

by Sourabhi Debnath, Tanmoy Debnath, Mohammad Ali Moni, Manoranjan Paul ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the advancement of graphene-based non-invasive sensors for health monitoring. Graphene has been considered the strongest and thinnest known material to date. Unlike most semiconductor systems, its two-dimensional (2D) electronic state can be accessed directly by tunneling or other local probes. With their mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties, graphene-based materials ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book highlights the advancement of graphene-based non-invasive sensors for health monitoring. Graphene has been considered the strongest and thinnest known material to date. Unlike most semiconductor systems, its two-dimensional (2D) electronic state can be accessed directly by tunneling or other local probes. With their mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties, graphene-based materials
... Read more
High-Field Electrodynamics

by Frederic V. Hartemann ...

Series series Pure and Applied Physics
Tremendous technological developments and rapid progress in theory have opened a new area of modern physics called high-field electrodynamics: the systematic study of the interaction of relativistic electrons or positrons with ultrahigh-intensity, coherent electromagnetic radiation. This advanced undergraduate/graduate-level text provides a ... Read more

$446.61 CAD

Tremendous technological developments and rapid progress in theory have opened a new area of modern physics called high-field electrodynamics: the systematic study of the interaction of relativistic electrons or positrons with ultrahigh-intensity, coherent electromagnetic radiation. This advanced undergraduate/graduate-level text provides a
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Noise Research in Semiconductor Physics

Edited by N Lukyanchikova, B Jones ...

This book demonstrates the role and abilities of fluctuation in semiconductor physics, and shows what kinds of physical information are involved in the noise characteristics of semiconductor materials and devices, how this information may be decoded and which advantages are inherent to the noise methods. The text provides a comprehensive account of current results, addressing problems which have ... Read more

$570.29 CAD

This book demonstrates the role and abilities of fluctuation in semiconductor physics, and shows what kinds of physical information are involved in the noise characteristics of semiconductor materials and devices, how this information may be decoded and which advantages are inherent to the noise methods. The text provides a comprehensive account of current results, addressing problems which have
... Read more
Computer Modelling of Heat and Fluid Flow in Materials Processing

by C.P. Hong ...

Series series Series in Materials Science and Engineering
The understanding and control of transport phenomena in materials processing play an important role in the improvement of conventional processes and in the development of new techniques. Computer modeling of these phenomena can be used effectively for this purpose. Although there are several books in the literature covering the analysis of heat tra ... Read more

$182.75 CAD

The understanding and control of transport phenomena in materials processing play an important role in the improvement of conventional processes and in the development of new techniques. Computer modeling of these phenomena can be used effectively for this purpose. Although there are several books in the literature covering the analysis of heat tra
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One- and Two-Dimensional Fluids

Properties of Smectic, Lamellar and Columnar Liquid Crystals

by Antal Jakli, A. Saupe ...

Smectic and lamellar liquid crystals are three-dimensional layered structures in which each layer behaves as a two-dimensional fluid. Because of their reduced dimensionality they have unique physical properties and challenging theoretical descriptions, and are the subject of much current research. One- and Two-Dimensional Fluids: Properties of Smec ... Read more

$130.53 CAD

Smectic and lamellar liquid crystals are three-dimensional layered structures in which each layer behaves as a two-dimensional fluid. Because of their reduced dimensionality they have unique physical properties and challenging theoretical descriptions, and are the subject of much current research. One- and Two-Dimensional Fluids: Properties of Smec
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Skyrmions

Topological Structures, Properties, and Applications

Edited by J. Ping Liu, Zhidong Zhang, Guoping Zhao ...

Series series Series in Materials Science and Engineering
"The book reviews all the aspects of recent developments in research on skyrmions, from the presentation of the observation and characterization techniques to the description of physical properties and expected applications. It will be of great use for all scientists working in this field." – Albert Fert, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Physics (from the Foreword)A skyrmion is a tiny region of reversed ... Read more

$97.55 CAD

"The book reviews all the aspects of recent developments in research on skyrmions, from the presentation of the observation and characterization techniques to the description of physical properties and expected applications. It will be of great use for all scientists working in this field." – Albert Fert, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Physics (from the Foreword)A skyrmion is a tiny region of reversed
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Theoretical Modeling of Inorganic Nanostructures

Symmetry and ab initio Calculations of Nanolayers, Nanotubes and Nanowires

by R. A. Evarestov ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book summarizes the state of the art in the theoretical modeling of inorganic nanostructures. Extending the first edition, published in 2015, it presents applications to new nanostructured materials and theoretical explanations of recently discovered optical and thermodynamic properties of known nanomaterials. It discusses the developments in theoretical modeling of nanostructures, describing ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

This book summarizes the state of the art in the theoretical modeling of inorganic nanostructures. Extending the first edition, published in 2015, it presents applications to new nanostructured materials and theoretical explanations of recently discovered optical and thermodynamic properties of known nanomaterials. It discusses the developments in theoretical modeling of nanostructures, describing
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Single Particle Detection And Measurement

by R S Gilmore ...

This book provides a summary of the state of science in teh field of single particle detection and measurement. The text delineates between those low performance detectors, capable of registering only a large number of particles and those complex, highly designed systems capable of detecting and measuring single interactions or events. The author describes the problems associated with detection, ... Read more

$474.10 CAD

This book provides a summary of the state of science in teh field of single particle detection and measurement. The text delineates between those low performance detectors, capable of registering only a large number of particles and those complex, highly designed systems capable of detecting and measuring single interactions or events. The author describes the problems associated with detection,
... Read more

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