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Ion Beams in Materials Processing and Analysis

by Bernd Schmidt, Klaus Wetzig ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
A comprehensive review of ion beam application in modern materials research is provided, including the basics of ion beam physics and technology. The physics of ion-solid interactions for ion implantation, ion beam synthesis, sputtering and nano-patterning is treated in detail. Its applications in materials research, development and analysis, developments of special techniques and interaction ... Read more

$256.19 CAD

A comprehensive review of ion beam application in modern materials research is provided, including the basics of ion beam physics and technology. The physics of ion-solid interactions for ion implantation, ion beam synthesis, sputtering and nano-patterning is treated in detail. Its applications in materials research, development and analysis, developments of special techniques and interaction
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Fullerenes

Nanochemistry, Nanomagnetism, Nanomedicine, Nanophotonics

by Elena Sheka ...

At the interface between chemistry, biology, and physics, fullerenes were one of the first objects to be dissected, scanned, and studied by the modern multi-specialty biotech community and are currently thriving in both research and practical application. Other members of the sp2 nanocarbon family, such as nanotubes and graphene, are currently bein ... Read more

$147.02 CAD

At the interface between chemistry, biology, and physics, fullerenes were one of the first objects to be dissected, scanned, and studied by the modern multi-specialty biotech community and are currently thriving in both research and practical application. Other members of the sp2 nanocarbon family, such as nanotubes and graphene, are currently bein
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Matière

Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Pour l'action comme pour la connaissance, la « matière » est toujours première. Première dans ses mixtes et ses confusions, lorsqu'elle résiste aux projets de façonnage ; première dans sa présence originelle, dès qu'apparut le projet d'une construction intelligible du monde. Mais, avant même que... ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Pour l'action comme pour la connaissance, la « matière » est toujours première. Première dans ses mixtes et ses confusions, lorsqu'elle résiste aux projets de façonnage ; première dans sa présence originelle, dès qu'apparut le projet d'une construction intelligible du monde. Mais, avant même que...
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Introduction to the Physics of Electrons in Solids

by Henri Alloul ...

Translated by Stephen Lyle ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This textbook sets out to enable readers to understand fundamental aspects underlying quantum macroscopic phenomena in solids, primarily through the modern experimental techniques and results. The classic independent-electrons approach for describing the electronic structure in terms of energy bands helps explain the occurrence of metals, insulators and semiconductors. It is underlined that ... Read more

$102.49 CAD

This textbook sets out to enable readers to understand fundamental aspects underlying quantum macroscopic phenomena in solids, primarily through the modern experimental techniques and results. The classic independent-electrons approach for describing the electronic structure in terms of energy bands helps explain the occurrence of metals, insulators and semiconductors. It is underlined that
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Dynamical Heterogeneities in Glasses, Colloids, and Granular Media

Edited by Ludovic Berthier, Giulio Biroli, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Luca Cipelletti, Wim van Saarloos ...

Series Book 150 - International Series of Monographs on Physics
Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses. Yet, we are still seeking a fundamental explanation as to what glasses really are and to why they form. In this book, we survey the most recent theoretical and experimental research dealing with glassy physics, from molecular to colloidal glasses and ... Read more

$108.79 CAD

Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses. Yet, we are still seeking a fundamental explanation as to what glasses really are and to why they form. In this book, we survey the most recent theoretical and experimental research dealing with glassy physics, from molecular to colloidal glasses and
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Advances in the Casimir Effect

by Michael Bordag, Galina Leonidovna Klimchitskaya, Umar Mohideen, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Mostepanenko ...

Series Book 145 - International Series of Monographs on Physics
The subject of this book is the Casimir effect, a manifestation of zero-point oscillations of the quantum vacuum resulting in forces acting between closely spaced bodies. For the benefit of the reader, the book assembles field-theoretical foundations of this phenomenon, applications of the general theory to real materials, and a comprehensive description of all recently performed measurements of ... Read more

$76.79 CAD

The subject of this book is the Casimir effect, a manifestation of zero-point oscillations of the quantum vacuum resulting in forces acting between closely spaced bodies. For the benefit of the reader, the book assembles field-theoretical foundations of this phenomenon, applications of the general theory to real materials, and a comprehensive description of all recently performed measurements of
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Sand and Silicon

Science that Changed the World

by Denis McWhan ...

This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century, science taught us how to take this most common material and create the products on which we depend. It allows us to determine the atomic structure of materials and to grow novel, new materials atomic layer by atomic layer. The principles of thermodynamics are used to transform sand into ultra pure ... Read more

$59.19 CAD

This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century, science taught us how to take this most common material and create the products on which we depend. It allows us to determine the atomic structure of materials and to grow novel, new materials atomic layer by atomic layer. The principles of thermodynamics are used to transform sand into ultra pure
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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

$645.87 CAD

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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Adsorption Phenomena and Anchoring Energy in Nematic Liquid Crystals

by Giovanni Barbero, Luiz Roberto Evangelista ...

Despite the large quantity of phenomenological information concerning the bulk properties of nematic phase liquid crystals, little is understood about the origin of the surface energy, particularly the surface, interfacial, and anchoring properties of liquid crystals that affect the performance of liquid crystal devices. Self-contained and unique, ... Read more

$130.53 CAD

Despite the large quantity of phenomenological information concerning the bulk properties of nematic phase liquid crystals, little is understood about the origin of the surface energy, particularly the surface, interfacial, and anchoring properties of liquid crystals that affect the performance of liquid crystal devices. Self-contained and unique,
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Handbook of Nanophysics

Nanotubes and Nanowires

Edited by Klaus D. Sattler ...

Intensive research on fullerenes, nanoparticles, and quantum dots in the 1990s led to interest in nanotubes and nanowires in subsequent years. Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanotubes and Nanowires focuses on the fundamental physics and latest applications of these important nanoscale materials and structures. Each peer-reviewed chapter contains a broad- ... Read more

$130.53 CAD

Intensive research on fullerenes, nanoparticles, and quantum dots in the 1990s led to interest in nanotubes and nanowires in subsequent years. Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanotubes and Nanowires focuses on the fundamental physics and latest applications of these important nanoscale materials and structures. Each peer-reviewed chapter contains a broad-
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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

$37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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Current Trends of Surface Science and Catalysis

Edited by Jeong Young Park ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This unique book covers the latest surface science studies on model catalysts, including single crystals, non-colloidal nanocatalysts, and nanoparticles in various forms with the control of size, shape and composition. This book addresses the issue of bridging “materials and pressure gaps” and also discusses the important issue of metal-oxide interface and hot electron flows in heterogeneous ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This unique book covers the latest surface science studies on model catalysts, including single crystals, non-colloidal nanocatalysts, and nanoparticles in various forms with the control of size, shape and composition. This book addresses the issue of bridging “materials and pressure gaps” and also discusses the important issue of metal-oxide interface and hot electron flows in heterogeneous
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NanoCellBiology of Secretion

Imaging Its Cellular and Molecular Underpinnings

by Bhanu P. Jena ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Understanding live cells at the single molecule level is the most important and single major challenge facing biology and medicine today. Over the past 15 years, there has been a renewed understanding of living cells at the molecular level. Atomic Force Microscopy, Laser Force Microscopy, single secretory vesicle patch clamp studies, highresolution electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction, are ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

Understanding live cells at the single molecule level is the most important and single major challenge facing biology and medicine today. Over the past 15 years, there has been a renewed understanding of living cells at the molecular level. Atomic Force Microscopy, Laser Force Microscopy, single secretory vesicle patch clamp studies, highresolution electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction, are
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Shock Phenomena in Granular and Porous Materials

Edited by Tracy J. Vogler, D. Anthony Fredenburg ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Granular forms of common materials such as metals and ceramics, sands and soils, porous energetic materials (explosives, reactive mixtures), and foams exhibit interesting behaviors due to their heterogeneity and critical length scale, typically commensurate with the grain or pore size. Under extreme conditions of impact, granular and porous materials display highly localized phenomena such as ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

Granular forms of common materials such as metals and ceramics, sands and soils, porous energetic materials (explosives, reactive mixtures), and foams exhibit interesting behaviors due to their heterogeneity and critical length scale, typically commensurate with the grain or pore size. Under extreme conditions of impact, granular and porous materials display highly localized phenomena such as
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Complex Fluids in Biological Systems

Experiment, Theory, and Computation

Edited by Saverio E. Spagnolie ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book serves as an introduction to the continuum mechanics and mathematical modeling of complex fluids in living systems. The form and function of living systems are intimately tied to the nature of surrounding fluid environments, which commonly exhibit nonlinear and history dependent responses to forces and displacements. With ever-increasing capabilities in the visualization and manipulation ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

This book serves as an introduction to the continuum mechanics and mathematical modeling of complex fluids in living systems. The form and function of living systems are intimately tied to the nature of surrounding fluid environments, which commonly exhibit nonlinear and history dependent responses to forces and displacements. With ever-increasing capabilities in the visualization and manipulation
... Read more
Ionization and Plasma Dynamics of Single Large Xenon Clusters in Superintense XUV Pulses

by Daniela Rupp ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
At the heart of this thesis is the young field of free electron laser science, whose experimental and theoretical basics are described here in a comprehensible manner. Extremely bright and ultra short pulses from short wavelength free-electron lasers (FELs) have recently opened the path to new fields of research. The x-ray flashes transform all matter into highly excited plasma states within ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

At the heart of this thesis is the young field of free electron laser science, whose experimental and theoretical basics are described here in a comprehensible manner. Extremely bright and ultra short pulses from short wavelength free-electron lasers (FELs) have recently opened the path to new fields of research. The x-ray flashes transform all matter into highly excited plasma states within
... Read more
Silicene

Prediction, Synthesis, Application

Edited by Patrick Vogt, Guy Le Lay ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book discusses the processing and properties of silicene, including the historical and theoretical background of silicene, theoretical predictions, the synthesis and experimental properties of silicene and the potential applications and further developments. It also presents other similar monolayer materials, like germanene and phosphorene.Silicene, a new silicon allotrope with a graphene ... Read more

$166.49 CAD

This book discusses the processing and properties of silicene, including the historical and theoretical background of silicene, theoretical predictions, the synthesis and experimental properties of silicene and the potential applications and further developments. It also presents other similar monolayer materials, like germanene and phosphorene.Silicene, a new silicon allotrope with a graphene
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Brownian Motion

Elements of Colloid Dynamics

by Albert P. Philipse ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This textbook is an introduction to the Brownian motion of colloids and nano-particles, and the diffusion of molecules.One very appealing aspect of Brownian motion, as this book illustrates, is that the subject connects a broad variety of topics, including thermal physics, hydrodynamics, reaction kinetics, fluctuation phenomena, statistical thermodynamics, osmosis and colloid science.The book is ... Read more

$60.19 CAD

This textbook is an introduction to the Brownian motion of colloids and nano-particles, and the diffusion of molecules.One very appealing aspect of Brownian motion, as this book illustrates, is that the subject connects a broad variety of topics, including thermal physics, hydrodynamics, reaction kinetics, fluctuation phenomena, statistical thermodynamics, osmosis and colloid science.The book is
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Power Amplifiers for the S-, C-, X- and Ku-bands

An EDA Perspective

by Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book provides a detailed review of power amplifiers, including classes and topologies rarely covered in books, and supplies sufficient information to allow the reader to design an entire amplifier system, and not just the power amplification stage. A central aim is to furnish readers with ideas on how to simplify the design process for a preferred power amplifier stage by introducing software ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book provides a detailed review of power amplifiers, including classes and topologies rarely covered in books, and supplies sufficient information to allow the reader to design an entire amplifier system, and not just the power amplification stage. A central aim is to furnish readers with ideas on how to simplify the design process for a preferred power amplifier stage by introducing software
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Green's Functions and Condensed Matter

by G. Rickayzen ...

Series series Dover Books on Physics
Green's functions, named for the mathematician who developed them in the 1830s, possess applications in many areas of physics. This volume presents the basic theoretical formulation, followed by specific applications, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in the area of condensed matter physics.Beginning with a description of Green's function in ... Read more

$27.49 CAD

Green's functions, named for the mathematician who developed them in the 1830s, possess applications in many areas of physics. This volume presents the basic theoretical formulation, followed by specific applications, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in the area of condensed matter physics.Beginning with a description of Green's function in
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Molecular Soft-Interface Science

Principles, Molecular Design, Characterization and Application

Edited by Mizuo Maeda, Atsushi Takahara, Hiromi Kitano, Tetsuji Yamaoka, Yoshiko Miura ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the molecular design, characterization, and physical chemistry of soft interfaces. At the same time, the book aims to encourage the fabrication of functional materials including biomaterials. During the past few decades there has been steady growth in soft-interface science, and that growth has been especially rapid in the twenty-first century. The ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the molecular design, characterization, and physical chemistry of soft interfaces. At the same time, the book aims to encourage the fabrication of functional materials including biomaterials. During the past few decades there has been steady growth in soft-interface science, and that growth has been especially rapid in the twenty-first century. The
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Introduction to Electronics

by Sujaul Chowdhury ...

Series series Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)
This book uniquely examines basic electronics from a physics perspective and introduces electrical circuits, components, and basic circuit analysis in a self-contained manner. Beginning with an understanding of Ohm’s law, the author covers the use of series resistor circuits as potential dividers, parallel resistor circuits as current dividers, and reduction of series-parallel combination circuits ... Read more

$51.29 CAD

This book uniquely examines basic electronics from a physics perspective and introduces electrical circuits, components, and basic circuit analysis in a self-contained manner. Beginning with an understanding of Ohm’s law, the author covers the use of series resistor circuits as potential dividers, parallel resistor circuits as current dividers, and reduction of series-parallel combination circuits
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Electronic Structure

Basic Theory and Practical Methods

by Richard M. Martin ...

The study of electronic structure of materials is at a momentous stage, with new computational methods and advances in basic theory. Many properties of materials can be determined from the fundamental equations, and electronic structure theory is now an integral part of research in physics, chemistry, materials science and other fields. This book provides a unified exposition of the theory and ... Read more

$91.99 CAD

The study of electronic structure of materials is at a momentous stage, with new computational methods and advances in basic theory. Many properties of materials can be determined from the fundamental equations, and electronic structure theory is now an integral part of research in physics, chemistry, materials science and other fields. This book provides a unified exposition of the theory and
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Nanowire Transistors

Physics of Devices and Materials in One Dimension

by Jean-Pierre Colinge, James C. Greer ...

From quantum mechanical concepts to practical circuit applications, this book presents a self-contained and up-to-date account of the physics and technology of nanowire semiconductor devices. It includes a unified account of the critical ideas central to low-dimensional physics and transistor physics which equips readers with a common framework and language to accelerate scientific and ... Read more

$112.99 CAD

From quantum mechanical concepts to practical circuit applications, this book presents a self-contained and up-to-date account of the physics and technology of nanowire semiconductor devices. It includes a unified account of the critical ideas central to low-dimensional physics and transistor physics which equips readers with a common framework and language to accelerate scientific and
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