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The 4th Romanian Conference on Geosynthetics — GeoSint 2025

Celebrating 35 Years since the Founding of the Romanian Association on Geosynthetics

Edited by Ernest Olinic ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book covers the recent activity of the Romanian Geosynthetics Association which organised three editions of the national symposium GeoSint, in 1998, 2002, and 2007. Continuing in the tradition of previous symposiums, the tradition of this conference is being resumed, this time in a format specific to current times. The Romanian Geosynthetics Association was founded in 1990, the fourth edition ... Read more

$256.99 CAD

This book covers the recent activity of the Romanian Geosynthetics Association which organised three editions of the national symposium GeoSint, in 1998, 2002, and 2007. Continuing in the tradition of previous symposiums, the tradition of this conference is being resumed, this time in a format specific to current times. The Romanian Geosynthetics Association was founded in 1990, the fourth edition
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Magnetism and Transport Phenomena in Spin-Charge Coupled Systems on Frustrated Lattices

by Hiroaki Ishizuka ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
In this thesis, magnetism and transport phenomena in spin-charge coupled systems on frustrated lattices are theoretically investigated, focusing on Ising-spin Kondo lattice models and using a combination of Monte Carlo simulation and other techniques such as variational calculations and perturbation theory. The emphasis of the study is on how the cooperation of spin-charge coupling and geometrical ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

In this thesis, magnetism and transport phenomena in spin-charge coupled systems on frustrated lattices are theoretically investigated, focusing on Ising-spin Kondo lattice models and using a combination of Monte Carlo simulation and other techniques such as variational calculations and perturbation theory. The emphasis of the study is on how the cooperation of spin-charge coupling and geometrical
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Waves and Mean Flows

by Oliver Bühler ...

Series series Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics
Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows, such as shear flows and vortices. A detailed account of the theory ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows, such as shear flows and vortices. A detailed account of the theory
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Theoretische Festkörperphysik Band 1

Grundlagen: Phononen und Elektronen in Kristallen

by Gerd Czycholl ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Die "Theoretische Festkörperphysik" gibt in zwei Bänden eine Einführung in Methoden, Inhalte und Ergebnisse der modernen Festkörperphysik. Der vorliegende erste Band baut auf dem Grundkurs Theoretische Physik auf, d.h. vorausgesetzt werden Kenntnisse in klassischer Mechanik, Elektrodynamik und insbesondere Quantenmechanik und Statistischer Physik. Der für die Behandlung von Vielteilchen-Effekten ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Die "Theoretische Festkörperphysik" gibt in zwei Bänden eine Einführung in Methoden, Inhalte und Ergebnisse der modernen Festkörperphysik. Der vorliegende erste Band baut auf dem Grundkurs Theoretische Physik auf, d.h. vorausgesetzt werden Kenntnisse in klassischer Mechanik, Elektrodynamik und insbesondere Quantenmechanik und Statistischer Physik. Der für die Behandlung von Vielteilchen-Effekten
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Nanomaterials

Edited by Challa S.S.R. Kumar ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Third volume of a 40volume series on nanoscience and nanotechnology, edited by the renowned scientist Challa S.S.R. Kumar. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview about Transmission electron microscopy characterization of nanomaterials. Modern applications and state-of-the-art techniques are covered and make this volume an essential reading for research scientists in academia and industry. ... Read more

$256.99 CAD

Third volume of a 40volume series on nanoscience and nanotechnology, edited by the renowned scientist Challa S.S.R. Kumar. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview about Transmission electron microscopy characterization of nanomaterials. Modern applications and state-of-the-art techniques are covered and make this volume an essential reading for research scientists in academia and industry.
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Photon Management Assisted by Surface Waves on Photonic Crystals

by Angelo Angelini ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book illustrates original pathways to manipulate light at the nanoscale by means of surface electromagnetic waves (here, Bloch surface waves, BSWs) on planar dielectric multilayers, also known as one-dimensional photonic crystals. This approach is particularly valuable as it represents an effective alternative to the widely exploited surface plasmon paradigm. After a brief overview on the ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book illustrates original pathways to manipulate light at the nanoscale by means of surface electromagnetic waves (here, Bloch surface waves, BSWs) on planar dielectric multilayers, also known as one-dimensional photonic crystals. This approach is particularly valuable as it represents an effective alternative to the widely exploited surface plasmon paradigm. After a brief overview on the
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Quantum Tunneling And Field Electron Emission Theories

by Shi-dong Liang ...

Quantum tunneling is an essential issue in quantum physics. Especially, the rapid development of nanotechnology in recent years promises a lot of applications in condensed matter physics, surface science and nanodevices, which are growing interests in fundamental issues, computational techniques and potential applications of quantum tunneling.The book involves two relevant topics. One is quantum ... Read more

$54.99 CAD

Quantum tunneling is an essential issue in quantum physics. Especially, the rapid development of nanotechnology in recent years promises a lot of applications in condensed matter physics, surface science and nanodevices, which are growing interests in fundamental issues, computational techniques and potential applications of quantum tunneling.The book involves two relevant topics. One is quantum
... Read more
Recent Trends in Physics of Material Science and Technology

Edited by Jamil Akhtar, Keshav Shrivastava, Ford Lumban Gaol ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book discusses in detail the recent trends in Computational Physics, Nano-physics and Devices Technology. Numerous modern devices with very high accuracy, are explored In conditions such as longevity and extended possibilities to work in wide temperature and pressure ranges, aggressive media, etc. This edited volume presents 32 selected papers of the 2013 International Conference on Science & ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This book discusses in detail the recent trends in Computational Physics, Nano-physics and Devices Technology. Numerous modern devices with very high accuracy, are explored In conditions such as longevity and extended possibilities to work in wide temperature and pressure ranges, aggressive media, etc. This edited volume presents 32 selected papers of the 2013 International Conference on Science &
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Structural Studies of Liquids and Glasses Using Aerodynamic Levitation

by Thomas Farmer ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis presents neutron scattering data that contribute to the understanding of four distinct areas of condensed matter physics, including iso-compositional liquid-liquid phase transitions and the glass formation in rare earth doped BaTi2O5.In situ aerodynamic levitation with laser heating was combined with neutron scattering in order to study both liquid-liquid phase transitions in (Y2O3)x ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This thesis presents neutron scattering data that contribute to the understanding of four distinct areas of condensed matter physics, including iso-compositional liquid-liquid phase transitions and the glass formation in rare earth doped BaTi2O5.In situ aerodynamic levitation with laser heating was combined with neutron scattering in order to study both liquid-liquid phase transitions in (Y2O3)x
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Vanadium Oxide-Based Cathode for Supercapacitor Applications

Using Electrodeposition Method

by Hairus Abdullah ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the use/application of Vanadium Oxide as a Supercapacitor (SC) material using the electrodeposition method. The preparation methods, material characterization, and performance testing of VOx-based SC are thoroughly discussed. Electrolyte solutions from VCl3 and other metal precursors are used to form V3O5 electrodes on nickel foam (NF). The cathode can deliver a specific ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

This book highlights the use/application of Vanadium Oxide as a Supercapacitor (SC) material using the electrodeposition method. The preparation methods, material characterization, and performance testing of VOx-based SC are thoroughly discussed. Electrolyte solutions from VCl3 and other metal precursors are used to form V3O5 electrodes on nickel foam (NF). The cathode can deliver a specific
... Read more
Crystal Growth

Principles and Progress

by A.W. Vere ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book is the second in a series of scientific textbooks designed to cover advances in selected research fields from a basic and general viewpoint, so that only limited knowledge is required to understand the significance of recent developments. Further assistance for the non-specialist is provided by the summary of abstracts in Part 2, which includes many of the major papers published in the ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This book is the second in a series of scientific textbooks designed to cover advances in selected research fields from a basic and general viewpoint, so that only limited knowledge is required to understand the significance of recent developments. Further assistance for the non-specialist is provided by the summary of abstracts in Part 2, which includes many of the major papers published in the
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A New Platform for Edge Mode Manipulations in the Quantum Hall Effect

by Yonatan Cohen ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
In the last several decades, the quantum Hall effect has provided a remarkable platform for manipulating one-dimensional electronic modes and investigating fundamental physical phenomena. However, certain limitations make it difficult for various kinds of interesting modes structures to be formed using this platform. One example is the so called helical mode structure, in which two one-dimensional ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

In the last several decades, the quantum Hall effect has provided a remarkable platform for manipulating one-dimensional electronic modes and investigating fundamental physical phenomena. However, certain limitations make it difficult for various kinds of interesting modes structures to be formed using this platform. One example is the so called helical mode structure, in which two one-dimensional
... Read more
Excitons in Semiconductors

by Subhabrata Dhar ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book explores fundamental and experimental aspects of excitons in semiconductors. It begins with an introduction to crystal lattice, band structure of solids, effective mass theory, and holes. It then explores the binding energy of various excitons and their complexes (such as trions and biexcitons) in different dimensions within the framework of effective mass approximation, discusses the ... Read more

$192.99 CAD

This book explores fundamental and experimental aspects of excitons in semiconductors. It begins with an introduction to crystal lattice, band structure of solids, effective mass theory, and holes. It then explores the binding energy of various excitons and their complexes (such as trions and biexcitons) in different dimensions within the framework of effective mass approximation, discusses the
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Computational Statics and Dynamics

An Introduction Based on the Finite Element Method

by Andreas Öchsner ...

This book is the 2nd edition of an introduction to modern computational mechanics based on the finite element method. It includes more details on the theory, more exercises, and more consistent notation; in addition, all pictures have been revised. Featuring more than 100 pages of new material, the new edition will help students succeed in mechanics courses by showing them how to apply the ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book is the 2nd edition of an introduction to modern computational mechanics based on the finite element method. It includes more details on the theory, more exercises, and more consistent notation; in addition, all pictures have been revised. Featuring more than 100 pages of new material, the new edition will help students succeed in mechanics courses by showing them how to apply the
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Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (Second Edition)

by Niloy K Dutta, Qiang Wang ...

This invaluable book provides a comprehensive treatment of design and applications of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA). SOA is an important component for optical communication systems. It has applications as in-line amplifiers and as functional devices in evolving optical networks. The functional applications of SOAs were first studied in the early 1990's, since then the diversity and scope ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

This invaluable book provides a comprehensive treatment of design and applications of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA). SOA is an important component for optical communication systems. It has applications as in-line amplifiers and as functional devices in evolving optical networks. The functional applications of SOAs were first studied in the early 1990's, since then the diversity and scope
... Read more
Pair-Correlation Effects in Many-Body Systems

Towards a Complete Theoretical Description of Pair-Correlations in the Static and Kinetic Description of Many-Body Systems

by Kristian Blom ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The laws of nature encompass the small, the large, the few, and the many. In this book, we are concerned with classical (i.e., not quantum) many-body systems, which refers to any microscopic or macroscopic system that contains a large number of interacting entities. The nearest-neighbor Ising model, originally developed in 1920 by Wilhelm Lenz, forms a cornerstone in our theoretical understanding ... Read more

$217.99 CAD

The laws of nature encompass the small, the large, the few, and the many. In this book, we are concerned with classical (i.e., not quantum) many-body systems, which refers to any microscopic or macroscopic system that contains a large number of interacting entities. The nearest-neighbor Ising model, originally developed in 1920 by Wilhelm Lenz, forms a cornerstone in our theoretical understanding
... Read more
Structure and Bonding in Crystalline Materials

by Gregory S. Rohrer ...

One of the motivating questions in materials research today is, how can elements be combined to produce a solid with specified properties? This book is intended to acquaint the reader with established principles of crystallography and cohesive forces that are needed to address the fundamental relationship between the composition, structure and bonding. Starting with an introduction to periodic ... Read more

$116.99 CAD

One of the motivating questions in materials research today is, how can elements be combined to produce a solid with specified properties? This book is intended to acquaint the reader with established principles of crystallography and cohesive forces that are needed to address the fundamental relationship between the composition, structure and bonding. Starting with an introduction to periodic
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Grundlagen der Halbleiterphysik II

Nanostrukturen und niedrigdimensionale Elektronensysteme

by Jürgen Smoliner ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet Ihnen einen kompakten und verständlichen Überblick über die Physik von niedrigdimensionalen Elektronensystemen und den elektronischen Eigenschaften von Halbleiter-Nanostrukturen. Es eignet sich hervorragend für Studierende in höheren Semestern, die fortgeschrittene Halbleiterphysik-Vorlesungen hören oder praktische Einsteigerliteratur in das Gebiet der niedrigdimensionalen ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet Ihnen einen kompakten und verständlichen Überblick über die Physik von niedrigdimensionalen Elektronensystemen und den elektronischen Eigenschaften von Halbleiter-Nanostrukturen. Es eignet sich hervorragend für Studierende in höheren Semestern, die fortgeschrittene Halbleiterphysik-Vorlesungen hören oder praktische Einsteigerliteratur in das Gebiet der niedrigdimensionalen
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Solid State Physics

Edited by Henry Ehrenreich, Frans Spaepen ...

Series Book 58 - Solid State Physics
Solid state physics is the branch of physics that is primarily devoted to the study of matter in its solid phase, especially at the atomic level. This prestigious serial presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews pertaining to all aspects of solid state physics. ... Read more

$251.99 CAD

Solid state physics is the branch of physics that is primarily devoted to the study of matter in its solid phase, especially at the atomic level. This prestigious serial presents timely and state-of-the-art reviews pertaining to all aspects of solid state physics.
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Materials Modelling using Density Functional Theory

Properties and Predictions

by Feliciano Giustino ...

This book is an introduction to the quantum theory of materials and first-principles computational materials modelling. It explains how to use density functional theory as a practical tool for calculating the properties of materials without using any empirical parameters. The structural, mechanical, optical, electrical, and magnetic properties of materials are described within a single unified ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

This book is an introduction to the quantum theory of materials and first-principles computational materials modelling. It explains how to use density functional theory as a practical tool for calculating the properties of materials without using any empirical parameters. The structural, mechanical, optical, electrical, and magnetic properties of materials are described within a single unified
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Introduction to Nanoscience

by Stuart Lindsay ...

Nanoscience is not physics, chemistry, engineering or biology. It is all of them, and it is time for a text that integrates the disciplines. This is such a text, aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the sciences. The consequences of smallness and quantum behaviour are well known and described Richard Feynman's visionary essay 'There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom' ... Read more

$131.99 CAD

Nanoscience is not physics, chemistry, engineering or biology. It is all of them, and it is time for a text that integrates the disciplines. This is such a text, aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the sciences. The consequences of smallness and quantum behaviour are well known and described Richard Feynman's visionary essay 'There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'
... Read more
Principles of Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

Second Edition

by E. L. Wolf ...

Series Book 152 - International Series of Monographs on Physics
Electron tunnelling spectroscopy is a research tool which has strongly advanced understanding of superconductivity. With the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, STM, by Nobelists G. Binnig and H. Rohrer, beautiful images of atoms, rings of atoms and of exotic states in high temperature superconductors have appeared. Some of the most famous images of any kind, at this date, are STM ... Read more

$108.99 CAD

Electron tunnelling spectroscopy is a research tool which has strongly advanced understanding of superconductivity. With the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, STM, by Nobelists G. Binnig and H. Rohrer, beautiful images of atoms, rings of atoms and of exotic states in high temperature superconductors have appeared. Some of the most famous images of any kind, at this date, are STM
... Read more
Density-Of-States Function and Related Applications in Quantized Structures

by Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak, Arindam Biswas ...

Series Book 18 - Series on the Foundations of Natural Science and Technology
In recent years there has been considerable interest in studying the DENSITY-OF-STATES (DOS) functions and Related Applications in Quantized Structures of different technologically important materials in low dimensional electronics. The concept of DOS function is of fundamental importance for not only the characterization of semiconductor nanostructures but also in the study of the carrier ... Read more

$173.99 CAD

In recent years there has been considerable interest in studying the DENSITY-OF-STATES (DOS) functions and Related Applications in Quantized Structures of different technologically important materials in low dimensional electronics. The concept of DOS function is of fundamental importance for not only the characterization of semiconductor nanostructures but also in the study of the carrier
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Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics

An Introduction

by Kurt Binder, Dieter W. Heermann ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The sixth edition of this highly successful textbook provides a detailed introduction to Monte Carlo simulation in statistical physics, which deals with the computer simulation of many-body systems in condensed matter physics and related fields of physics and beyond (traffic flows, stock market fluctuations, etc.). Using random numbers generated by a computer, these powerful simulation methods ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

The sixth edition of this highly successful textbook provides a detailed introduction to Monte Carlo simulation in statistical physics, which deals with the computer simulation of many-body systems in condensed matter physics and related fields of physics and beyond (traffic flows, stock market fluctuations, etc.). Using random numbers generated by a computer, these powerful simulation methods
... Read more

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