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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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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

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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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Nano-Biosensors, Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

Advances in Nanobiotechnology

by Seyed Morteza Naghib ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights a novel combination of nanotechnology and biotechnology enabling the practical use of conventional microtechnology in conjunction with a molecular approaches in cancer detection and treatment. As nanotechnology and biotechnology have advanced, the methods such as nanoimaging, nanobiosensing, nanolabeling, nanodiagnostics, and nanotherapeutics have developed. The pricey old ... Read more

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This book highlights a novel combination of nanotechnology and biotechnology enabling the practical use of conventional microtechnology in conjunction with a molecular approaches in cancer detection and treatment. As nanotechnology and biotechnology have advanced, the methods such as nanoimaging, nanobiosensing, nanolabeling, nanodiagnostics, and nanotherapeutics have developed. The pricey old
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High Temperature Superconducting Magnetic Levitation(高温超导磁浮)

by 王家素，王素玉 ...

本书是专门从事高温超导磁悬浮及其应用研究的西南交通大学超导技术研究所（"交大超导"小组）近20年研究总结。该小组研究属于应用物理和电工理论与新技术学科交叉领域。高温超导磁悬浮理论及其应用包括两个方面：轴对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性及其在轴承和飞轮储能上的应用；平移对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性及其在轨道交通和发射系统中的应用。本小组于九十年代初着眼于后者。1999年研制成功高温超导磁悬浮研究专用装置，首先研究了平移对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性，利用所获得的理论和基础技术成果，于2000年研制成功世界第一辆载人高温超导磁悬浮实验车"世纪号"。其后十余年又研制了两台专用研究设备，继续深化平移对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性研究的同时，开展了轴对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性，尤其是高温超导磁悬浮飞轮储能、超高速车及发射的应用理论和技术基础的研究。本书翔实反映这些实验研究结果 ... Read more

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本书是专门从事高温超导磁悬浮及其应用研究的西南交通大学超导技术研究所（"交大超导"小组）近20年研究总结。该小组研究属于应用物理和电工理论与新技术学科交叉领域。高温超导磁悬浮理论及其应用包括两个方面：轴对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性及其在轴承和飞轮储能上的应用；平移对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性及其在轨道交通和发射系统中的应用。本小组于九十年代初着眼于后者。1999年研制成功高温超导磁悬浮研究专用装置，首先研究了平移对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性，利用所获得的理论和基础技术成果，于2000年研制成功世界第一辆载人高温超导磁悬浮实验车"世纪号"。其后十余年又研制了两台专用研究设备，继续深化平移对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性研究的同时，开展了轴对称场中高温超导体块材的电磁特性，尤其是高温超导磁悬浮飞轮储能、超高速车及发射的应用理论和技术基础的研究。本书翔实反映这些实验研究结果
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Nanotechnology in Conductive Inks

Physical Performance Under Dynamic Mechanical Loading

by Mohd Azli Salim, Chonlatee Photong, Norhisham Ismail ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the electrical, mechanical, and material characteristics of graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) and carbon black (CB) nanocomposite conductive inks, developed for wearable electronics. These inks were printed on flexible substrates using four distinct patterns—straight, curved, square, and zigzag—and tested under cyclic bending, tensile, and torsional stress to simulate real-world ... Read more

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This book highlights the electrical, mechanical, and material characteristics of graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) and carbon black (CB) nanocomposite conductive inks, developed for wearable electronics. These inks were printed on flexible substrates using four distinct patterns—straight, curved, square, and zigzag—and tested under cyclic bending, tensile, and torsional stress to simulate real-world
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Self-Cavity Electrodynamics of Van der Waals Heterostructures

by Gunda Kipp ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This open access book represents an outstanding contribution to the study of light–matter interaction in quantum materials. It establishes that van der Waals heterostructures naturally act as terahertz plasmonic cavities, in which confined electromagnetic modes strongly couple to electronic excitations. This discovery reframes the low-energy electrodynamics of two-dimensional materials and ... Read more

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This open access book represents an outstanding contribution to the study of light–matter interaction in quantum materials. It establishes that van der Waals heterostructures naturally act as terahertz plasmonic cavities, in which confined electromagnetic modes strongly couple to electronic excitations. This discovery reframes the low-energy electrodynamics of two-dimensional materials and
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Environmentally Friendly Smart Materials with Special Electrical and Magnetic Properties

by Ilya A. Verbenko, Ivan A. Parinov, Ekaterina V. Glazunova, Svetlana I. Dudkina, Konstantin P. Andryushin, Dmitry V. Volkov, Larisa A. Reznichenko ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the research and development of modern lead-free ferroelectric piezoceramic materials (FPCMs). Authored by Russian scientists from the Rostov Scientific School on Ferro-piezoelectricity, the book looks at the theoretical and experimental challenges associated with these environmentally friendly materials. It highlights the transition from ... Read more

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This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the research and development of modern lead-free ferroelectric piezoceramic materials (FPCMs). Authored by Russian scientists from the Rostov Scientific School on Ferro-piezoelectricity, the book looks at the theoretical and experimental challenges associated with these environmentally friendly materials. It highlights the transition from
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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

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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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Surface Diffusion

Metals, Metal Atoms, and Clusters

by Grazyna Antczak, Gert Ehrlich ...

For the first time, this book unites the theory, experimental techniques and computational tools used to describe the diffusion of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles across metal surfaces. Starting with an outline of the formalism that describes diffusion on surfaces, the authors guide the reader through the principles of atomic movement, before moving on to diffusion under special circumstances, ... Read more

$191.99 USD

For the first time, this book unites the theory, experimental techniques and computational tools used to describe the diffusion of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles across metal surfaces. Starting with an outline of the formalism that describes diffusion on surfaces, the authors guide the reader through the principles of atomic movement, before moving on to diffusion under special circumstances,
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Gauge/Gravity Duality

Foundations and Applications

by Martin Ammon, Johanna Erdmenger ...

Gauge/gravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. It has led to new concepts in mathematics and physics, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in string theory and particle, nuclear and condensed matter physics to get acquainted with ... Read more

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Gauge/gravity duality creates new links between quantum theory and gravity. It has led to new concepts in mathematics and physics, and provides new tools to solve problems in many areas of theoretical physics. This book is the first textbook on this important topic, enabling graduate students and researchers in string theory and particle, nuclear and condensed matter physics to get acquainted with
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Scanning Probe Studies of Structural and Functional Properties of Ferroelectric Domains and Domain Walls

by Philippe Tückmantel ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This thesis explores the fascinating properties of domain walls in ferroelectric materials. Domain walls can be used as model systems to study fundamental aspects of interface physics, such as crackling noise, with implications extending to a broad variety of systems, from material fracture and earthquakes to solar flares and collective decision making. Ferroelectric domain walls also show ... Read more

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This thesis explores the fascinating properties of domain walls in ferroelectric materials. Domain walls can be used as model systems to study fundamental aspects of interface physics, such as crackling noise, with implications extending to a broad variety of systems, from material fracture and earthquakes to solar flares and collective decision making. Ferroelectric domain walls also show
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Fisicoquímica experimental para sistemas coloidales con aplicación industrial

by Adolfo Eduardo Obaya Valdivia, Yolanda Marina Vargas Rodríguez, María del Rosario Rodríguez Hidalgo ...

El objetivo de esta propuesta es presentar una alternativa a las prácticas tradicionales de laboratorio de los sistemas coloidales mediante experimentos de laboratorio, desde una perspectiva constructivista e integral, apoyándose en la investigación como principio didáctico, en donde a partir de conceptos básicos se logre la preparación de sistemas coloidales. ... Read more

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El objetivo de esta propuesta es presentar una alternativa a las prácticas tradicionales de laboratorio de los sistemas coloidales mediante experimentos de laboratorio, desde una perspectiva constructivista e integral, apoyándose en la investigación como principio didáctico, en donde a partir de conceptos básicos se logre la preparación de sistemas coloidales.
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Two-Dimensional Materials for Environmental Applications

Edited by Neeraj Kumar, Rashi Gusain, Suprakas Sinha Ray ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book focuses on recent developments in the field of two-dimensional nanomaterials for environmental applications. Due to their high surface area and tunable surface chemistry, two-dimensional nanomaterials are currently garnering great interest for environmental remediation applications. This book compiles contributed chapters from active international researchers dealing with the development ... Read more

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This book focuses on recent developments in the field of two-dimensional nanomaterials for environmental applications. Due to their high surface area and tunable surface chemistry, two-dimensional nanomaterials are currently garnering great interest for environmental remediation applications. This book compiles contributed chapters from active international researchers dealing with the development
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Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals

From Viscoelastic Properties to Living Liquid Crystals

by Shuang Zhou ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis describes lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) with exotic elastic and viscous properties. The first part of the thesis presents a thorough analysis of the elastic and viscous properties of LCLCs as functions of concentration, temperature and ionic contents, while the second part explores an active nematic system: living liquid crystals, which represent a combination of LCLC and ... Read more

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This thesis describes lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) with exotic elastic and viscous properties. The first part of the thesis presents a thorough analysis of the elastic and viscous properties of LCLCs as functions of concentration, temperature and ionic contents, while the second part explores an active nematic system: living liquid crystals, which represent a combination of LCLC and
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Memorial Volume For Y. Nambu

by Lars Brink, Lay Nam Chang, Moo-young Han, Kok Khoo Phua ...

We have lost one of the giants of the twentieth century physics when Yoichiro Nambu passed away in July, 2015, at the age of 94.Today's Standard Model, though still incomplete in many respects, is the culmination of the most successful theory of the Universe to date, and it is built upon foundations provided by discoveries made by Nambu in the 1960s: the mechanism of spontaneously broken symmetry ... Read more

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We have lost one of the giants of the twentieth century physics when Yoichiro Nambu passed away in July, 2015, at the age of 94.Today's Standard Model, though still incomplete in many respects, is the culmination of the most successful theory of the Universe to date, and it is built upon foundations provided by discoveries made by Nambu in the 1960s: the mechanism of spontaneously broken symmetry
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2D Nanoelectronics

Physics and Devices of Atomically Thin Materials

by Mircea Dragoman, Daniela Dragoman ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book is dedicated to the new two-dimensional one-atomic-layer-thick materials such as graphene, metallic chalcogenides, silicene and other 2D materials. The book describes their main physical properties and applications in nanoelctronics, photonics, sensing and computing. A large part of the book deals with graphene and its amazing physical properties. Another important part of the book deals ... Read more

$98.99 USD

This book is dedicated to the new two-dimensional one-atomic-layer-thick materials such as graphene, metallic chalcogenides, silicene and other 2D materials. The book describes their main physical properties and applications in nanoelctronics, photonics, sensing and computing. A large part of the book deals with graphene and its amazing physical properties. Another important part of the book deals
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Maxwell Displacement Current And Optical Second-harmonic Generation In Organic Materials: Analysis And Application For Organic Electronics

by Mitsumasa Iwamoto, Dai Taguchi ...

The probing and modeling of carrier transport in materials is a fundamental research subject in electronics and materials science. According to the Maxwell electromagnetic field theory, there are two kinds of currents, i.e., conduction current and Maxwell displacement current (MDC). The conduction current flows when electronic charges, e.g., electrons and holes, are conveyed in solids, whereas MDC ... Read more

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The probing and modeling of carrier transport in materials is a fundamental research subject in electronics and materials science. According to the Maxwell electromagnetic field theory, there are two kinds of currents, i.e., conduction current and Maxwell displacement current (MDC). The conduction current flows when electronic charges, e.g., electrons and holes, are conveyed in solids, whereas MDC
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