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Nanocomposites, Nanostructures, and Their Applications

Selected Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (NANO2018), August 27-30, 2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

Edited by Olena Fesenko, Leonid Yatsenko ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book highlights some of the latest advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe, and beyond. It features contributions from participants in the 6th International Science and Practice Conference Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (NANO2018) in Kiev, Ukraine on August 27-30, 2018 organized by the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences ... Read more

$134.09 USD

This book highlights some of the latest advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe, and beyond. It features contributions from participants in the 6th International Science and Practice Conference Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (NANO2018) in Kiev, Ukraine on August 27-30, 2018 organized by the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences
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Solid Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films

by Hans Lüth ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book emphasises both experimental and theoretical aspects of surface, interface and thin-film physics. As in previous editions the preparation of surfaces and thin films, their atomic and morphological structure, their vibronic and electronic properties as well as fundamentals of adsorption are treated. Because of their importance in modern information technology and nanostructure research, ... Read more

$80.09 USD

This book emphasises both experimental and theoretical aspects of surface, interface and thin-film physics. As in previous editions the preparation of surfaces and thin films, their atomic and morphological structure, their vibronic and electronic properties as well as fundamentals of adsorption are treated. Because of their importance in modern information technology and nanostructure research,
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Light–Matter Interaction

A Crash Course for Students of Optics, Photonics and Materials Science

by Olaf Stenzel ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book offers a didactic introduction to light–matter interactions at both the classical and semi-classical levels. Pursuing an approach that describes the essential physics behind the functionality of any optical element, it acquaints students with the broad areas of optics and photonics. Its rigorous, bottom-up approach to the subject, using model systems ranging from individual atoms and ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book offers a didactic introduction to light–matter interactions at both the classical and semi-classical levels. Pursuing an approach that describes the essential physics behind the functionality of any optical element, it acquaints students with the broad areas of optics and photonics. Its rigorous, bottom-up approach to the subject, using model systems ranging from individual atoms and
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Advanced Physics of Electron Transport in Semiconductors and Nanostructures

by William G. Vandenberghe, Massimo V. Fischetti ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This textbook is aimed at second-year graduate students in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Materials Science. It presents a rigorous introduction to electronic transport in solids, especially at the nanometer scale.Understanding electronic transport in solids requires some basic knowledge of Hamiltonian Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Condensed Matter Theory, and Statistical Mechanics. ... Read more

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This textbook is aimed at second-year graduate students in Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Materials Science. It presents a rigorous introduction to electronic transport in solids, especially at the nanometer scale.Understanding electronic transport in solids requires some basic knowledge of Hamiltonian Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Condensed Matter Theory, and Statistical Mechanics.
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X-Ray Scattering Techniques for Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films

Edited by Daniel Sando, Paul G. Evans, Nagarajan Valanoor ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book acts as a handbook on the topic of x-ray scattering as applied to epitaxial complex oxide films, providing detailed information to collect the data, how to analyze the data and the practical sides of the experiments. The first chapter considers laboratory-based X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods: the indispensable X-ray characterization methods used for phase analysis, epitaxial ... Read more

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This book acts as a handbook on the topic of x-ray scattering as applied to epitaxial complex oxide films, providing detailed information to collect the data, how to analyze the data and the practical sides of the experiments. The first chapter considers laboratory-based X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods: the indispensable X-ray characterization methods used for phase analysis, epitaxial
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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics of Superfluid Helium and Quantum Turbulence

The Richness of Non-Fourier Heat Transport

by Maria Stella Mongiovì, David Jou, Michele Sciacca ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book puts together non-equilibrium thermodynamics, heat transport properties of superfluid He II, and thermodynamic and dynamic aspects of quantum turbulence. A one-fluid extended model of superfluid helium, with heat flux as an additional independent variable, is presented and compared with the two-fluid model, to explore how both models complement each other. Important features arise in ... Read more

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This book puts together non-equilibrium thermodynamics, heat transport properties of superfluid He II, and thermodynamic and dynamic aspects of quantum turbulence. A one-fluid extended model of superfluid helium, with heat flux as an additional independent variable, is presented and compared with the two-fluid model, to explore how both models complement each other. Important features arise in
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Surface Analysis

The Principal Techniques

Edited by John C. Vickerman, Ian S. Gilmore ...

Understand the principles and applications of surface analysisAnalyzing the composition of a given surface is a crucial aspect of materials and biomedical sciences, with significant bearing on the way a material will interact with a particular environment or mapping molecules in tissue with sub-cellular resolution. Surface analysis draws upon a substantial body of research to analyze the outer few ... Read more

$128.00 USD

Understand the principles and applications of surface analysisAnalyzing the composition of a given surface is a crucial aspect of materials and biomedical sciences, with significant bearing on the way a material will interact with a particular environment or mapping molecules in tissue with sub-cellular resolution. Surface analysis draws upon a substantial body of research to analyze the outer few
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Pushing the Boundaries

A Conversation with Freeman Dyson

by Howard Burton ...

Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
This book is based on an in-depth conversation with former mathematical physicist and writer Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), who was one of the most celebrated polymaths of our age. Freeman Dyson had his academic home for more than 60 years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He has reshaped thinking in fields from math to astrophysics to medicine, while pondering nuclear-propelled ... Read more

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This book is based on an in-depth conversation with former mathematical physicist and writer Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), who was one of the most celebrated polymaths of our age. Freeman Dyson had his academic home for more than 60 years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He has reshaped thinking in fields from math to astrophysics to medicine, while pondering nuclear-propelled
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Ammonothermal Synthesis and Crystal Growth of Nitrides

Chemistry and Technology

Edited by Elke Meissner, Rainer Niewa ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides a collection of contributed chapters, delivering a comprehensive overview of topics related to the synthesis and crystal growth of nitride compounds under supercritical ammonia conditions. Focusing on key chemical and technological aspects of ammonothermal synthesis and growth of functional nitride compounds, the book also describes many innovative techniques for in-situ ... Read more

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This book provides a collection of contributed chapters, delivering a comprehensive overview of topics related to the synthesis and crystal growth of nitride compounds under supercritical ammonia conditions. Focusing on key chemical and technological aspects of ammonothermal synthesis and growth of functional nitride compounds, the book also describes many innovative techniques for in-situ
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Geometry and Physics of Branes

Edited by U Bruzzo, V. Gorini, U. Moschella ...

Series series Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation
Branes are solitonic configurations of a string theory that are represented by extended objects in a higher-dimensional space-time. They are essential for a comprehension of the non-perturbative aspects of string theory, in particular, in connection with string dualities. From the mathematical viewpoint, branes are related to several important theo ... Read more

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Branes are solitonic configurations of a string theory that are represented by extended objects in a higher-dimensional space-time. They are essential for a comprehension of the non-perturbative aspects of string theory, in particular, in connection with string dualities. From the mathematical viewpoint, branes are related to several important theo
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Handbook of Spintronic Semiconductors

Edited by Weimin Chen, Irina Buyanova ...

This book provides an in-depth review of the rapidly developing field of spintronic semiconductors. It covers a broad range of topics, including growth and basic physical properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors based on II-VI, III-V and IV semiconductors, recent developments in theory and experimental techniques and potential device applications; its aim is to provide postgraduate students, ... Read more

$190.00 USD

This book provides an in-depth review of the rapidly developing field of spintronic semiconductors. It covers a broad range of topics, including growth and basic physical properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors based on II-VI, III-V and IV semiconductors, recent developments in theory and experimental techniques and potential device applications; its aim is to provide postgraduate students,
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Die Tieftemperaturphysik an der Humboldt-Universität im 20. Jahrhundert

Vom Nernstschen Wärmesatz zum Quanten-Hall-Effekt

by Rudolf Herrmann ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Dieses Werk betrachtet die Entwicklungen der Physik der Wärme, speziell der Tieftemperaturphysik, an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Dabei bettet der Autor die physikalischen Zusammenhänge und Erkenntnisse in den zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergrund und die politischen Gegebenheiten ein.Beginnend in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts werden die durch das Kaiserreich geförderten Entwicklungen ... Read more

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Dieses Werk betrachtet die Entwicklungen der Physik der Wärme, speziell der Tieftemperaturphysik, an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Dabei bettet der Autor die physikalischen Zusammenhänge und Erkenntnisse in den zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergrund und die politischen Gegebenheiten ein.Beginnend in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts werden die durch das Kaiserreich geförderten Entwicklungen
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Noise in Spintronics

From Understanding to Manipulation

by Farkhad Aliev, Juan Pedro Cascales ...

This book covers the main physical mechanisms and the different contributions (1/f noise, shot noise, etc.) behind electronic fluctuations in various spintronic devices. It presents the first comprehensive summary of fundamental noise mechanisms in both electronic and spintronic devices and is therefore unique in that aspect. The pedagogic introduction to noise is complemented by a detailed ... Read more

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This book covers the main physical mechanisms and the different contributions (1/f noise, shot noise, etc.) behind electronic fluctuations in various spintronic devices. It presents the first comprehensive summary of fundamental noise mechanisms in both electronic and spintronic devices and is therefore unique in that aspect. The pedagogic introduction to noise is complemented by a detailed
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Helium Nano-bubble Formation in Tungsten

Measurement with Grazing-Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering

by Matt Thompson ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This PhD thesis characterises the damage that occurs in tungsten when it is exposed to a fusion-like environment. The book presents pioneering work on the use of grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) to measure nano-bubble formation in tungsten exposed to helium plasma. The phenomenon of nanoscale bubble formation within metals during helium plasma exposure can lead to ... Read more

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This PhD thesis characterises the damage that occurs in tungsten when it is exposed to a fusion-like environment. The book presents pioneering work on the use of grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) to measure nano-bubble formation in tungsten exposed to helium plasma. The phenomenon of nanoscale bubble formation within metals during helium plasma exposure can lead to
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Memristors and Memelements

Mathematics, Physics and Fiction

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

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

$49.49 USD

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

From Physical Properties to Opto-electronic Devices and X-ray Sensors

Edited by Wanyi Nie, Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski ...

Series series Energy (R0)
This book will provide readers with a good overview of some of most recent advances in the field of technology for perovskite materials. There will be a good mixture of general chapters in both technology and applications in opto-electronics, Xray detection and emerging transistor structures. The book will have an in-depth review of the research topics from world-leading specialists in the field. ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book will provide readers with a good overview of some of most recent advances in the field of technology for perovskite materials. There will be a good mixture of general chapters in both technology and applications in opto-electronics, Xray detection and emerging transistor structures. The book will have an in-depth review of the research topics from world-leading specialists in the field.
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Metamaterials in Topological Acoustics

by Sourav Banerjee ...

As an equivalent counterpart of topological research on photonics and condensed matter physics, acoustic metamaterials create an opportunity to explore the topological behaviors in phononics and physics of programmable acoustics. This book introduces the topological behavior of acoustics through the novel design of metamaterials. It provides valuable insight into acoustic metamaterials, from ... Read more

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As an equivalent counterpart of topological research on photonics and condensed matter physics, acoustic metamaterials create an opportunity to explore the topological behaviors in phononics and physics of programmable acoustics. This book introduces the topological behavior of acoustics through the novel design of metamaterials. It provides valuable insight into acoustic metamaterials, from
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Molecular Spintronics

From Organic Semiconductors to Self-Assembled Monolayers

by Marta Galbiati ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This thesis targets molecular or organic spintronics and more particularly the spin polarization tailoring opportunities that arise from the ferromagnetic metal/molecule hybridization at interfaces: the new concept of spinterface. Molecular or organic spintronics is an emerging research field at the frontier between organic chemistry and spintronics.The manuscript is divided into three parts, the ... Read more

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This thesis targets molecular or organic spintronics and more particularly the spin polarization tailoring opportunities that arise from the ferromagnetic metal/molecule hybridization at interfaces: the new concept of spinterface. Molecular or organic spintronics is an emerging research field at the frontier between organic chemistry and spintronics.The manuscript is divided into three parts, the
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Second-Order Photogalvanic Photocurrents in 2D Materials

by Mustafa Eginligil, Ting Yu ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the photogalvanic effects at low dimensions, surfaces, and interfaces, more specifically 2D materials, such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Although the phenomenology of the photogalvanic effects, which can be simply seen as photoresponse nonlinear-in-electric field, have been well-established, the microscopic understanding in each material system ... Read more

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This book highlights the photogalvanic effects at low dimensions, surfaces, and interfaces, more specifically 2D materials, such as graphene and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Although the phenomenology of the photogalvanic effects, which can be simply seen as photoresponse nonlinear-in-electric field, have been well-established, the microscopic understanding in each material system
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Advances in Magnetic Materials

Processing, Properties, and Performance

Edited by Sam Zhang, Dongliang Zhao ...

Series series Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Advances in Magnetic Materials: Processing, Properties, and Performance discusses recent developments of magnetic materials, including fabrication, characterization and applications in the aerospace, biomedical, and semiconductors industries. With contributions by international professionals who possess broad and varied expertise, this volume encompasses both bulk materials and thin films and ... Read more

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Advances in Magnetic Materials: Processing, Properties, and Performance discusses recent developments of magnetic materials, including fabrication, characterization and applications in the aerospace, biomedical, and semiconductors industries. With contributions by international professionals who possess broad and varied expertise, this volume encompasses both bulk materials and thin films and
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Air-Stable Inverted Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

by Katsuyuki Morii, Hirohiko Fukagawa ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This concise volume provides an introduction to the working principles, design, and construction of air-stable inverted organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which lead to the realization of practical flexible electronics.The first part of the book reviews the history of the three generations of inverted OLEDs: hybrid organic inorganic light-emitting diodes (HOILEDs), metal oxides and organic ... Read more

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This concise volume provides an introduction to the working principles, design, and construction of air-stable inverted organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which lead to the realization of practical flexible electronics.The first part of the book reviews the history of the three generations of inverted OLEDs: hybrid organic inorganic light-emitting diodes (HOILEDs), metal oxides and organic
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21st Century Nanoscience - A Handbook

Advanced Analytic Methods and Instrumentation (Volume 3)

Edited by Klaus D. Sattler ...

Series series 21st Century Nanoscience
This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications. It begins with fundamental properties at the nanoscale and then goes well beyond into the practical aspects of the design, synthesis, and use of nanomaterials in various industries. It emphasizes the vast strides made in the field over the past decade – the chapters focus on new, promising ... Read more

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This up-to-date reference is the most comprehensive summary of the field of nanoscience and its applications. It begins with fundamental properties at the nanoscale and then goes well beyond into the practical aspects of the design, synthesis, and use of nanomaterials in various industries. It emphasizes the vast strides made in the field over the past decade – the chapters focus on new, promising
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Solid State Physics

Edited by Henry Ehrenreich, Frans Spaepen ...

Series Book 59 - Solid State Physics
This volume contains two articles on topics in materials science of great importance: the thermodynamics of stressed solids, a fundamental problem that goes back to Gibbs, and hydrogen in materials, an area that is both scientifically rich and of great current technological importance. ... Read more

$256.49 USD

This volume contains two articles on topics in materials science of great importance: the thermodynamics of stressed solids, a fundamental problem that goes back to Gibbs, and hydrogen in materials, an area that is both scientifically rich and of great current technological importance.
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MXenes: Emerging 2D Materials

Edited by Om Prakash Pandey, Piyush Sharma ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book focuses on the expanding market for 2D MXenes and their increasing importance in future applications. It provides a thorough understanding of MXenes and their derivatives by exploring their complex composition and chemical diversity. The book provides a thorough examination of synthesis processes, characterization methodologies, and crucial attributes, which may give significant insights ... Read more

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This book focuses on the expanding market for 2D MXenes and their increasing importance in future applications. It provides a thorough understanding of MXenes and their derivatives by exploring their complex composition and chemical diversity. The book provides a thorough examination of synthesis processes, characterization methodologies, and crucial attributes, which may give significant insights
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