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Fundamentals of Phase Separation in Polymer Blend Thin Films

by Sam Coveney ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This work sheds new light on fundamental aspects of phase separation in polymer-blend thin films. A key feature underlying the theoretical models is the unification of one-dimensional thermodynamic phase equilibria with film evolution phenomena in two- and three dimensions. Initially, an established 'phase portrait' method, useful for visualising and calculating phase equilibria of polymer-blend ... Read more

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This work sheds new light on fundamental aspects of phase separation in polymer-blend thin films. A key feature underlying the theoretical models is the unification of one-dimensional thermodynamic phase equilibria with film evolution phenomena in two- and three dimensions. Initially, an established 'phase portrait' method, useful for visualising and calculating phase equilibria of polymer-blend
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Silicene-Based Layered Materials

Essential properties

by Ming-Fa Lin, Dr Shih-Yang Lin, Hsin-Yi Liu, Duy Khanh Nguyen, Ngoc Thnah Thuy Tran, Hai Duong Pham, Shen-Lin Chang, Chiun-Yan Lin ...

Series series IOP ebooks
This book examines in detail the application and theory of slicene-based layered materials, offering a new perspective on up-to-date mainstream theoretical and experimental research. It includes a wide range of layered systems, and takes into account the critical factors involved, such as the group-IV monoelements, stacking configurations, layer numbers, Moire superlattices. multiorbital chemical ... Read more

$114.49 USD

This book examines in detail the application and theory of slicene-based layered materials, offering a new perspective on up-to-date mainstream theoretical and experimental research. It includes a wide range of layered systems, and takes into account the critical factors involved, such as the group-IV monoelements, stacking configurations, layer numbers, Moire superlattices. multiorbital chemical
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Photo-Thermal Spectroscopy with Plasmonic and Rare-Earth Doped (Nano)Materials

Basic Principles and Applications

by Ali Rafiei Miandashti, Susil Baral, Eva Yazmin Santiago, Larousse Khosravi Khorashad, Alexander O. Govorov, Hugh H. Richardson ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book highlights the theoretical foundations of and experimental techniques in photothermal heating and applications involving nanoscale heat generation using gold nanostructures embedded in various media. The experimental techniques presented involve a combination of nanothermometers doped with rare-earth atoms, plasmonic heaters and near-field microscopy. The theoretical foundations are ... Read more

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This book highlights the theoretical foundations of and experimental techniques in photothermal heating and applications involving nanoscale heat generation using gold nanostructures embedded in various media. The experimental techniques presented involve a combination of nanothermometers doped with rare-earth atoms, plasmonic heaters and near-field microscopy. The theoretical foundations are
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Molecular Mechanisms of Proton-coupled Electron Transfer and Water Oxidation in Photosystem II

by Shin Nakamura ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The book reviews photosynthetic water oxidation and proton-coupled electron transfer in photosystem, focusing on the molecular vibrations of amino acid residues and water molecules. Photosynthetic water oxidation performed by plants and cyanobacteria is essential for the sustenance of life on Earth, not only as an electron source for synthesizing sugars from CO2, but also as an O2 source in the ... Read more

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The book reviews photosynthetic water oxidation and proton-coupled electron transfer in photosystem, focusing on the molecular vibrations of amino acid residues and water molecules. Photosynthetic water oxidation performed by plants and cyanobacteria is essential for the sustenance of life on Earth, not only as an electron source for synthesizing sugars from CO2, but also as an O2 source in the
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Nanotechnology and the Generation of Sustainable Hydrogen

by Sarah Farrukh, Xianfeng Fan, Kiran Mustafa, Arshad Hussain, Muhammad Ayoub, Mohammad Younas ...

Series series Energy (R0)
This book explains the aspiring vision of a sustainable hydrogen generating system which employs nanotechnology one way or the other and presents a detailed update on research activities, achievements and challenges. It explores how nanotechnology is reshaping science in general and how this can be applied to the generation and storage of hydrogen energy.This book begins by highlighting the ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book explains the aspiring vision of a sustainable hydrogen generating system which employs nanotechnology one way or the other and presents a detailed update on research activities, achievements and challenges. It explores how nanotechnology is reshaping science in general and how this can be applied to the generation and storage of hydrogen energy.This book begins by highlighting the
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Measurement Techniques for Radio Frequency Nanoelectronics

by T. Mitch Wallis, Pavel Kabos ...

Series series The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series
Connect basic theory with real-world applications with this practical, cross-disciplinary guide to radio frequency measurement of nanoscale devices and materials. • Learn the techniques needed for characterizing the performance of devices and their constituent building blocks, including semiconducting nanowires, graphene, and other two dimensional materials such as transition metal dichalcogenides ... Read more

$140.29 USD

Connect basic theory with real-world applications with this practical, cross-disciplinary guide to radio frequency measurement of nanoscale devices and materials. • Learn the techniques needed for characterizing the performance of devices and their constituent building blocks, including semiconducting nanowires, graphene, and other two dimensional materials such as transition metal dichalcogenides
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Bioepoxy/Clay Nanocomposites

Fabrication Optimisation, Properties and Modelling

by Haipan Salam, Yu Dong ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights current advanced developments in bioepoxy and bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites and an optimisation of material formulation and processing parameters on fabrication of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites in order to achieve the highest mechanical properties in relation to their morphological structures, thermal properties, as well as biodegradability and water absorption, which is based ... Read more

$107.09 USD

This book highlights current advanced developments in bioepoxy and bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites and an optimisation of material formulation and processing parameters on fabrication of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites in order to achieve the highest mechanical properties in relation to their morphological structures, thermal properties, as well as biodegradability and water absorption, which is based
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Quantum Field Theory, Volume 2

Advanced topics

by Michael Ogilvie ...

Series series IOP ebooks
Quantum field theory is the theory of many-particle quantum systems. Just as quantum mechanics describes a single particle as both a particle and a wave, quantum field theory describes many-particle systems in terms of both particles and fields. The study of phase transitions using field theory has become a unifying theme across most areas of physics.This second volume explores gauge theories and ... Read more

$68.39 USD

Quantum field theory is the theory of many-particle quantum systems. Just as quantum mechanics describes a single particle as both a particle and a wave, quantum field theory describes many-particle systems in terms of both particles and fields. The study of phase transitions using field theory has become a unifying theme across most areas of physics.This second volume explores gauge theories and
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Vibrational Properties of Defective Oxides and 2D Nanolattices

Insights from First-Principles Simulations

by Emilio Scalise ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Ge and III–V compounds, semiconductors with high carrier mobilities, are candidates to replace Si as the channel in MOS devices. 2D materials – like graphene and MoS_2 – are also envisioned to replace Si in the future.This thesis is devoted to the first-principles modeling of the vibrational properties of these novel channel materials.The first part of the thesis focuses on the vibrational ... Read more

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Ge and III–V compounds, semiconductors with high carrier mobilities, are candidates to replace Si as the channel in MOS devices. 2D materials – like graphene and MoS_2 – are also envisioned to replace Si in the future.This thesis is devoted to the first-principles modeling of the vibrational properties of these novel channel materials.The first part of the thesis focuses on the vibrational
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Cell Analysis on Microfluidics

Edited by Jin-Ming Lin ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book presents a detailed overview of the design, formatting, application, and development of microfluidic chips in the context of cell biology research, enumerating each element involved in microfluidics-based cell analysis, discussing its history, status quo, and future prospects, It also offers an extensive review of the research completed in the past decade, including numerous color ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book presents a detailed overview of the design, formatting, application, and development of microfluidic chips in the context of cell biology research, enumerating each element involved in microfluidics-based cell analysis, discussing its history, status quo, and future prospects, It also offers an extensive review of the research completed in the past decade, including numerous color
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Photoemission from Optoelectronic Materials and their Nanostructures

by Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak, Sitangshu Bhattacharya, Debashis De ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
In recent years, with the advent of fine line lithographical methods, molecular beam epitaxy, organometallic vapour phase epitaxy and other experimental techniques, low dimensional structures having quantum confinement in one, two and three dimensions (such as ultrathin films, inversion layers, accumulation layers, quantum well superlattices, quantum well wires, quantum wires superlattices, ... Read more

$188.09 USD

In recent years, with the advent of fine line lithographical methods, molecular beam epitaxy, organometallic vapour phase epitaxy and other experimental techniques, low dimensional structures having quantum confinement in one, two and three dimensions (such as ultrathin films, inversion layers, accumulation layers, quantum well superlattices, quantum well wires, quantum wires superlattices,
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Magnetomicrofluidic Circuits for Single-Bioparticle Transport

by Roozbeh Abedini-Nassab ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book highlights the current state of the art in magnetophoretic circuits and their use in the emerging field of single-cell analysis. This interdisciplinary topic involves many fields of science including cellular biology, drug screening, cancer research, personalized medicine, microfabrication, biomedical microdevices, and lab-on-a-chip. This book not only provides the required fundamental ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book highlights the current state of the art in magnetophoretic circuits and their use in the emerging field of single-cell analysis. This interdisciplinary topic involves many fields of science including cellular biology, drug screening, cancer research, personalized medicine, microfabrication, biomedical microdevices, and lab-on-a-chip. This book not only provides the required fundamental
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Thermodynamics of Information Processing in Small Systems

by Takahiro Sagawa ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis presents a general theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics for information processing. Ever since Maxwell's demon was proposed in the nineteenth century, the relationship between thermodynamics and information has attracted much attention because it concerns the foundation of the second law of thermodynamics. From the modern point of view, Maxwell's demon is formulated as an ... Read more

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This thesis presents a general theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics for information processing. Ever since Maxwell's demon was proposed in the nineteenth century, the relationship between thermodynamics and information has attracted much attention because it concerns the foundation of the second law of thermodynamics. From the modern point of view, Maxwell's demon is formulated as an
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Imaging and Manipulating Molecular Orbitals

Proceedings of the 3rd AtMol International Workshop, Berlin 24-25 September 2012

Edited by Leonhard Grill, Christian Joachim ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Imaging and Manipulating Molecular Orbitals celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first image of a single molecule by E. Müller. This book summarizes the advances in the field from various groups around the world who use a broad range of experimental techniques: scanning probe microscopy (STM and AFM), field emission microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, attosecond tomography and ... Read more

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Imaging and Manipulating Molecular Orbitals celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first image of a single molecule by E. Müller. This book summarizes the advances in the field from various groups around the world who use a broad range of experimental techniques: scanning probe microscopy (STM and AFM), field emission microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, attosecond tomography and
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Fundamental and Applied Nano-Electromagnetics II

THz Circuits, Materials, Devices

Edited by Antonio Maffucci, Sergey A. Maksimenko ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The increasing prevalence of nanotechnologies has led to the birth of “nanoelectromagnetics,” a novel applied science related to the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with quantum mechanical low-dimensional systems.This book provides an overview of the latest advances in nanoelectromagnetics, and presents contributions from an interdisciplinary community of scientists and technologists ... Read more

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The increasing prevalence of nanotechnologies has led to the birth of “nanoelectromagnetics,” a novel applied science related to the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with quantum mechanical low-dimensional systems.This book provides an overview of the latest advances in nanoelectromagnetics, and presents contributions from an interdisciplinary community of scientists and technologists
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Physics of Ultra-Cold Matter

Atomic Clouds, Bose-Einstein Condensates and Rydberg Plasmas

by J.T. Mendonça, Hugo Terças ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The advent of laser cooling of atoms led to the discovery of ultra-cold matter, with temperatures below liquid Helium, which displays a variety of new physical phenomena. Physics of Ultra-Cold Matter gives an overview of this recent area of science, with a discussion of its main results and a description of its theoretical concepts and methods.Ultra-cold matter can be considered in three distinct ... Read more

$152.09 USD

The advent of laser cooling of atoms led to the discovery of ultra-cold matter, with temperatures below liquid Helium, which displays a variety of new physical phenomena. Physics of Ultra-Cold Matter gives an overview of this recent area of science, with a discussion of its main results and a description of its theoretical concepts and methods.Ultra-cold matter can be considered in three distinct
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Three-Dimensional Nanoarchitectures

Designing Next-Generation Devices

Edited by Weilie Zhou, Zhong Lin Wang ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Devices built from three-dimensional nanoarchitectures offer a number of advantages over those based on thin-film technology, such as larger surface area to enhance the sensitivity of sensors, to collect more sunlight to improve the efficiency of solar cells, and to supply higher density emitters for increased resolution in flat panel displays. Three-dimensional nanoscale assembly has already been ... Read more

$143.09 USD

Devices built from three-dimensional nanoarchitectures offer a number of advantages over those based on thin-film technology, such as larger surface area to enhance the sensitivity of sensors, to collect more sunlight to improve the efficiency of solar cells, and to supply higher density emitters for increased resolution in flat panel displays. Three-dimensional nanoscale assembly has already been
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Biophysics of Skin and Its Treatments

Structural, Nanotribological, and Nanomechanical Studies

by Bharat Bhushan ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the structural, nanotribological and nanomechanical properties of skin with and without cream treatment as a function of operating environment. The biophysics of skin as the outer layer covering human or animal body is discussed as a complex biological structure. Skin cream is used to improve skin health and create a smooth, soft, and flexible surface ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the structural, nanotribological and nanomechanical properties of skin with and without cream treatment as a function of operating environment. The biophysics of skin as the outer layer covering human or animal body is discussed as a complex biological structure. Skin cream is used to improve skin health and create a smooth, soft, and flexible surface
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Biosensors and Biochips

by Alberto Pasquarelli ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This textbook describes the basic principles and mechanism of action of biosensor systems, and introduces readers to the various types of biosensors; from affinity biosensors to catalytic, optical and label-free biosensors, the most common systems are explained in detail. Dedicated advanced sections focus on biochips and genome sequencing methods as well as organs-on-a-chip.The textbook helps ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This textbook describes the basic principles and mechanism of action of biosensor systems, and introduces readers to the various types of biosensors; from affinity biosensors to catalytic, optical and label-free biosensors, the most common systems are explained in detail. Dedicated advanced sections focus on biochips and genome sequencing methods as well as organs-on-a-chip.The textbook helps
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Molecular Modeling and Multiscaling Issues for Electronic Material Applications

Volume 2

Edited by Artur Wymyslowski, Nancy Iwamoto, Matthew Yuen, Haibo Fan ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book offers readers a snapshot of the progression of molecular modeling in the electronics industry and how molecular modeling is currently being used to understand materials to solve relevant issues in this field. The reader is introduced to the evolving role of molecular modeling, especially seen from the perspective of the IEEE community and modeling in electronics. This book also covers ... Read more

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This book offers readers a snapshot of the progression of molecular modeling in the electronics industry and how molecular modeling is currently being used to understand materials to solve relevant issues in this field. The reader is introduced to the evolving role of molecular modeling, especially seen from the perspective of the IEEE community and modeling in electronics. This book also covers
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Graphene for Transparent Conductors

Synthesis, Properties and Applications

by Qingbin Zheng, Jang-Kyo Kim ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides a systematic presentation of the principles and practices behind the synthesis and functionalization of graphene and grapheme oxide (GO), as well as the fabrication techniques for transparent conductors from these materials.Transparent conductors are used in a wide variety of photoelectronic and photovoltaic devices, such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), solar cells, optical ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book provides a systematic presentation of the principles and practices behind the synthesis and functionalization of graphene and grapheme oxide (GO), as well as the fabrication techniques for transparent conductors from these materials.Transparent conductors are used in a wide variety of photoelectronic and photovoltaic devices, such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), solar cells, optical
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Multifunctional Heterostructure Thin Films Handbook

Fundamentals, Fabrication, and Device Applications

Edited by Subhash Sharma ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive guide to heterostructure thin films and multifunctional nanomaterials, highlighting how the stacking of dissimilar materials enables interface-driven properties that surpass those achievable in bulk systems. It covers fundamental concepts such as band alignment, strain and charge coupling, and built-in fields, alongside advanced synthesis techniques including ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book provides a comprehensive guide to heterostructure thin films and multifunctional nanomaterials, highlighting how the stacking of dissimilar materials enables interface-driven properties that surpass those achievable in bulk systems. It covers fundamental concepts such as band alignment, strain and charge coupling, and built-in fields, alongside advanced synthesis techniques including
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Advances in Dental Implantology using Nanomaterials and Allied Technology Applications

Edited by Ramesh S. Chaughule, Rajesh Dashaputra ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
As the name suggests this book discusses how nanotechnology has influenced the provision of implant treatment from surgery to prosthetic reconstruction and post treatment biological complications. This book is a sequel to the earlier book “Dental Applications of Nanotechnology” published by Springer. It aims to present both the nanotechnology and allied research along with the clinical concepts of ... Read more

$89.09 USD

As the name suggests this book discusses how nanotechnology has influenced the provision of implant treatment from surgery to prosthetic reconstruction and post treatment biological complications. This book is a sequel to the earlier book “Dental Applications of Nanotechnology” published by Springer. It aims to present both the nanotechnology and allied research along with the clinical concepts of
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Semiconductor Lasers

Stability, Instability and Chaos

by Junji Ohtsubo ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book describes the fascinating recent advances made concerning the chaos, stability and instability of semiconductor lasers, and discusses their applications and future prospects in detail. It emphasizes the dynamics in semiconductor lasers by optical and electronic feedback, optical injection, and injection current modulation. Applications of semiconductor laser chaos, control and noise, and ... Read more

$242.09 USD

This book describes the fascinating recent advances made concerning the chaos, stability and instability of semiconductor lasers, and discusses their applications and future prospects in detail. It emphasizes the dynamics in semiconductor lasers by optical and electronic feedback, optical injection, and injection current modulation. Applications of semiconductor laser chaos, control and noise, and
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