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Bulk and Boundary Invariants for Complex Topological Insulators

From K-Theory to Physics

by Emil Prodan, Hermann Schulz-Baldes ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This monograph offers an overview of rigorous results on fermionic topological insulators from the complex classes, namely, those without symmetries or with just a chiral symmetry. Particular focus is on the stability of the topological invariants in the presence of strong disorder, on the interplay between the bulk and boundary invariants and on their dependence on magnetic fields.The first part ... Read more

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This monograph offers an overview of rigorous results on fermionic topological insulators from the complex classes, namely, those without symmetries or with just a chiral symmetry. Particular focus is on the stability of the topological invariants in the presence of strong disorder, on the interplay between the bulk and boundary invariants and on their dependence on magnetic fields.The first part
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Coherent Structures in Granular Crystals

From Experiment and Modelling to Computation and Mathematical Analysis

by Christopher Chong, Panayotis G. Kevrekidis ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book summarizes a number of fundamental developments at the interface of granular crystals and the mathematical and computational analysis of some of their key localized nonlinear wave solutions. The subject presents a blend of the appeal of granular crystals as a prototypical engineering tested for a variety of diverse applications, the novelty in the nonlinear physics of its coherent ... Read more

$76.49 USD

This book summarizes a number of fundamental developments at the interface of granular crystals and the mathematical and computational analysis of some of their key localized nonlinear wave solutions. The subject presents a blend of the appeal of granular crystals as a prototypical engineering tested for a variety of diverse applications, the novelty in the nonlinear physics of its coherent
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Halbleiterphysik leicht verständlich

Wie du zügig einsteigst oder dein Wissen auffrischst

by Frank Thuselt ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Willst du die Physik der Halbleiter grundlegend verstehen und dich mit den Prinzipien der elektrischen Leitung und Optoelektronik vertraut machen? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das, was du suchst.BesonderheitenVorkenntnisse aus der Quantenmechanik brauchst du nicht schon mitzubringen, sondern die benötigten Grundlagen werden, wenn erforderlich, anschaulich erklärt. Mit den bereitgestellten Formeln ... Read more

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Willst du die Physik der Halbleiter grundlegend verstehen und dich mit den Prinzipien der elektrischen Leitung und Optoelektronik vertraut machen? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das, was du suchst.BesonderheitenVorkenntnisse aus der Quantenmechanik brauchst du nicht schon mitzubringen, sondern die benötigten Grundlagen werden, wenn erforderlich, anschaulich erklärt. Mit den bereitgestellten Formeln
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Silicon Semiconductor Technology

Processing and Integration of Microelectronic Devices

by Ulrich Hilleringmann ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The book presents the basic steps and the technical implementation of individual processes for microelectronic circuit integration in silicon. Interaction and influences of e. g. oxidation, etching, doping and thermal processes for integrating CMOS- and Bipolar circuits are discussed in detail, beginning with the purification of silicon up to the encapsulated integrated circuit. It includes modern ... Read more

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The book presents the basic steps and the technical implementation of individual processes for microelectronic circuit integration in silicon. Interaction and influences of e. g. oxidation, etching, doping and thermal processes for integrating CMOS- and Bipolar circuits are discussed in detail, beginning with the purification of silicon up to the encapsulated integrated circuit. It includes modern
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Optical Properties of Nanostructured Metallic Systems

Studied with the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method

by Sergio G. Rodrigo ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The common belief is that light is completely reflected by metals. In reality they also exhibit an amazing property that is not so widely known: under some conditions light flows along a metallic surface as if it were glued to it. Physical phenomena related to these light waves, which are called Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPP), have given rise to the research field of plasmonics.This thesis ... Read more

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The common belief is that light is completely reflected by metals. In reality they also exhibit an amazing property that is not so widely known: under some conditions light flows along a metallic surface as if it were glued to it. Physical phenomena related to these light waves, which are called Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPP), have given rise to the research field of plasmonics.This thesis
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The Selected Models of the Mesostructure of Composites

Percolation, Clusters, and Force Fields

by Alexander Herega ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book presents the role of mesostructure on the properties of composite materials. A complex percolation model is developed for the material structure containing percolation clusters of phases and interior boundaries. Modeling of technological cracks and the percolation in the Sierpinski carpet are described. The interaction of mesoscopic interior boundaries of the material, including the ... Read more

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This book presents the role of mesostructure on the properties of composite materials. A complex percolation model is developed for the material structure containing percolation clusters of phases and interior boundaries. Modeling of technological cracks and the percolation in the Sierpinski carpet are described. The interaction of mesoscopic interior boundaries of the material, including the
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Nano-photonics for Advanced Networks

by Kiyoshi Asakawa, Yoshimasa Sugimoto, Shigeru Nakamura ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book encourages optoelectronic researchers and engineers to exploit innovative nano-photonic applications in next-generation information and communications systems. The authors discuss applications enabled by three forms of nano-photonics: silicon photonics, photonic crystals and surface plasmons, with a view to the development of the defining applications and technologies of tomorrow. They ... Read more

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This book encourages optoelectronic researchers and engineers to exploit innovative nano-photonic applications in next-generation information and communications systems. The authors discuss applications enabled by three forms of nano-photonics: silicon photonics, photonic crystals and surface plasmons, with a view to the development of the defining applications and technologies of tomorrow. They
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Optical Effects in Solids

by David B. Tanner ...

An overview of the optical effects in solids, addressing the physics of various materials and their response to electromagnetic radiation. The discussion includes metals, semiconductors, superconductors, and insulators. The book begins by introducing the dielectric function into Maxwell's macroscopic equations and finding their plane-wave solution. The physics governing the dielectric function of ... Read more

$90.19 USD

An overview of the optical effects in solids, addressing the physics of various materials and their response to electromagnetic radiation. The discussion includes metals, semiconductors, superconductors, and insulators. The book begins by introducing the dielectric function into Maxwell's macroscopic equations and finding their plane-wave solution. The physics governing the dielectric function of
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Additive Manufacturing Advantage

by Sanjay Kumar ...

Series series eBColl Synthesis Collection 12
This book provides a concise introduction to additive manufacturing, accessible to anyone with a basic background in engineering and materials science. The author explains additive manufacturing (AM) in terms of advantages and disadvantages and gives a concise list of advantages and disadvantages, enabling readers to understand AM in relation to other techniques. Additionally, this book clarifies ... Read more

$58.49 USD

This book provides a concise introduction to additive manufacturing, accessible to anyone with a basic background in engineering and materials science. The author explains additive manufacturing (AM) in terms of advantages and disadvantages and gives a concise list of advantages and disadvantages, enabling readers to understand AM in relation to other techniques. Additionally, this book clarifies
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The NMR Probe of High-Tc Materials and Correlated Electron Systems

by Russell E. Walstedt ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This new edition updates readers in three areas of NMR studies, namely, recent developments in high-Tc materials, heavy fermion systems and actinide oxides are presented. The NMR probe has yielded a vast array of data for solid state materials, corresponding to different compounds, ionic sites, and nuclear species, as well as to a wide variety of experimental conditions. The last two parts of the ... Read more

$107.09 USD

This new edition updates readers in three areas of NMR studies, namely, recent developments in high-Tc materials, heavy fermion systems and actinide oxides are presented. The NMR probe has yielded a vast array of data for solid state materials, corresponding to different compounds, ionic sites, and nuclear species, as well as to a wide variety of experimental conditions. The last two parts of the
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Emerging Materials

Design, Characterization and Applications

Edited by Laxman Raju Thoutam, Shubham Tayal, J. Ajayan ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book serves as a quick guide on the latest material systems including their synthesis, fabrication and characterization techniques. It discusses recent developments in different material systems and discusses their novel applications in various branches of science and engineering. The book briefs latest computational tools and techniques that are used to discover new material systems. The ... Read more

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This book serves as a quick guide on the latest material systems including their synthesis, fabrication and characterization techniques. It discusses recent developments in different material systems and discusses their novel applications in various branches of science and engineering. The book briefs latest computational tools and techniques that are used to discover new material systems. The
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Phase Transitions For Beginners

by Sergei M Stishov ...

Written by an experimentalist famous for his discovery of stishovite, with vast experience in phase transition studies, this book is devoted to a description of the continuous and discontinuous phase transitions. It includes chapters outlining the Van der Waals model, hard sphere and soft sphere models of melting, scaling phenomena, renormgroup approach to phase transitions, and experimental ... Read more

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Written by an experimentalist famous for his discovery of stishovite, with vast experience in phase transition studies, this book is devoted to a description of the continuous and discontinuous phase transitions. It includes chapters outlining the Van der Waals model, hard sphere and soft sphere models of melting, scaling phenomena, renormgroup approach to phase transitions, and experimental
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Fine Particles in Medicine and Pharmacy

Edited by Egon Matijević ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Pharmaceutical manufacture is very exacting – for example, drugs must be uniform in size, shape, efficacy, bioavailability, and safety. The presence of different polymorphs in drug production is a serious problem, since different polymorphs differ in bioavailability, solubility, dissolution rate, chemical and physical stability, melting point, color, filterability, density, and flow properties. ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Pharmaceutical manufacture is very exacting – for example, drugs must be uniform in size, shape, efficacy, bioavailability, and safety. The presence of different polymorphs in drug production is a serious problem, since different polymorphs differ in bioavailability, solubility, dissolution rate, chemical and physical stability, melting point, color, filterability, density, and flow properties.
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Impact-Activated Solidification of Cornstarch and Water Suspensions

by Scott R. Waitukaitis ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis approaches impact resistance in dense suspensions from a new perspective. The most well-known example of dense suspensions, a mixture of cornstarch and water, provides enough impact resistance to allow a person to run across its surface. In the past, this phenomenon had been linked to "shear thickening" under a steady shear state attributed to hydrodynamic interactions or granular ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This thesis approaches impact resistance in dense suspensions from a new perspective. The most well-known example of dense suspensions, a mixture of cornstarch and water, provides enough impact resistance to allow a person to run across its surface. In the past, this phenomenon had been linked to "shear thickening" under a steady shear state attributed to hydrodynamic interactions or granular
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IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics

Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Moving Boundary Problems, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 12-15, 2018

Edited by Stefanie Gutschmidt, James N. Hewett, Mathieu Sellier ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Many problems in mechanics involve deformable domains with moving boundaries, including fluid-structure interaction, multiphase flows, flows over soft tissues and textiles, or flows involving accretion/erosion to name but a few. The presence of a moving boundary presents considerable challenges when it comes to modelling and understanding the underlying system dynamics. This proceedings volume ... Read more

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Many problems in mechanics involve deformable domains with moving boundaries, including fluid-structure interaction, multiphase flows, flows over soft tissues and textiles, or flows involving accretion/erosion to name but a few. The presence of a moving boundary presents considerable challenges when it comes to modelling and understanding the underlying system dynamics. This proceedings volume
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Nuclear Structure Physics

Edited by Amritanshu Shukla, Suresh Kumar Patra ...

Nuclear structure Physics connects to some of our fundamental questions about the creation of universe and its basic constituents. At the same time, precise knowledge on the subject has lead to develop many important tools of human kind such as proton therapy, radioactive dating etc. This book contains chapters on some of the crucial and trending research topics in nuclear structure, including the ... Read more

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Nuclear structure Physics connects to some of our fundamental questions about the creation of universe and its basic constituents. At the same time, precise knowledge on the subject has lead to develop many important tools of human kind such as proton therapy, radioactive dating etc. This book contains chapters on some of the crucial and trending research topics in nuclear structure, including the
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Topological Quantum Matter

A Field Theoretical Perspective

by Thomas Klein Kvorning ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book offers a theoretical description of topological matter in terms of effective field theories, and in particular topological field theories, focusing on two main topics: topological superconductors and topological insulators.Even though there is vast literature on these subjects, the book fills an important gap by providing a concise introduction to both topological order and symmetry ... Read more

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This book offers a theoretical description of topological matter in terms of effective field theories, and in particular topological field theories, focusing on two main topics: topological superconductors and topological insulators.Even though there is vast literature on these subjects, the book fills an important gap by providing a concise introduction to both topological order and symmetry
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Bose–Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases

by C. J. Pethick, H. Smith ...

Since an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate, predicted by Einstein in 1925, was first produced in the laboratory in 1995, the study of ultracold Bose and Fermi gases has become one of the most active areas in contemporary physics. This book explains phenomena in ultracold gases from basic principles, without assuming a detailed knowledge of atomic, condensed matter, and nuclear physics. This new ... Read more

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Since an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate, predicted by Einstein in 1925, was first produced in the laboratory in 1995, the study of ultracold Bose and Fermi gases has become one of the most active areas in contemporary physics. This book explains phenomena in ultracold gases from basic principles, without assuming a detailed knowledge of atomic, condensed matter, and nuclear physics. This new
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Extended Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

From Principles to Applications in Nanosystems

by Hatim Machrafi ...

Extended Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics provides powerful tools departing not from empirical or statistical considerations but from fundamental thermodynamic laws, proposing final solutions that are readily usable and recognizable for students, researchers and industry. The book deals with methods that allow combining easily the present theory with other fields of science, such as fluid and solid ... Read more

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Extended Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics provides powerful tools departing not from empirical or statistical considerations but from fundamental thermodynamic laws, proposing final solutions that are readily usable and recognizable for students, researchers and industry. The book deals with methods that allow combining easily the present theory with other fields of science, such as fluid and solid
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Resonant Scattering and Generation of Waves

Cubically Polarizable Layers

by Lutz Angermann, Vasyl V. Yatsyk ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This monograph deals with theoretical aspects and numerical simulations of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with nonlinear materials. It focuses in particular on media with nonlinear polarization properties. It addresses the direct problem of nonlinear Electrodynamics, that is to understand the nonlinear behavior in the induced polarization and to analyze or even to control its impact on ... Read more

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This monograph deals with theoretical aspects and numerical simulations of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with nonlinear materials. It focuses in particular on media with nonlinear polarization properties. It addresses the direct problem of nonlinear Electrodynamics, that is to understand the nonlinear behavior in the induced polarization and to analyze or even to control its impact on
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High Pressure Materials Properties: Magnetic Properties of Oxides Under Pressure

A Supplement to Landolt-Börnstein IV/22 Series

by Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Takeshi Kanomata, Ryunosuke Note ...

The subject of this supplement to Landolt-Börnstein IV/22 Series is to present both the numerical and graphical data on the various magnetic properties of materials under pressure. Data for transition metal binary oxides MmOn [M: transition metals, O: oxygen, m, n: 1~15], MXO [M: transition metals, X: F, Cl, Br, O: oxygen] and MM’On [M: transition metals, M’: transition metals or non-transition ... Read more

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The subject of this supplement to Landolt-Börnstein IV/22 Series is to present both the numerical and graphical data on the various magnetic properties of materials under pressure. Data for transition metal binary oxides MmOn [M: transition metals, O: oxygen, m, n: 1~15], MXO [M: transition metals, X: F, Cl, Br, O: oxygen] and MM’On [M: transition metals, M’: transition metals or non-transition
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Nanoscale Insights into Ion-Beam Cancer Therapy

Edited by Andrey V. Solov’yov ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art understanding of the molecular and nano-scale processes that play significant roles in ion-beam cancer therapy. It covers experimental design and methodology, and reviews the theoretical understanding of the processes involved. It offers the reader an opportunity to learn from a coherent approach about the physics, ... Read more

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This book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art understanding of the molecular and nano-scale processes that play significant roles in ion-beam cancer therapy. It covers experimental design and methodology, and reviews the theoretical understanding of the processes involved. It offers the reader an opportunity to learn from a coherent approach about the physics,
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Einführung in die Nanobiomechanik

Bildgebung und Messung durch Rasterkraftmikroskopie

by Atsushi Ikai ...

Translated by Carsten Heinisch ...

Die Nanotechnologie ist ein hochaktuelles, viel versprechendes interdisziplinäres Forschungsgebiet. Weltweit werden neue Institute gegründet, um Ressourcen zu bündeln und Anwendungen der Nanotechnologie in Materialforschung, Halbleitertechnik und Biophysik voranzutreiben.Der Druck auf Wissenschaftler und fortgeschrittene Studierende steigt, ihr vorhandenes Wissen auf dieses Gebiet anzuwenden bzw. ... Read more

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Die Nanotechnologie ist ein hochaktuelles, viel versprechendes interdisziplinäres Forschungsgebiet. Weltweit werden neue Institute gegründet, um Ressourcen zu bündeln und Anwendungen der Nanotechnologie in Materialforschung, Halbleitertechnik und Biophysik voranzutreiben.Der Druck auf Wissenschaftler und fortgeschrittene Studierende steigt, ihr vorhandenes Wissen auf dieses Gebiet anzuwenden bzw.
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Superkondensatoren

Schnelle Energiespeicher für hohe elektrische Leistungen

by Rudolf Holze ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Konventionelle Kondensatoren sind für ihre Fähigkeit, hohe Ströme aufnehmen und abgeben zu können, bekannt. Diese Fähigkeit begründet ihren weiterverbreiteten Einsatz in Elektrotechnik und Elektronik. Diese Fähigkeit ist auch in anderen Anwendungen wie der Elektromobilität, der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energiequellen und dem Einsatz in netzunabhängigen Geräte, hoch willkommen. Die nur geringe ... Read more

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Konventionelle Kondensatoren sind für ihre Fähigkeit, hohe Ströme aufnehmen und abgeben zu können, bekannt. Diese Fähigkeit begründet ihren weiterverbreiteten Einsatz in Elektrotechnik und Elektronik. Diese Fähigkeit ist auch in anderen Anwendungen wie der Elektromobilität, der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energiequellen und dem Einsatz in netzunabhängigen Geräte, hoch willkommen. Die nur geringe
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