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International Youth Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies

Proceedings of the YETI 2021, St. Petersburg, Russia

Edited by Elena Velichko, Viktoria Kapralova, Platon Karaseov, Sergey Zavjalov, Pablo Angueira, Sergey Andreev ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers of the International Youth Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies (YETI-2021), held in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, on April 22–23, 2021. For the third time around, the conference brings together students and early career scientists, serving to disseminate the current ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers of the International Youth Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies (YETI-2021), held in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, on April 22–23, 2021. For the third time around, the conference brings together students and early career scientists, serving to disseminate the current
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Introduction to the Physics of Landslides

Lecture notes on the dynamics of mass wasting

by Fabio Vittorio de Blasio ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Landslides represent one of the most destructive natural catastrophes. They can reach extremely long distances and velocities, and are capable of wiping out human communities and settlements. Yet landslides have a creative facet as they contribute to the modification of the landscape. They are the consequence of the gravity pull jointly with the tectonic disturbance of our living planet.Landslides ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Landslides represent one of the most destructive natural catastrophes. They can reach extremely long distances and velocities, and are capable of wiping out human communities and settlements. Yet landslides have a creative facet as they contribute to the modification of the landscape. They are the consequence of the gravity pull jointly with the tectonic disturbance of our living planet.Landslides
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Solar Photovoltaics

Technology, System Design, Reliability and Viability

by N.D. Kaushika, Anuradha Mishra, Anil K. Rai ...

Series series Energy (R0)
This book presents a quantitative description of the physics of solar-cell materials, transport processes, fabrication methods, and offers a scientific understanding of the technology involved. It also presents the current knowledge of the electrical characteristics of modules arrays and balance of systems (BOS) for a wide spectrum of applications. It particularly focuses on solar-powered ... Read more

$98.99 USD

This book presents a quantitative description of the physics of solar-cell materials, transport processes, fabrication methods, and offers a scientific understanding of the technology involved. It also presents the current knowledge of the electrical characteristics of modules arrays and balance of systems (BOS) for a wide spectrum of applications. It particularly focuses on solar-powered
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Introduction to the Principles of Materials Evaluation

by David C. Jiles ...

Choosing the proper material testing technique is important not just for economic reasons; in many circumstances, it can save lives. Building on the common links among all types of material evaluation methods, Introduction to the Principles of Materials Evaluation presents a thorough examination of all types of destructive and nondestructive ... Read more

$200.99 USD

Choosing the proper material testing technique is important not just for economic reasons; in many circumstances, it can save lives. Building on the common links among all types of material evaluation methods, Introduction to the Principles of Materials Evaluation presents a thorough examination of all types of destructive and nondestructive
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Nanotechnology in Modern Medicine

Edited by Sanjeeva Witharana, M. T. Napagoda ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the applications of nanotechnology in modern medicine. Today we are living in a world of fast-changing behavior and lifestyles. Despite health and wellbeing are often pronounced and enforced, the diseases and illnesses are emerging in different forms, at an alarming rate. Protecting the mankind is becoming ever more challenging. In this backdrop, medicine needs new approaches ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book highlights the applications of nanotechnology in modern medicine. Today we are living in a world of fast-changing behavior and lifestyles. Despite health and wellbeing are often pronounced and enforced, the diseases and illnesses are emerging in different forms, at an alarming rate. Protecting the mankind is becoming ever more challenging. In this backdrop, medicine needs new approaches
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Recent Progress in Few-Body Physics

Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics

Edited by N. A. Orr, M. Ploszajczak, F. M. Marqués, J. Carbonell ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Few-body physics covers a rich and wide variety of phenomena, ranging from the very lowest energy scales of atomic and molecular physics to high-energy particle physics. The papers contained in the present volume provide an apercu of recent progress in the field from both the theoretical and experimental perspectives and are based on work presented at the “22nd International Conference on Few-Body ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Few-body physics covers a rich and wide variety of phenomena, ranging from the very lowest energy scales of atomic and molecular physics to high-energy particle physics. The papers contained in the present volume provide an apercu of recent progress in the field from both the theoretical and experimental perspectives and are based on work presented at the “22nd International Conference on Few-Body
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Structural Classification of Minerals

Volume I: Minerals with A, Am Bn and ApBqCr General Chemical Formulas

by J. Lima-de-Faria ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
In his foreword to Structural Mineralogy. An classification was taken into account. The first Introduction (Lima-de-Faria, 1994) P.B. Moore classification of this type, which takes into con emphasized that this book "is really not an end in sideration the distribution of bonds in a structure, itself. Rather it is a rallying call to urge further was that of silicates proposed by Machatschki ... Read more

$89.99 USD

In his foreword to Structural Mineralogy. An classification was taken into account. The first Introduction (Lima-de-Faria, 1994) P.B. Moore classification of this type, which takes into con emphasized that this book "is really not an end in sideration the distribution of bonds in a structure, itself. Rather it is a rallying call to urge further was that of silicates proposed by Machatschki
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In-situ Structure Characterization of Elastomers during Deformation and Fracture

by Karsten Brüning ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This thesis offers novel insights into the time-dependent structural evolution of polymers under deformation. In-situ tensile experiments at high-brilliance synchrotron sources allowed to characterize the material with unrivaled resolution in time and space. The strain-induced crystallization in natural rubber was studied by wide-angle X-ray diffraction. Special emphasis was put on the ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This thesis offers novel insights into the time-dependent structural evolution of polymers under deformation. In-situ tensile experiments at high-brilliance synchrotron sources allowed to characterize the material with unrivaled resolution in time and space. The strain-induced crystallization in natural rubber was studied by wide-angle X-ray diffraction. Special emphasis was put on the
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Next-Generation High-Speed Electronics and Optoelectronics

Volume 1

Edited by Aritra Acharyya, Angsuman Sarkar, Mariya Aleksandrova ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book explores the state-of-the-art advancements in the terahertz (THz), millimeter-wave (mm-wave), and infrared (IR) technologies. By bridging the gap between electronics and photonics, it explores wide-bandgap semiconductors, nanostructures, nanomaterials, photonic integration, and quantum confinement technologies, linking foundational physics with practical applications. Challenges such as ... Read more

$197.99 USD

This book explores the state-of-the-art advancements in the terahertz (THz), millimeter-wave (mm-wave), and infrared (IR) technologies. By bridging the gap between electronics and photonics, it explores wide-bandgap semiconductors, nanostructures, nanomaterials, photonic integration, and quantum confinement technologies, linking foundational physics with practical applications. Challenges such as
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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

$76.99 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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Functional Molecular Materials

An Introductory Textbook

by Matteo Atzori, Flavia Artizzu ...

The field of molecular materials represents an exciting playground for the design, tailoring, and combination of chemical building blocks as carriers of physical properties and aims at the understanding and development of novel functional molecular devices. Within this extraordinarily widespread framework, the realization of materials with the desired functionalities can only be achieved through a ... Read more

$149.99 USD

The field of molecular materials represents an exciting playground for the design, tailoring, and combination of chemical building blocks as carriers of physical properties and aims at the understanding and development of novel functional molecular devices. Within this extraordinarily widespread framework, the realization of materials with the desired functionalities can only be achieved through a
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Ocular Fluid Dynamics

Anatomy, Physiology, Imaging Techniques, and Mathematical Modeling

Edited by Giovanna Guidoboni, Alon Harris, Riccardo Sacco ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
The chapters in this contributed volume showcase current theoretical approaches in the modeling of ocular fluid dynamics in health and disease. By including chapters written by experts from a variety of fields, this volume will help foster a genuinely collaborative spirit between clinical and research scientists. It vividly illustrates the advantages of clinical and experimental methods, data ... Read more

$143.99 USD

The chapters in this contributed volume showcase current theoretical approaches in the modeling of ocular fluid dynamics in health and disease. By including chapters written by experts from a variety of fields, this volume will help foster a genuinely collaborative spirit between clinical and research scientists. It vividly illustrates the advantages of clinical and experimental methods, data
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Turbulent Transport In Magnetized Plasmas (Second Edition)

by C Wendell Horton, Jr ...

For a few seconds with large machines, scientists and engineers have now created the fusion power of the stars in the laboratory and at the same time find the rich range of complex turbulent electromagnetic waves that transport the plasma confinement systems. The turbulent transport mechanisms created in the laboratory are explained in detail in the second edition of 'Turbulent Transport in ... Read more

$113.99 USD

For a few seconds with large machines, scientists and engineers have now created the fusion power of the stars in the laboratory and at the same time find the rich range of complex turbulent electromagnetic waves that transport the plasma confinement systems. The turbulent transport mechanisms created in the laboratory are explained in detail in the second edition of 'Turbulent Transport in
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Polyvinyl Alcohol/Halloysite Nanotube Bionanocomposites as Biodegradable Packaging Materials

by Zainab Waheed Abdullah, Yu Dong ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book focuses on the preparation and characterisation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/ halloysite nanotube (HNT) bionanocomposite films with different HNT contents for potential use in food packaging. It examines the effect of material composition and nanofiller content on mechanical, thermal and optical properties in relation to their morphological structures, and also comprehensively describes ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book focuses on the preparation and characterisation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/ halloysite nanotube (HNT) bionanocomposite films with different HNT contents for potential use in food packaging. It examines the effect of material composition and nanofiller content on mechanical, thermal and optical properties in relation to their morphological structures, and also comprehensively describes
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Quantum Field Theory and Condensed Matter

An Introduction

by Ramamurti Shankar ...

Providing a broad review of many techniques and their application to condensed matter systems, this book begins with a review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, before moving onto real and imaginary time path integrals and the link between Euclidean quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. A detailed study of the Ising, gauge-Ising and XY models is included. The renormalization group ... Read more

$81.99 USD

Providing a broad review of many techniques and their application to condensed matter systems, this book begins with a review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, before moving onto real and imaginary time path integrals and the link between Euclidean quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. A detailed study of the Ising, gauge-Ising and XY models is included. The renormalization group
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Photoinduced Modifications of the Nonlinear Optical Response in Liquid Crystalline Azopolymers

by Raquel Alicante ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which will serve as a starting point for the investigation at the macroscopic scale of azobenzene-based ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which will serve as a starting point for the investigation at the macroscopic scale of azobenzene-based
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Einführung in die Physik und Chemie der Grenzflächen und Kolloide

by Günter Jakob Lauth, Jürgen Kowalczyk ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Das Gebiet der Kolloid- und Grenzflächenchemie und -physik ist ausgesprochen vielschichtig und nahezu für alle Gebiete der Natur- und Lebenswissenschaften sowie der Technik von immenser und stetig zunehmender Bedeutung. Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an alle Studenten der Chemie und der Biologie im Master- bzw. Bachelor-Studiengang. Es ist das erste für Anfänger geeignete Lehrbuch zu dieser Thematik ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Das Gebiet der Kolloid- und Grenzflächenchemie und -physik ist ausgesprochen vielschichtig und nahezu für alle Gebiete der Natur- und Lebenswissenschaften sowie der Technik von immenser und stetig zunehmender Bedeutung. Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an alle Studenten der Chemie und der Biologie im Master- bzw. Bachelor-Studiengang. Es ist das erste für Anfänger geeignete Lehrbuch zu dieser Thematik
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Organic Light-Emitting Devices

A Survey

Edited by Joseph Shinar ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Although it has long been possible to make organic materials emit light, it has only recently become possible to do so at the level and with the efficiency and control necessary to make the materials a useful basis for illumination in any but the most specialized uses. This book surveys the current status of the field. ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Although it has long been possible to make organic materials emit light, it has only recently become possible to do so at the level and with the efficiency and control necessary to make the materials a useful basis for illumination in any but the most specialized uses. This book surveys the current status of the field.
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The (Non-)Local Density of States of Electronic Excitations in Organic Semiconductors

by Carl. R Poelking ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book focuses on the microscopic understanding of the function of organic semiconductors. By tracing the link between their morphological structure and electronic properties across multiple scales, it represents an important advance in this direction.Organic semiconductors are materials at the interface between hard and soft matter: they combine structural variability, processibility and ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book focuses on the microscopic understanding of the function of organic semiconductors. By tracing the link between their morphological structure and electronic properties across multiple scales, it represents an important advance in this direction.Organic semiconductors are materials at the interface between hard and soft matter: they combine structural variability, processibility and
... Read more
Ultrasonic Spectroscopy

Applications in Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

by Robert G. Leisure ...

Ultrasonic spectroscopy is a technique widely used in solid-state physics, materials science, and geology that utilizes acoustic waves to determine fundamental physical properties of materials, such as their elasticity and mechanical energy dissipation. This book provides complete coverage of the main issues relevant to the design, analysis, and interpretation of ultrasonic experiments. Topics ... Read more

$103.99 USD

Ultrasonic spectroscopy is a technique widely used in solid-state physics, materials science, and geology that utilizes acoustic waves to determine fundamental physical properties of materials, such as their elasticity and mechanical energy dissipation. This book provides complete coverage of the main issues relevant to the design, analysis, and interpretation of ultrasonic experiments. Topics
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Lectures on Symmetry-Assisted Computation

by D Pescia ...

Scientific problems have an internal 'beauty', called, referred to, precisely speaking, as their 'symmetry'. The symmetry arises, often, from the fact that the scientific problem refers to an object (a molecule, a crystal) and the object itself has some 'symmetry' elements, but in more abstract situations, such as those arising in particle physics and quantum technologies, symmetry is often the ... Read more

$106.99 USD

Scientific problems have an internal 'beauty', called, referred to, precisely speaking, as their 'symmetry'. The symmetry arises, often, from the fact that the scientific problem refers to an object (a molecule, a crystal) and the object itself has some 'symmetry' elements, but in more abstract situations, such as those arising in particle physics and quantum technologies, symmetry is often the
... Read more
Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles

Select Proceedings of AREEV 2023

Edited by Suryanarayana Kajampady, Vinu Thomas, P. Parthiban ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book includes select peer-reviewed proceedings from the International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles (AREEV 2023). It emphasizes the applications of electric vehicles, which are set to dominate the transportation sector by replacing conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Additionally, the book examines research related to power quality issues ... Read more

$215.99 USD

This book includes select peer-reviewed proceedings from the International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles (AREEV 2023). It emphasizes the applications of electric vehicles, which are set to dominate the transportation sector by replacing conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Additionally, the book examines research related to power quality issues
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Biological Effects of Metal Nanoparticles

by Elena Mikhailovna Egorova, Aslan Amirkhanovich Kubatiev, Vitaly Ivanovich Schvets ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive overview of recent studies conducted on the biological effects of metal nanoparticles. It also provides a solid theoretical foundation and various metal nanoparticle synthesis methods.Part I reviews the main chemical methods used for synthesizing metal nanoparticles in a solution and describes original method of biochemical synthesis, as well as some special ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book offers a comprehensive overview of recent studies conducted on the biological effects of metal nanoparticles. It also provides a solid theoretical foundation and various metal nanoparticle synthesis methods.Part I reviews the main chemical methods used for synthesizing metal nanoparticles in a solution and describes original method of biochemical synthesis, as well as some special
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Electron Spin Interactions in Chemistry and Biology

Fundamentals, Methods, Reactions Mechanisms, Magnetic Phenomena, Structure Investigation

by Gertz Likhtenshtein ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book presents the versatile and pivotal role of electron spin interactions in nature. It provides the background, methodologies and tools for basic areas related to spin interactions, such as spin chemistry and biology, electron transfer, light energy conversion, photochemistry, radical reactions, magneto-chemistry and magneto-biology. The book also includes an overview of designing advanced ... Read more

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This book presents the versatile and pivotal role of electron spin interactions in nature. It provides the background, methodologies and tools for basic areas related to spin interactions, such as spin chemistry and biology, electron transfer, light energy conversion, photochemistry, radical reactions, magneto-chemistry and magneto-biology. The book also includes an overview of designing advanced
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