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The Molecule-Metal Interface

Edited by Norbert Koch, Nobuo Ueno, Andrew T. S. Wee ...

Reviewing recent progress in the fundamental understanding of the molecule-metal interface, this useful addition to the literature focuses on experimental studies and introduces the latest analytical techniques as applied to this interface.The first part covers basic theory and initial principle studies, while the second part introduces readers to photoemission, STM, and synchrotron techniques to ... Read more

$146.99 CAD

Reviewing recent progress in the fundamental understanding of the molecule-metal interface, this useful addition to the literature focuses on experimental studies and introduces the latest analytical techniques as applied to this interface.The first part covers basic theory and initial principle studies, while the second part introduces readers to photoemission, STM, and synchrotron techniques to
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Introduction to Solar Cells

by Ammar Nayfeh, Sabina Abdul Hadi ...

Learn the physics and technology behind modern photovoltaic devicesImproving solar cell efficiencies under real-world operating conditions requires a strong understanding of the physics of light, semiconductor material and devices, as well as photovoltaic device physics and design. Introduction to Solar Cells provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the science, physics and ... Read more

$75.99 CAD

Learn the physics and technology behind modern photovoltaic devicesImproving solar cell efficiencies under real-world operating conditions requires a strong understanding of the physics of light, semiconductor material and devices, as well as photovoltaic device physics and design. Introduction to Solar Cells provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the science, physics and
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Magnetic Excitations and Geometric Confinement

Theory and simulations

by Gary Matthew Wysin ...

Series series IOP Expanding Physics
In this book, author Gary Wysin provides an overview of model systems and their behaviour and effects, and is intended for advanced students and researchers in physics, chemistry and engineering interested in confined magnetics. It is also suitable as an auxiliary text in a class on magnetism or solid state physics. Previous physics knowledge is expected, along with some basic knowledge of ... Read more

$119.99 CAD

In this book, author Gary Wysin provides an overview of model systems and their behaviour and effects, and is intended for advanced students and researchers in physics, chemistry and engineering interested in confined magnetics. It is also suitable as an auxiliary text in a class on magnetism or solid state physics. Previous physics knowledge is expected, along with some basic knowledge of
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Neutron Imaging and Applications

A Reference for the Imaging Community

Edited by Ian S. Anderson, Hassina Z. Bilheux, Robert McGreevy ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Neutron Imaging and Applications offers an introduction to the basics of neutron beam production in addition to the wide scope of techniques that enhance imaging application capabilities. An instructional overview of neutron sources, detectors, optics and spin-filters allows readers to delve more deeply into the discussions of radiography, tomography and prospective applications available in ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

Neutron Imaging and Applications offers an introduction to the basics of neutron beam production in addition to the wide scope of techniques that enhance imaging application capabilities. An instructional overview of neutron sources, detectors, optics and spin-filters allows readers to delve more deeply into the discussions of radiography, tomography and prospective applications available in
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Nonlinear Sound Waves in Solids

by Xiaozhou Liu ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book highlights the fundamental principles and analytical methods of nonlinear acoustics in solids, with a focus on the theories and applications of nonlinear acoustics in ultrasonic non-destructive testing and metamaterials. The text is designed to provide readers with a deep understanding of how nonlinear acoustic phenomena manifest in various material contexts, from crystalline structures ... Read more

$204.99 CAD

This book highlights the fundamental principles and analytical methods of nonlinear acoustics in solids, with a focus on the theories and applications of nonlinear acoustics in ultrasonic non-destructive testing and metamaterials. The text is designed to provide readers with a deep understanding of how nonlinear acoustic phenomena manifest in various material contexts, from crystalline structures
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"Más Allá del Espacio-Tiempo: Una Nueva Teoría Cuántica de la Gravedad"

by ROGELIO PEREZ CASADIEGO ...

¿Y si la gravedad no es una fuerza fundamental ni una curvatura del espacio-tiempo, sino un fenómeno emergente, nacido de principios cuánticos y termodinámicos? ¿Y si la misteriosa "materia oscura" no está compuesta por partículas exóticas, sino que es materia bariónica común en estados extremos de frío cuántico?En Una Teoría Efectiva de Gravedad Cuántica , el investigador Rogelio Pérez Casadiego ... Read more

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¿Y si la gravedad no es una fuerza fundamental ni una curvatura del espacio-tiempo, sino un fenómeno emergente, nacido de principios cuánticos y termodinámicos? ¿Y si la misteriosa "materia oscura" no está compuesta por partículas exóticas, sino que es materia bariónica común en estados extremos de frío cuántico?En Una Teoría Efectiva de Gravedad Cuántica , el investigador Rogelio Pérez Casadiego
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Polar Electronic Materials

by Yuriy Poplavko, Victor Kazmirenko ...

Polar Electronic Materials examines the complex and diverse manifestations of polar properties in electronic materials, presenting key concepts about their electrical, mechanical, and thermal effects. It explores the fundamental physics of polar materials through accessible models that explain unusual features of heat transfer, thermal expansion, and the interaction between polarization and ... Read more

$336.66 CAD

Polar Electronic Materials examines the complex and diverse manifestations of polar properties in electronic materials, presenting key concepts about their electrical, mechanical, and thermal effects. It explores the fundamental physics of polar materials through accessible models that explain unusual features of heat transfer, thermal expansion, and the interaction between polarization and
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Bismuth-Containing Compounds

Edited by Handong Li, Zhiming M. Wang ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Bismuth-containing compounds comprise a relatively unexplored materials system that is expected to offer many unique and desirable optoelectronic, thermoelectric, and electronic properties for innovative device applications. This book serves as a platform for knowledge sharing and dissemination of the latest advances in novel areas of bismuth-containing compounds for materials and devices, and ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

Bismuth-containing compounds comprise a relatively unexplored materials system that is expected to offer many unique and desirable optoelectronic, thermoelectric, and electronic properties for innovative device applications. This book serves as a platform for knowledge sharing and dissemination of the latest advances in novel areas of bismuth-containing compounds for materials and devices, and
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Test Methods for Explosives

by Muhamed Suceska ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
It seems that there is no book that treats the measurement of the physical pa rameters of explosives as its only subject, although limited information is avail able in a number of books. Therefore, I have tried to bridge this gap in the lit erature with this book. A large number of various physical parameters have to be determined ex perimentally in order to test or characterise an explosive. ... Read more

$344.59 CAD

It seems that there is no book that treats the measurement of the physical pa rameters of explosives as its only subject, although limited information is avail able in a number of books. Therefore, I have tried to bridge this gap in the lit erature with this book. A large number of various physical parameters have to be determined ex perimentally in order to test or characterise an explosive.
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The Physics of Deformation and Fracture of Polymers

by A. S. Argon ...

Demonstrating through examples, this book presents a mechanism-based perspective on the broad range of deformation and fracture response of solid polymers. It draws on the results of probing experiments and considers the similar mechanical responses of amorphous metals and inorganic compounds to develop advanced methodology for generating more precise forms of modelling. This, in turn, provides a ... Read more

$219.99 CAD

Demonstrating through examples, this book presents a mechanism-based perspective on the broad range of deformation and fracture response of solid polymers. It draws on the results of probing experiments and considers the similar mechanical responses of amorphous metals and inorganic compounds to develop advanced methodology for generating more precise forms of modelling. This, in turn, provides a
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Clean Electricity From Photovoltaics (2nd Edition)

by Mary D Archer, Martin Andrew Green ...

Series Book 4 - Series On Photoconversion Of Solar Energy
The second edition of Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics, first published in 2001, provides an updated account of the underlying science, technology and market prospects for photovoltaics. All areas have advanced considerably in the decade since the first edition was published, which include: multi-crystalline silicon cell efficiencies having made impressive advances, thin-film CdTe cells having ... Read more

$78.09 CAD

The second edition of Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics, first published in 2001, provides an updated account of the underlying science, technology and market prospects for photovoltaics. All areas have advanced considerably in the decade since the first edition was published, which include: multi-crystalline silicon cell efficiencies having made impressive advances, thin-film CdTe cells having
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Advanced Power Rectifier Concepts

by B. Jayant Baliga ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
During the last decade, many new concepts have been proposed for improving the performance of power rectifiers and transistors. The results of this research are dispersed in the technical literature among journal articles and abstracts of conferences. Consequently, the information is not readily available to researchers and practicing engineers in the power device community. There is no cohesive ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

During the last decade, many new concepts have been proposed for improving the performance of power rectifiers and transistors. The results of this research are dispersed in the technical literature among journal articles and abstracts of conferences. Consequently, the information is not readily available to researchers and practicing engineers in the power device community. There is no cohesive
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Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials

Tribology and Applications

by Sergey F. Ermakov, Nikolai K. Myshkin ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book discusses the tribological, rheological and optical properties of liquid-crystal nanomaterials as well as lubricant media. It also describes the formation of liquid-crystal materials and the application of cholesteric liquid-crystal compounds in technical friction units and in human and animal joints. Further, it shows the connection between the tribological and other physical properties ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

This book discusses the tribological, rheological and optical properties of liquid-crystal nanomaterials as well as lubricant media. It also describes the formation of liquid-crystal materials and the application of cholesteric liquid-crystal compounds in technical friction units and in human and animal joints. Further, it shows the connection between the tribological and other physical properties
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Nanotribology and Nanomechanics

An Introduction

Edited by Bharat Bhushan ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook and comprehensive reference source and serves as a timely, practical introduction to the principles of nanotribology and nanomechanics.This 4th edition has been completely revised and updated, concentrating on the key measurement techniques, their applications, and theoretical modeling of interfaces. It provides condensed knowledge of the field from the mechanics and materials ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This textbook and comprehensive reference source and serves as a timely, practical introduction to the principles of nanotribology and nanomechanics.This 4th edition has been completely revised and updated, concentrating on the key measurement techniques, their applications, and theoretical modeling of interfaces. It provides condensed knowledge of the field from the mechanics and materials
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The Physics of Phonons

by Gyaneshwar P. Srivastava ...

This fully updated second edition of The Physics of Phonons remains the most comprehensive theoretical discussion devoted to the study of phonons, a major area of condensed matter physics.It contains exciting new sections on phonon-related properties of solid surfaces, atomically thin materials (such as graphene and monolayer transition metal chalcogenides), in addition to nano- structures and ... Read more

$94.81 CAD

This fully updated second edition of The Physics of Phonons remains the most comprehensive theoretical discussion devoted to the study of phonons, a major area of condensed matter physics.It contains exciting new sections on phonon-related properties of solid surfaces, atomically thin materials (such as graphene and monolayer transition metal chalcogenides), in addition to nano- structures and
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Nanoinformatics

Edited by Isao Tanaka ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This open access book brings out the state of the art on how informatics-based tools are used and expected to be used in nanomaterials research. There has been great progress in the area in which “big-data” generated by experiments or computations are fully utilized to accelerate discovery of new materials, key factors, and design rules. Data-intensive approaches play indispensable roles in ... Read more

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This open access book brings out the state of the art on how informatics-based tools are used and expected to be used in nanomaterials research. There has been great progress in the area in which “big-data” generated by experiments or computations are fully utilized to accelerate discovery of new materials, key factors, and design rules. Data-intensive approaches play indispensable roles in
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Methods of the Alignment-Relay Technique for Nanosystems

Optimization and Innovation

by Monika Snowdon ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis addresses the problem of improving the alignment of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in transistor applications, taking a unique approach using iptycenes acting as molecular tweezers in combination with a liquid crystal solvent. As part of a project to test the effectiveness of a multi-step method, the so-called Alignment Relay Technique (ART), this work contributed evidence for the selectivity ... Read more

$256.19 CAD

This thesis addresses the problem of improving the alignment of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in transistor applications, taking a unique approach using iptycenes acting as molecular tweezers in combination with a liquid crystal solvent. As part of a project to test the effectiveness of a multi-step method, the so-called Alignment Relay Technique (ART), this work contributed evidence for the selectivity
... Read more
In Search of the Next Memory

Inside the Circuitry from the Oldest to the Emerging Non-Volatile Memories

Edited by Roberto Gastaldi, Giovanni Campardo ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book provides students and practicing chip designers with an easy-to-follow yet thorough, introductory treatment of the most promising emerging memories under development in the industry. Focusing on the chip designer rather than the end user, this book offers expanded, up-to-date coverage of emerging memories circuit design. After an introduction on the old solid-state memories and the ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book provides students and practicing chip designers with an easy-to-follow yet thorough, introductory treatment of the most promising emerging memories under development in the industry. Focusing on the chip designer rather than the end user, this book offers expanded, up-to-date coverage of emerging memories circuit design. After an introduction on the old solid-state memories and the
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Beam Dynamics

by Etienne Forest ...

Series series The Physics and Technology of Particle and Photon Beams
This volume lays down the foundations of a theory of rings based on finite maps. The purpose of the ring is entirely discussed in terms of the global properties of the one-turn map. Proposing a theory of rings based on such maps, this work offers another perspective on storage ring theory. ... Read more

$261.08 CAD

This volume lays down the foundations of a theory of rings based on finite maps. The purpose of the ring is entirely discussed in terms of the global properties of the one-turn map. Proposing a theory of rings based on such maps, this work offers another perspective on storage ring theory.
... Read more
Quantum Transport Theory

by Jorgen Rammer ...

This book provides an introduction to transport theory, the kinetic equation approach and shows the utility of Feynman diagrams in non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics. It is helpful for a wider audience than students of condensed matter physics and physicists in general. ... Read more

$152.52 CAD

This book provides an introduction to transport theory, the kinetic equation approach and shows the utility of Feynman diagrams in non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics. It is helpful for a wider audience than students of condensed matter physics and physicists in general.
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Wetting Theory

by Eli Ruckenstein, Gersh Berim ...

Series series Wetting: Theory and Experiments, Two-Volume Set
Wetting Theory discusses the numerous practical applications of wetting, such as preparing self-cleaning surfaces, manufacturing artificial blood vessels, and developing new lubricants and nonadhesive dishes. As part of Wetting: Theory and Experiments, Two-Volume Set, thisvolume provides new, critical insights into the theory of wetting. Chapters are arranged to allow readers to follow the ... Read more

$322.92 CAD

Wetting Theory discusses the numerous practical applications of wetting, such as preparing self-cleaning surfaces, manufacturing artificial blood vessels, and developing new lubricants and nonadhesive dishes. As part of Wetting: Theory and Experiments, Two-Volume Set, thisvolume provides new, critical insights into the theory of wetting. Chapters are arranged to allow readers to follow the
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The Thermoballistic Transport Model

A Novel Approach to Charge Carrier Transport in Semiconductors

by Reinhard Lipperheide, Uwe Wille ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The book presents a comprehensive survey of the thermoballistic approach to charge carrier transport in semiconductors. This semi-classical approach, which the authors have developed over the past decade, bridges the gap between the opposing drift-diffusion and ballistic models of carrier transport. While incorporating basic features of the latter two models, the physical concept underlying the ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

The book presents a comprehensive survey of the thermoballistic approach to charge carrier transport in semiconductors. This semi-classical approach, which the authors have developed over the past decade, bridges the gap between the opposing drift-diffusion and ballistic models of carrier transport. While incorporating basic features of the latter two models, the physical concept underlying the
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Quantum Monte Carlo Methods

Algorithms for Lattice Models

by James Gubernatis, Naoki Kawashima, Philipp Werner ...

Featuring detailed explanations of the major algorithms used in quantum Monte Carlo simulations, this is the first textbook of its kind to provide a pedagogical overview of the field and its applications. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Monte Carlo method, its use, and its foundations, and examines algorithms for the simulation of quantum many-body lattice problems at finite ... Read more

$99.19 CAD

Featuring detailed explanations of the major algorithms used in quantum Monte Carlo simulations, this is the first textbook of its kind to provide a pedagogical overview of the field and its applications. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Monte Carlo method, its use, and its foundations, and examines algorithms for the simulation of quantum many-body lattice problems at finite
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Scattering Theory

by Harald Friedrich ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This corrected and updated second edition of "Scattering Theory" presents a concise and modern coverage of the subject. In the present treatment, special attention is given to the role played by the long-range behaviour of the projectile-target interaction, and a theory is developed, which is well suited to describe near-threshold bound and continuum states in realistic binary systems such as ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This corrected and updated second edition of "Scattering Theory" presents a concise and modern coverage of the subject. In the present treatment, special attention is given to the role played by the long-range behaviour of the projectile-target interaction, and a theory is developed, which is well suited to describe near-threshold bound and continuum states in realistic binary systems such as
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