This book highlights recent advances in thin-film photonics, particularly as building blocks of metamaterials and metasurfaces. Recent advances in nanophotonics has demonstrated remarkable control over the electromagnetic field by tailoring the optical properties of materials at the subwavelength scale which results in the emergence of metamaterials and metasurfaces. However, most of the proposed platforms require intense lithography which makes them of minor practical relevance. Stacked u...

Advanced Image Processing and Video Intelligence Applications focuses on how artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming visual data processing. The book highlights methods for extracting meaningful information from images and videos to support intelligent decision-making across diverse domains.It covers core concepts such as image enhancement, segmentation, feature extraction, and object detection, along with advanced topics including deep learning, computer visi...

Semiconductor Nanoscale Devices: Materials and Design Challenges provides a comprehensive exploration of nanoscale technologies and semiconductor device design, focusing on innovative materials and advanced applications. It bridges classical and quantum concepts, offering insights into foundational materials, device architectures, and future technologies like biosensors, 6G communication, and photovoltaics. The book is organized into three sections: foundational concepts, methodologies and...

3D Printing in Biotechnology: Current Technologies and Applications explains the basic designs and recent progress in the application of 3D printing within various biotechnology fields. The book is a compilation of the basic fundamentals, designs, current applications, and future considerations related to this emerging technology, and summarizes the promising application of 3D bioprinting. Chapters contain detailed state-of-the-art knowledge to assist in the development and design of 3D pr...

Engineering Materials for 3D Printing: Synthesis, Functionalization to Applications delves into the transformative world of additive manufacturing, covering the development and characterization of polymer-based materials crafted through processes such as extrusion, sol-gel, and pulverization. Over the past three decades, 3D printing has revolutionized the creation of functional prototypes, utilizing an array of materials like thermoplastics, resins, metals, and alloys. This book explores t...

"FINANCIAL FUTURE DECODED: From FinTech to Web3 — The Multi Trillion Opportunity No One Can Afford to Miss!"By 2030, embedded finance will unlock 7 TRILLION. Voice payments will hit 164 BILLION. And the unbanked 1.4 BILLION will finally get access - will YOU be part of this revolution?In today’s hyper-disrupted financial world, knowing the difference between FinTech, TechFins, Embedded Finance, BNPL, Web3, Blockchain, NFTs, and the Metaverse, Quantum isn’t just jargon; it’s...

Advanced Image Processing and Video Intelligence Applications focuses on how artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming visual data processing. The book highlights methods for extracting meaningful information from images and videos to support intelligent decision-making across diverse domains.It covers core concepts such as image enhancement, segmentation, feature extraction, and object detection, along with advanced topics including deep learning, computer vision, and ...

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Semiconductor Nanoscale Devices: Materials and Design Challenges provides a comprehensive exploration of nanoscale technologies and semiconductor device design, focusing on innovative materials and advanced applications. It bridges classical and quantum concepts, offering insights into foundational materials, device architectures, and future technologies like biosensors, 6G communication, and photovoltaics. The book is organized into three sections: foundational concepts, methodologies and...

Ishopanishad: Call for Equality and Equilibrium holds up a venerable scripture and views it from an innovative perspective. While the traditional approach to reading and interpreting this poetic work has focused upon a spiritual exploration of its message, author Ranjan Kumar Singh looks at the Ishopanishad from a secular perspective. By virtue of this original path, the author embraces an understanding of equality, not just predating but also prefiguring the notion of equality that emerge...

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the basics of Hindustani music and the associated signal analysis and technological developments. It begins with an in-depth introduction to musical signal analysis and its current applications, and then moves on to a detailed discussion of the features involved in understanding the musical meaning of the signal in the context of Hindustani music. The components consist of tones, shruti, scales, pitch duration and stability, raga, gharana and ...

Conflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism highlights the role of religious tourism and pilgrimage as a tool for improving cultural relations. Helping to form culture and society worldwide, faith plays a vital part in cross-cultural conflict resolution and opening dialogue across peoples. This book shows how faith and activism can respond to the common challenges of peace making and coexistence both within and among the world's many traditions. The book: - contains diverse empirical resear...