Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)

The majority of the chapters in this volume represent a series of lectures.

Much of this book was written during a sabbatical visit by J.

The past three decades have been a period where useful current and voltage instabilities in solids have progressed from exciting research problems to a wide variety of commercially available devices.

This volume contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Localization and Propagation o[ Classical Waves in Random and Periodic Media held in Aghia Pelaghia, Heraklion, Crete, May 26- 30, 1992.

Elastic and inelastic scattering in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are important research subjects.

The aim of this NATO Advanced Study Institute was to bring together scientists and students working in the field of laser matter interactions in order to review and stimulate developmentoffundamental science with ultra-short pulse lasers.

The textbook we offer to the reader is based on a two-term course of lec- tures, "e;Electromagnetic Response of Material Media,"e; that the authors gave for a number of years to the final-year students of the Physics Depart- ment of Moscow University.

At first glance, the articles in this book may appear to have nothing in common.

Covering both theory and applications, this important work provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern theory of X-ray and electronic spectra of free atoms.

Although exploratory and developmental activity in electron beam testing (EBT) 25 years, it was not had already been in existence in research laboratories for over until the beginning of the 1980s that it was taken up seriously as a technique for integrated circuit (IC) testing.

This volume contains the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Magnetism and Structure in Systems of Reduced Dimension"e;, held at l'Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese - U.

Focusing on practical applications, the author provides a balanced introduction to the many possible technological uses of metal complexes.

The main objective of this book is to systematically describe the basic principles of the most widely used techniques for the analysis of physical, structural, and compositional properties of solids with a spatial resolution of approxi- mately 1 ~m or less.

This volume contains the invited papers and selected contributed papers presented at the biennial International Symposium on ELECTRON COLLISIONS WITH MOLECULES, CLUSTERS AND SURF ACES held at Royal Holloway, University of London from 29th to 30th July, 1993.

This proceedings volume, "e;Plastic Deformation of Ceramics,"e; constitutes the papers of an international symposium held at Snowbird, Utah from August 7-12, 1994.

The NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Scale Invariance, Interfaces and Non- Equilibrium Dynamics"e; was held at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, UK from 20-30 June 1994.

The papers published in this volume were presented at the Second International Conference on Ultra-WidebandiShort-Pulse (UWB/SP) Electromagnetics, ApriIS-7, 1994.

The aim of the workshop was to bring together specialists in various fields where non-exponential relaxation is observed in order to compare models and experimental results and to examine the general physical principles governing this type of behaviour.

The research of unitary concepts in solid state and molecular chemistry is of current interest for both chemist and physicist communities.

This volume represents the written account of the NATO Advanced Study Institute "e;Lower-Dimensional Systems and Molecular Electronics"e; held at Hotel Spetses, Spetses Island, Greece from 12 June to 23 June 1989.

Rapid thermal processing has contributed to the development of single wafer cluster processing tools and other innovations in integrated circuit manufacturing environments.

This book represents Volume 2 in a series on the use of Mossbauer spectroscopy in the study of magnetism and materials.

This book is an extended version of the proceedings of the Symposium on Polymer Composites, Interfaces, which was held under the auspices of the Division of Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) during the annual ACS meeting in Seattle, March, 1983.

Atomic transport in solids is a field of growing importance in solid state physics and chemistry, and one which, moreover, has important implications in several areas of materials science.

The Institute for Amorphous Studies was founded in 1982 as the international center for the investigation of amorphous mate- rials.

This Advanced Study Institute on the topic of SOLID STATE MICROBATTERIES is the third and final institute on the general theme of a field of study now termed "e;SOLID STATE IONICS"e;.

This volume contains the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) and Emil-Warburg-Symposium (EWS) "e;Nonlinear Coherent Structures in Phy- sics and Biology"e; held at the University of Bayreuth from June 1 -4, 1993.

In this unique textbook and reference source, the authors integrate theoretical and applied research from a host of disciplines, including materials science, plasma physics, and advanced transport phenomena.

During August 24-27, 1993, approximately 60 scientists from the Americas, Europe and Japan, gathered in the city of Guanajuato, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, at the II Latin American Workshop on Magnetism, Magnetic Materials and their Applications.

This book examines the physical principles behind the operation of high-speed transistors operating at frequencies above 10 GHz and having switching times less than 100 psec.

This series, Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics, is intended to provide timely reviews of current research topics, written in a style sufficiently pedagogic so as to allow a nonexpert to grasp the underlying ideas as well as understand technical details.

This report presents an account of the course "e;Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Solids: Advances and Applications"e; held in Erice, Italy, from June 16 to 30, 1993.

Applying a unified quantum approach, contributors offer fresh insights into the theoretical developments in the excitation energy transfer processes in condensed matter.

This book is t~e fifth in aseries of scientific textbooks designed to cover advances in selected research fields from a basic and general view- point.

are intended to fill the gap between a manufacturer's handbook, and review articles that highlight the latest scientific developments.

This volume contains a sequence of reviews presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on 'Low Dimensional Structures in Semiconductors .

At least 10 years have elapsed since a comprehensive monograph concer- ned with the broad subject of cryogenics has been published.

"e;You, 0 Sun, are the eye of the world You are the soul of all embodied beings You are the source of all creatures You are the discipline of all engaged in work"e; - Translated from Mahabharata 3rd Century BC Today, energy is the lifeline and status symbol of "e;civilized"e; societies.

This book is an outcome of the International Workshop on Electronic Density Functional Theory, held at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, in July 1996.

The importance of safety in any scientific endeavor is never in question.

The interest in the problem of surface diffusion has been steadily growing over the last fifteen years.

Molecular similarity has always been an important conceptual tool of chemists, yet systematic approaches to molecular similarity problems have only recently been recognized as a major contributor to our understanding of molecular properties.

Collected in this volume are nineteen selected contributions written by twenty-six scholars in the field, in honour of their teacher and colleague, Professor Joseph Marin.

Physics of Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces emphasizes current theoretical ideas and modern experimental tools for characterizing the physical properties of polymer surfaces and interfaces.

The papers collected together in this volume constitute a review of recent research on the response of condensed matter to dynamic high pressures and temperatures.

Since the discovery of the transistor in 1948, the study of the solid state has been burgeoning.

Since Volume 1 was published in 1982, the centres of interest in the basic physics of semiconductors have shifted.

This book presents the basic physical properties, structure, fabrication methods and applications of ferroelectric materials.