Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)

Advances in space-borne remote sensing have significantly changed the mankind viewpoint how to observe our own Earth planet.

Random matrices are widely and successfully used in physics for almost 60-70 years, beginning with the works of Dyson and Wigner.

"e;Molecular Gels: Materials with Self-Assembled Fibrillar Networks"e; is a comprehensive treatise on gelators, especially low molecular-mass gelators and the properties of their gels.

Recently there have been profound developments in the understanding and interpretation of liquids and soft matter centered on constituents with sho- range interactions.

The principal aim of this NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) "e;Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Applications in Sensor, Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Technology"e; was to present a contemporary overview of the field of nanostructured and advanced electronic materials.

Fuel Cells have become a potentially highly efficient sustainable source of energy and electricity for an ever-demanding power hungry world.

Modern industry imposes ever increasing requirements upon tools and tool materials as to the provision for performance under the conditions of high cutting speeds and dynamic loads as well as under intensive thermal and chemical interactions with workpiece materials.

This book provides an attempt to convey the colorful facets of condensed matter systems with reduced dimensionality.

Neutron and X-Ray Spectroscopy delivers an up-to-date account of the principles and practice of inelastic and spectroscopic methods available at neutron and synchrotron sources, including recent developments.

Researchers and graduate students interested in the Mossbauer Effect and its Application will find this volume of the Hyperfine Interactions Journal indispensable.

Advanced spectroscopic techniques allow the probing of very small systems and very fast phenomena, conditions that can be considered "e;extreme"e; at the present status of our experimentation and knowledge.

The book provides a unique collection of 15 contributions by 15 internationally recognized scientists performing intensive research activity on the preparation and characterization of complex and multiphase materials based on macromolecules as well as on the evaluation and simulation of structure/properties relations.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 2004 University of Miami Workshop on Unconventional Superconductivity.

Photo-Excited Processes, Diagnostics and Applications covers the area of photo-excitation and processing of materials by photons from the basic principles and theories to applications, from IR to x-rays, from gas phase to liquid and solid phases.

Molecular Theory of Solvation presents the recent progress in the statistical mechanics of molecular liquids applied to the most intriguing problems in chemistry today, including chemical reactions, conformational stability of biomolecules, ion hydration, and electrode-solution interface.

Binary Rare Earth Oxides is the first book in the field of rare earth oxides that provides coverage from the basic science through to recent advances.

Interest in research on nanoscale materials is steadily increasing: nano-structured magnetic materials exhibit new and interesting physical properties, which cannot be found in the bulk.

"e;Quantum Physics of the Solid State: an Introduction"e; Draft foreword: 26/09/03 If only this book had been available when I was starting out in science!

Infrared and visible light LEDs and photodetectors have found numerous applications and have become a truly enabling technology.

This volume contains proceedings of the NATO-Russia Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Thin Films and Nanodispersion Strengthened Coatings (December, 2003, Moscow).

This volume comprises the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Geilo, Norway, 24 March - 3 April 2003, the seventeenth ASI in a series held every two years since 1971.

The unique behavior of the "e;liquid state"e;, together with the richness of phenomena that are observed, render liquids particularly interesting for the scientific community.

Principles of Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Optics is an essential textbook for graduate students studying the interaction of optical fields with atoms.

Understanding the Properties of Matter: 2nd Edition takes a unique phenomenological approach to the presentation of matter, materials, and solid-state physics.

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Physics World's 'Book of the Year' for 2016 An Entertaining and Enlightening Guide to the Who, What, and Why of String Theory, now also available in an updated reflowable electronic format compatible with mobile devices and e-readers.

Praise for the First Edition"e;The book goes beyond the usual textbook in that it provides more specific examples of real-world defect physics .

Praise for the First Edition"e;The book goes beyond the usual textbook in that it provides more specific examples of real-world defect physics .

The information revolution would have been radically different, or impossible, without the use of the materials known generically as semiconductors.

The information revolution would have been radically different, or impossible, without the use of the materials known generically as semiconductors.

Classical Charged Particle Beam Optics used in the design and operation of all present-day charged particle beam devices, from low energy electron microscopes to high energy particle accelerators, is entirely based on classical mechanics.

Classical Charged Particle Beam Optics used in the design and operation of all present-day charged particle beam devices, from low energy electron microscopes to high energy particle accelerators, is entirely based on classical mechanics.

Literally thousands of elementary particles have been discovered over the last 50 years, their properties measured, relationships systematized, and existence and behavior explained in a myriad of cleverly constructed theories.

Lasers continue to be an amazingly robust field of activity.

Starting with the simplest semiclassical approaches and ending with the description of complex fully quantum-mechanical methods for quantum transport analysis of state-of-the-art devices, Computational Electronics: Semiclassical and Quantum Device Modeling and Simulation provides a comprehensive overview of the essential techniques and methods for effectively analyzing transport in semiconductor devices.

Throughout their college career, most engineering students have done problems and studies that are basically situated in the classical world.

Throughout their college career, most engineering students have done problems and studies that are basically situated in the classical world.

This book deals with the difference electron nanoscope (DEN), whose principles have been invented and realised by the book author.

This book deals with the difference electron nanoscope (DEN), whose principles have been invented and realised by the book author.

This revised edition continues to provide the most approachable introduction to the structure, characteristics, and everyday applications of soft matter.

This revised edition continues to provide the most approachable introduction to the structure, characteristics, and everyday applications of soft matter.

Graphene, the wonder material of the 21st century, is expected to play an important role in future nanoelectronic applications, but the only way to achieve this goal is to grow graphene directly on a semiconductor, integrating it in the chain for the production of electronic circuits and devices.

Graphene, the wonder material of the 21st century, is expected to play an important role in future nanoelectronic applications, but the only way to achieve this goal is to grow graphene directly on a semiconductor, integrating it in the chain for the production of electronic circuits and devices.

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide (EG-SiC).

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide (EG-SiC).