Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)

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This thesis makes significant advances in the design of electrolytes and interfaces in electrochemical cells that utilize reactive metals as anodes.

Quantum mechanics has shown unprecedented success as a physical theory, but it has forced a new view on the description of physical reality.

This thesis presents analytical theoretical studies on the interplay between charge density waves (CDW) and superconductivity (SC) in the actively studied transition-metal dichalcogenide 1T-TiSe2.

This book provides an overview of the design, synthesis, and characterization of different photoactive hybrid organic-inorganic materials, based on the combination of mainly organic molecules and inorganic nanostructures, tackling their uses in different scientific fields from photonics to biomedicine.

This book presents mechanics miniaturization trends explored step by step, starting with the example of the miniaturization of a mechanical calculator.

This book discusses the theoretical foundations of the structural modeling method applied to metamaterials.

This book gathers contributions on a variety of flowing collective systems.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent progress and developments in the field of magnetic nanoparticles, with special emphasis on new materials design approaches for magnetic nanoarchitectures, advanced characterization techniques, and a wide range of applications areas including permanent magnets, biomedicine, and life sciences.

This book embraces all physiochemical aspects of the structure and molecular dynamics of water, focusing on its role in biological objects, e.

The Surface Wettability Effect on Phase Change collects high level contributions from internationally recognised scientists in the field.

This book focuses on the fundamental phenomena at nanoscale.

This book is an up-to-date survey of the major optical characterization techniques for thin solid films.

In this book the coherent quantum transport of electrons through two-dimensional mesoscopic structures is explored in dependence of the interplay between the confining geometry and the impact of applied magnetic fields, aiming at conductance controllability.

This thesis introduces a figure of merit for light trapping with photonic nanostructures and shows how different light trapping methods compare, irrespective of material, absorber thickness or type of nanostructure.

The Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow brings togetherinternational researchers from different fields ranging from physics tocomputer science and engineering to discuss the latest developments intraffic-related systems.

This book presents the most important advances in the class of topological materials and discusses the topological characterization, modeling and metrology of materials.

This book discusses physical design and mask synthesis of directed self-assembly lithography (DSAL).

Acetylenic precursors are important reactants for creating carbon-based architectures via linkage reactions.

Designed to sit alongside more conventional established condensed matter physics textbooks, this compact volume offers a concise presentation of the principles of solid state theory, ideal for advanced students and researchers requiring an overview or a quick refresher on a specific topic.

This book introduces the reader to basic notions of integrable techniques for one-dimensional quantum systems.

In addition to structure formation in crystallizing polymers and semicrystalline polymers, this second edition completes the topic of transport phenomena.

This thesis provides a detailed introduction to quantum oscillation measurement and analysis and offers a connection between Fermi surface properties and superconductivity in high-temperature superconductors.

This book describes the development of a new low-cost medium wavelength IR (MWIR) monolithic imager technology for high-speed uncooled industrial applications.

Für die Studierenden der Physik im Haupt- und Nebenfach ist der Gerthsen ein unverzichtbarer und kompetenter Begleiter durch das gesamte Studium.

The book conveys modern techniques and the latest state-of-the-art with regard to the most fundamental aspects of computational contact mechanics.

This monograph presents an intuitive theory of trial wave functions for strongly interacting fermions in fractional quantum Hall states.

This book presents the first established experimental results of an emergent field: 2-dimensional materials as platforms for quantum technologies, specifically through the optics of quantum-confined excitons.

This thesis focuses on the study and characterization of entanglement and nonlocal correlations constrained under symmetries.

This book approaches condensed matter physics from the perspective of quantum information science, focusing on systems with strong interaction and unconventional order for which the usual condensed matter methods like the Landau paradigm or the free fermion framework break down.

The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science.

This book introduces the spectral approach to transport problems in infinite disordered systems characterized by Anderson-type Hamiltonians.

This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Devices, which was conceived as a major contribution to large-scale efforts to foster Indian research and development in the field in close collaboration with the community of non-resident Indian researchers from all over the world.

This thesis describes the results of angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy experiments on delafossite oxide metals, and theoretical work explaining these observations.

Effects of many-body interactions and superconducting correlations have become central questions in the quantum transport community.

Many technological applications exploit a variety of magnetic structures, or magnetic phases, to produce and optimise solid-state functionality.

In this book new experimental investigations of properties of Josephson junctions and systems are explored with the help of recent developments in superconductivity.

This thesis explores the fabrication of gyroid-forming block copolymer templates and the optical properties of the resulting gyroid optical metamaterials, significantly contributing to our understanding of both.

This book is part of a large and growing body of work on the observation of analogue gravity effects, such as Hawking radiation, in laboratory systems.

The second, updated edition of this essential reference book provides a wealth of detail on a wide range of electronic and photonic materials, starting from fundamentals and building up to advanced topics and applications.

This book provides a thorough overview of transport phenomena in complex fluids, based on the latest research results and the newest methods for their analytical prediction and numerical simulation.

Reviews in Plasmonics 2016, the third volume of the new book series from Springer, serves as a comprehensive collection of current trends and emerging hot topics in the field of Plasmonics and closely related disciplines.

This book is a concise, readable, yet authoritative primer of basic classic thermodynamics.

This book introduces readers to the cutting-edge topic of nanophotonic photochemical reactions and their applications.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on the most important types of nanosensor platforms explored and developed in the recent years for efficient detection of environmental/clinical analytes.

This book offers selected contributions to fundamental research and application in designing and engineering materials.

This book presents the proceedings of the 2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics, focused on the general theme of black holes, gravity and information.