Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)

This unique book provides a fundamental introduction to all aspects of modern plasma chemistry.

Many courses on modern quantum field theory focus on the formulation and application of field theory, leaving topics related to symmetry underdeveloped.

This thesis extends our understanding of systems of independent electrons by developing a generalization of Bloch's Theorem which is applicable whenever translational symmetry is broken solely due to arbitrary boundary conditions.

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.

A concise and accessible account of the dynamical properties of one-dimensional quantum systems, for graduate students and new researchers.

In recent decades, graphene composites have received considerable attention due to their unique structural features and extraordinary properties.

Many laser applications depend on the ability of a particular laser to be frequency tunable.

Based on the interactive program Interquanta, Quantum Mechanics on the Macintosh, uses extensive 3-D graph- ics to guide the student through computer experiments in the quantum mechanics of free particle motion, bound states and scattering, tunneling, two-particle interactions, and more.

This book presents experimental as well as simulation methodologies for analysis and development of nanostructures for introducing the desirable effects through modifications in the basic structure of select nanomaterials.

High Temperature Superconductivity provides a broad survey of high temperature superconductivity, discussing the adaptations of experimental and theoretical techniques and methods that take advantage of the revolutionary properties of high temperature superconductors.

In the quest for higher data density in information technology manipulation of magnetization by other means than magnetic fields has become an important challenge.

This volume will contain about 40 invited papers and over 200 contributed papers covering all aspects of high-pressure research in physics, chemistry, materials science and biology.

Photonics is a key technology of this century.

Written by leading international experts, this book summarizes the advances in sample preparation, design and construction of dangling bond atomic scale wires and logic gate circuits at the surface of a passivated semi-conductor.

Ge and III-V compounds, semiconductors with high carrier mobilities, are candidates to replace Si as the channel in MOS devices.

This book presents a modern and systematic approach to Linear Response Theory (LRT) by combining analytic and algebraic ideas.

The fundamental goal of physics is an understanding of the forces of nature in their simplest and most general terms.

The long list of "e;spin glass materials"e; and the summary of the experimental results provided in this book emphasize the common features of spin glasses despite the diversities.

This book provides an ideal introduction to the use of Feynman path integrals in the fields of quantum mechanics and statistical physics.

We have lost one of the giants of the twentieth century physics when Yoichiro Nambu passed away in July, 2015, at the age of 94.

Photoproduction of pions from complex nuclei has become an investigative tool for (1) the detailed form of the elementary photopion amplitude, (2) the pion-nucleus optical potential, (3) nuclear structure, and (4) off-shell and medium effects on the elementary amplitude in nuclear processes.

This book focuses on the latest advances in the field of nanomaterials synthesis and processes, and provides a comprehensive overview of the state of art of research in this rapidly developing field.

This book presents relevant issues for the development of computer technology in general and civil aviation in particular, related to the promising task of developing magnetoresistive memory.

Metal-semiconductor nanostructures represent an important new class of materials employed in designing advanced optoelectronic and nanophotonic devices, such as plasmonic nanolasers, plasmon-enhanced light-emitting diodes and solar cells, plasmonic emitters of single photons, and quantum devices operating in infrared and terahertz domains.

Papers from the Sixth All-Union Conference on Growth of Crystals comprise Volume 16 of this series.

This book is on applied superconductivity, which is one of the topical issues of modern science and technology.

This thesis deals with the development and in-depth study of a new class of optoelectronic material platform comprising graphene and MoS_2, in which MoS_2 is used essentially to sensitize graphene and lead to unprecedently high gain and novel opto-electronic memory effects.

This book presents an essential survey of the state of the art in the application of diverse computational methods to the interpretation, prediction, and design of high-performance battery materials.

This volume covers aspects of Schr|dinger equation inversion for the purposeof determining interaction potentials in particle, nuclear and atomic physics from experimental data.

This thesis focuses on the design and synthesis of novel one-dimensional colloidal chalcogenide hetero-nanostructures for enhancing solar energy conversion applications.

Several different models have recently been proposed to explain High Temperature Superconductivity.

A combination of the materials science, manufacturing processes, and pioneering research and developments of SiGe and strained-Si have offered an unprecedented high level of performance enhancement at low manufacturing costs.

This book presents the most relevant and recent results in the study of "e;Nanoelectromagnetics"e;, a recently born fascinating research discipline, whose popularity is fast arising with the intensive penetration of nanotechnology in the world of electronics applications.

This book gathers papers of  the proceedings of the 15th Asia Pacific Physics Conference (APPC15) which is organized by the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS), and the conference was held almost on-line from 21 to 26 August 2022 and partly both on-line and on-site in Seoul, Korea.

In crystal chemistry and crystal physics, the relations between the symmetry groups (space groups) of crystalline solids are of special importance.

This book explores the status of paper-based diagnostic solutions, or Microfluidics 2.

The Handbook of Materials Modeling, 2nd edition is a six-volume major reference serving a steadily growing community at the intersection of two mainstreams of global research: computational science and materials science and technology.

Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors.

This book presents the various types of resonance effects on excitons, biexcitons and the local electronic centers (LEC) in solids, such as paramagnetic and paraelectric resonances on excitons, exciton acoustic resonance at intra- and interband transitions, radio-optical double resonance on excitons, hole-nuclear double resonance on localized biexcitons, ENDOR and acoustic ENDOR on LEC.

Kalia and Fu's novel monograph covers cryogenic treatment, properties and applications of cryo-treated polymer materials.

About half a century ago Landau formulated the central principles of the phe- nomenological second-order phase transition theory which is based on the idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking at phase transition.

There is a major international interest in thin film materials and devices, Future Directions in Thin Film Science and Technology stimulated by important current and projected applications in many areas of information technology and other fields, constitutes the proceedings of the Ninth International School on Condensed Matter Physics.

Co-authored by the discoverer of the piezotronic effect, this book is a fundamental and comprehensive survey of piezotronics and piezo-phototronics.

One of the most spectacular consequences of the description of the superfluid condensate in superfluid He or in superconductors as a single macroscopic quantum state is the quantization of circulation, resulting in quantized vortex lines.

Defects in ion-implanted semiconductors are important and will likely gain increased importance as annealing temperatures are reduced with successive IC generations.