Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)

Modern crystallographic methods originate from the synergy of two main research streams, the small-molecule and the macro-molecular streams.

This book is the maiden volume in a new series devoted to lectures delivered through the annual seminars "e;Short Courses on Multiphase Flow,"e; held primarily at ETH Zurich continuously since 1984.

This book presents selected articles from the 3rd International Conference on Nanomaterials and Advanced Composites (NAC 2022) held at Tokushima University in Japan.

This book discusses larger signal amplifiers (denoted as PA).

Magnetic nanoparticles appear naturally in rock magnetism together with a large distribution of sizes and shapes.

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 aim of this NATO ASI has been to present an up-to-date overview of current areas of interest in amorphous materials, with particular emphasis on electronic properties and device applications.

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

This book provides an introduction to fundamental concepts of solid mechanics for the uninitiated.

This book gives a complete spectral analysis of the non-self-adjoint Schrodinger operator with a periodic complex-valued potential.

This book provides information on thermal energy storage systems incorporating phase change materials (PCMs) which are widely preferred owing to their immense energy storage capacity.

Quantum mechanics entails effects like superpositions and entanglement, which have no classical counterparts.

In this volume, contributions covering the theoretical and practical aspects of multicomponent crystals provide a timely and contemporary overview of the state-of-the art of this vital aspect of crystal engineering/materials science.

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.

This book leads students to learn electromagnetism and then moves to chapters about electric circuits.

The minimum temperature in the natural universe is 2.

A one-stop, concise guide on determining and measuring thin film thickness by optical methods.

This book presents high-quality research papers presented at International Conference on Applications of Networks, Sensors and Autonomous Systems Analytics (ICANSAA 2020), held during December, 11 - 12, 2020, at JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, West Bengal, India.

In the course of the development of electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions, the concept of (internal) gauge invariance grew up and established itself as an unavoidable dynamical principle in particle physics.

An exciton is an electronic excitation wave consisting of an electron-hole pair which propagates in a nonmetallic solid.

This is an up-to-date review of recent advances in the study of two-phase flows, with focus on gas-liquid flows, liquid-liquid flows, and particle transport in turbulent flows.

This book constitutes the Proceedings of the 26th Symposium on Acoustical Imaging held inWindsor, Ontario, Canada during September 9-12, 2001.

Tremendous technological developments and rapid progress in theory have opened a new area of modern physics called high-field electrodynamics: the systematic study of the interaction of relativistic electrons or positrons with ultrahigh-intensity, coherent electromagnetic radiation.

This book presents a quantitative description of the physics of solar-cell materials, transport processes, fabrication methods, and offers a scientific understanding of the technology involved.

This book clearly explains the processes of making ultracondensed matter using dynamic compression, and provides an overview of research in this field.

This book focuses on the interpretation of ergodic optimal problems as questions of variational dynamics, employing a comparable approach to that of the Aubry-Mather theory for Lagrangian systems.

A concise introduction to magnetism, magnetic materials and phenomena, and their contemporary applications and technologies for both students and researchers.

This book highlights some of the latest advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe and beyond.

This book covers smart polymer nanocomposites with perspectives for application in energy harvesting, as self-healing materials, or shape memory materials.

This book gives a comprehensive description of the physical properties of lyotropic liquid crystals.

This book provides a physics-oriented introduction to organogels with a comparison to polymer thermoreversible gels whenever relevant.

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Through natural evolvement in thousands of years, biosurfaces have become highly adaptable to display their biological functions perfectly.

The fourth edition of this class-tested, multi-disciplinary introduction to solid state engineering adds dozens of revised and updated sections and problems, as well as three new chapters on solar energy harvesting, thermal and photothermal energy harvesting, and photo-thermovoltaics.

The application to Biology of the methodologies developed in Physics is attracting an increasing interest from the scientific community.

Superconductors today constitute a major focus of activity in the development of high resolution detectors for many applications.

When retired it is a blessing if one has not become too tired by the strain of one's professional career.

This book provides readers a good overview of some of most recent advances in the field of hybrid pixelated detectors for X-ray imaging.

Introduction to the Theory of Quantum Information Processing provides the material for a one-semester graduate level course on quantum information theory and quantum computing for students who have had a one-year graduate course in quantum mechanics.

This book covers novel and innovative technologies used in development, modeling, chemical/physical investigation and biomedical (in-vitro and in-vivo) trials of nanomaterials and nanocomposites.

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

The book focuses on the solid-state physics, chemistry and electrochemistry that are needed to grasp the technology of and research on high-power Lithium batteries.

Rapid development of microfabrication and assembly of nanostructures has opened up many opportunities to miniaturize structures that confine light, producing unusual and extremely interesting optical properties.