Materials / States of matter

This book is devoted to the rapidly developing field of oxide thin-films and heterostructures.

Quantum phase transitions describe the violent rearrangement of electrons or atoms as they evolve from well defined excitations in one phase to a completely different set of excitations in another.

`Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: Foundations and Applications' builds from basic principles to advanced techniques, and covers the major phenomena, methods, and results of time-dependent systems.

`Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: Foundations and Applications' builds from basic principles to advanced techniques, and covers the major phenomena, methods, and results of time-dependent systems.

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at the 2010 summer school in theoretical physics in Les Houches, France, Session XCIV.

A complete and comprehensive theory of failure is developed for homogeneous and isotropic materials.

A complete and comprehensive theory of failure is developed for homogeneous and isotropic materials.

This book is an introduction to the quantum theory of materials and first-principles computational materials modelling.

This book is an introduction to the quantum theory of materials and first-principles computational materials modelling.

The book provides a unifying insight into fluctuation phenomena in a broad variety of vibrational systems of current interest.

The book provides a unifying insight into fluctuation phenomena in a broad variety of vibrational systems of current interest.

This book presents the SPH method (Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics) for fluid modelling from a theoretical and applied viewpoint.

Density functional theory (DFT) has blossomed in the past few decades into a powerful tool that is used by experimentalists and theoreticians alike.

Density functional theory (DFT) has blossomed in the past few decades into a powerful tool that is used by experimentalists and theoreticians alike.

The year 2012 marked the centenary of one of the most significant discoveries of the early twentieth century, the discovery of X-ray diffraction (March 1912, by Laue, Friedrich and Knipping) and of Bragg's law (November 1912).

The year 2012 marked the centenary of one of the most significant discoveries of the early twentieth century, the discovery of X-ray diffraction (March 1912, by Laue, Friedrich and Knipping) and of Bragg's law (November 1912).

This book presents a vivid argument for the almost lost idea of a unity of all natural sciences.

Quantum computers, though not yet available on the market, will revolutionize the future of information processing.

This text presents the two complementary aspects of thermal physics as an integrated theory of the properties of matter.

This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives.

This book reviews up-to-date ideas of how the luminescence radiation in semiconductors originates and how to analyze it experimentally.

Since the discovery by the author and collaborators of superconductivity in the first truly layered compound, TaS2(pyridine)1/2, there have been many types of layered superconductors.

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) describes the quantum dynamics of interacting electronic many-body systems formally exactly and in a practical and efficient manner.

This book provides an intuitive yet sound understanding of how structure and properties of solids may be related.

Electron tunnelling spectroscopy is a research tool which has strongly advanced understanding of superconductivity.

Electron tunnelling spectroscopy is a research tool which has strongly advanced understanding of superconductivity.

This book reviews up-to-date ideas of how the luminescence radiation in semiconductors originates and how to analyze it experimentally.

This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives.

This text presents the two complementary aspects of thermal physics as an integrated theory of the properties of matter.

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) describes the quantum dynamics of interacting electronic many-body systems formally exactly and in a practical and efficient manner.

Quantum computers, though not yet available on the market, will revolutionize the future of information processing.

Since the discovery by the author and collaborators of superconductivity in the first truly layered compound, TaS2(pyridine)1/2, there have been many types of layered superconductors.

This book provides an intuitive yet sound understanding of how structure and properties of solids may be related.

This book collects lecture courses and seminars given at the Les Houches Summer School 2010 on "e;Quantum Theory: From Small to Large Scales"e;.

The field of ferroelectricity has greatly expanded and changed in recent times.

Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses.

In July 2009, many experts in the mathematical modelling of biological sciences gathered in Les Houches for a 4-week summer school on the mechanics and physics of biological systems.

In recent years, there has been much synergy between the exciting areas of quantum information science and ultracold atoms.

The enormous size of polymer molecules causes their molecular motions to span a broad range of length scales and give rise to viscoelastic behaviour.

Bio-nanocomposites combine the enhanced properties of commercial polymer nanocomposites with the low environmental impact of biodegradable material, making them a topic of great current interest.

Taking the reader through the underlying principles of molecular translational dynamics, this book outlines the ways in which magnetic resonance, through the use of magnetic field gradients, can reveal those dynamics.

Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses.

In July 2009, many experts in the mathematical modelling of biological sciences gathered in Les Houches for a 4-week summer school on the mechanics and physics of biological systems.

In recent years, there has been much synergy between the exciting areas of quantum information science and ultracold atoms.

The enormous size of polymer molecules causes their molecular motions to span a broad range of length scales and give rise to viscoelastic behaviour.

Bio-nanocomposites combine the enhanced properties of commercial polymer nanocomposites with the low environmental impact of biodegradable material, making them a topic of great current interest.

Taking the reader through the underlying principles of molecular translational dynamics, this book outlines the ways in which magnetic resonance, through the use of magnetic field gradients, can reveal those dynamics.

The field of ferroelectricity has greatly expanded and changed in recent times.

Nanomagnetism is a rapidly expanding area of research which appears to be able to provide novel applications.

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.