Materials / States of matter

Cosmology has undergone a revolution in recent years.

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

The Equilibrium Theory of Inhomogeneous Polymers provides an introduction to the field-theoretic methods and computer simulation techniques that are used in the design of structured polymeric fluids.

Most previous texts on quantum optics have been written primarily for the graduate student market at PhD level and above.

This book is on inertial confinement fusion, an alternative way to produce electrical power from hydrogen fuel by using powerful lasers or particle beams.

For most of the last century, condensed matter physics has been dominated by band theory and Landau's symmetry breaking theory.

Analytical measurements at the single molecule level under ambient conditions have become almost routine in the past few years.

"e;Light is a Messenger"e; is the first biography of William Lawrence Bragg, who was only 25 when he won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics - the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize.

This book presents a complete encyclopedia of superconducting fluctuations, summarising the last thirty-five years of work in the field.

Semiconductor sensors patterned at the micron scale combined with custom-designed integrated circuits have revolutionized semiconductor radiation detector systems.

This text provides a uniform and consistent approach to diversified problems encountered in the study of dynamical processes in condensed phase molecular systems.

Liquid crystals are fluids with a directionality defined.

This book provides a comprehensive and unified account of the structure and properties of crystalline binary adducts.

Starting from first principles, this book introduces the closely related phenomena of Bose condensation and Cooper pairing, in which a very large number of single particles or pairs of particles are forced to behave in exactly the same way, and explores their consequences in condensed matter systems.

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

The importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domains as different as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena.

The strengthening of metals by a variety of means has been of interest over much of history.

Crystals are sometimes called 'Flowers of the Mineral Kingdom'.

This book discusses the computational approach in modern statistical physics in a clear and accessible way and demonstrates its close relation to other approaches in theoretical physics.

This book provides a critical review of the equilibrium elastic properties of rubber, together with the kinetic-theory background.

The counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics have been long illustrated by thought experiments, from Einstein's photon box to Schrodinger's cat.

This book is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics.

This book gives an introduction to computational plasticity and includes the kinematics of large deformations, together with relevant continuum mechanics.

This text is aimed at professionals and students working on random processes in various areas, including physics and finance.

This book presents a broad collection of models and computational methods - from atomistic to continuum - applied to crystal dislocations.

Quantum field theory is arguably the most far-reaching and beautiful physical theory ever constructed, with aspects more stringently tested and verified to greater precision than any other theory in physics.

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

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

The study of dielectric properties of biological systems and their components is important not only for fundamental scientific knowledge but also for its applications in medicine, biology, and biotechnology.

This textbook presents problems with detailed solutions showing how to apply quantum theory to modern physics.

This new fourth edition of the standard text on atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) retains previous material on the fundamentals of electron optics and aberration correction, linear imaging theory (including wave aberrations to fifth order) with partial coherence, and multiple-scattering theory.

This book offers a complete and concise overview of the different strategies used to prepare microstructured surfaces employing information regarding surface instabilities and physical processes.

This book presents the current advances in understanding of the fast excitation transfer processes in inorganic scintillation materials, the discovery of new materials exhibiting excellent time resolution, and the results on the evaluation of timing limits for scintillation detectors.

This primer begins with a brief introduction to the main ideas underlying Effective Field Theory (EFT) and describes how nuclear forces are obtained from first principles by introducing a Euclidean space-time lattice for chiral EFT.

This innovative study presents concepts and problems in soil physics, and provides solutions using original computer programs.

This innovative study presents concepts and problems in soil physics, and provides solutions using original computer programs.

Foams are ubiquitous in our daily lives.

This is the third volume in a four-part series on Fluid Dynamics: PART 1: Classical Fluid Dynamics PART 2: Asymptotic Problems of Fluid Dynamics PART 3: Boundary Layers PART 4: Hydrodynamic Stability Theory The series is designed to give a comprehensive and coherent description of fluid dynamics, starting with chapters on classical theory suitable for an introductory undergraduate lecture course, and then progressing through more advanced material up to the level of modern research in the field.

This is the second volume in a four-part series on fluid dynamics: Part 1.

This is the first book in a four-part series designed to give a comprehensive and coherent description of Fluid Dynamics, starting with chapters on classical theory suitable for an introductory undergraduate lecture course, and then progressing through more advanced material up to the level of modern research in the field.

This book is dedicated to GaN and its alloys AlGaInN (III-V nitrides), semiconductors with intrinsic properties well suited for visible and UV light emission and electronic devices working at high temperature, high frequency, and harsh environments.

Soft matter (polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals) are an important class of materials in modern technology.

Soft matter (polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals) are an important class of materials in modern technology.

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at the 2011 summer school in theoretical physics in Les Houches, France, Session XCVI.

The study of solids is one of the richest, most exciting, and most successful branches of physics.

Conjugated polymers have important technological applications, including solar cells and light emitting devices.

The bond valence model, a description of acid-base bonding, is widely used for analysing and modelling the structures and properties of solids and liquids.

The purpose of this book is to provide a theoretical foundation and an understanding of atomistic spin-dynamics (ASD), and to give examples of where the atomistic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation can and should be used.

The book provides a technical account of the basic physics of nanostructures, which are the foundation of the hardware found in all manner of computers.

Fundamental concepts of phase transitions, such as order parameters, spontaneous symmetry breaking, scaling transformations, conformal symmetry and anomalous dimensions, have deeply changed the modern vision of many areas of physics, leading to remarkable developments in statistical mechanics, elementary particle theory, condensed matter physics and string theory.