Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials

This volume, which addresses various basic sensor principles, covers micro gravimetric sensors, semiconducting and nano tube sensors, calorimetric sensors and optical sensors.

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Applications (ICANA 2022) and presents recent developments in the fields of nanoscale sciences.

This book provides a review of all types of silicon solar cells.

This volume contains a sequence of reviews presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on 'Low Dimensional Structures in Semiconductors .

This book provides recent development in thin-film solar cells (TFSC).

This book includes original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 5th International Conference on Energy Storage and Intelligent Vehicles (ICEIV 2022), held online, from December 3 to December 4, 2022.

This book highlights the state of the art in solid electrolytes, with particular emphasis on lithium garnets, electrolyte-electrode interfaces and all-solid-state batteries based on lithium garnets.

In this thesis, attention was paid to several novel oxygenated fuels-carbonates, polyethers and ketones.

This book highlights a multidisciplinary system for the future while protecting our environment.

The advent of low temperature superconductors in the early 1960's converted what had been a laboratory curiosity with very limited possibilities to a prac- tical means of fabricating electrical components and devices with lossless con- ductors.

For the first time a book has been written on the technological and scientific knowledge, acquired during, buiding , operation and even dismantling of the Superphenix plant.

This book reviews the current status of semiconductor materials for conversion of sunlight to electricity, and highlights advances in both basic science and manufacturing.

This book explores cutting-edge topics on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in aviation.

This book is an introductory text for graduate students, researchers in industries, and those who are just beginning to work on organic electronics materials, devices and their applications.

This book introduces the most state-of-the-art wireless power transfer technologies for electric vehicles from the fundamental theories to practical designs and applications, especially on the circuit analysis methods, resonant compensation networks, magnetic couplers, and related power electronics converters.

Mathematical treatment to properties of dynamic materials, material substances whose properties are variable in space and time are examined in this book.

This book is a complete reference to the use of shear thickening fluid (STF) in protective applications.

Quantum and chaos, key concepts in contemporary science, are incompatible by nature.

This thesis focuses on the growth of a new type of two-dimensional (2D) material known as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) using chemical vapor deposition (CVD).

This book presents novel and fundamental aspects of metamaterials, which have been overlooked in most previous publications, including chirality, non-reciprocity, and the Dirac-cone formation.

This book is intended for theoretical and experimental researchers who are interested in ferroelectrics and advanced memory.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the current state-of-the-art in soft magnetic materials and related applications, with particular focus on amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetic wires and ribbons and sensor applications.

Micro/nano-mechanical systems are a crucial part of the modern world providing a plethora of sensing and actuation functionalities used in everything from the largest cargo ships to the smallest hand-held electronics; from the most advanced scientific and medical equipment to the simplest household items.

Transparent conducting materials are key elements in a wide variety of current technologies including flat panel displays, photovoltaics, organic, low-e windows and electrochromics.

This reference work provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of functional polymers and polymeric materials, ranging from their synthesis and characterization, to properties, actual applications and an outlook on future perspectives.

Carbon intensive industries are at a crossroads.

This PhD thesis reports on investigations of several oxide-based materials using advanced infrared and Raman spectroscopy techniques and in combination with external stimuli such as high magnetic or electric field, sptial confinement in thin film heterostructures and the radiation with UV light.

This book helps readers comprehend the principles and fundamentals of defect engineering toward realization of an efficient photocatalyst.

This book presents the best contributions of the the Third International Symposium on Solar Sailing Glasgow, 11 - 13 June 2013.

This monograph explores the profound implications of neutrino discovery and their minuscule masses on our understanding of the Universe.

This book is addressed to all scientists interested in the use of high magnetic ?

This thesis sheds light on the unique dynamics of optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor quantum-dots.

Advancement of Optical Methods & Digital Image Correlation in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 4 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fourth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book focuses on the development of high-performance carbon electrodes for sodium ion batteries (SIBs).

Historically, black body radiation in the tungsten filament lamp was our primary industrial means for producing 'artificial' light, as it replaced gas lamps.

This book presents a widespread description of the synthesis and characterization of biomass-based carbon nanostructures.

Clean and sustainable energy is of paramount importance for industrial activities, economic development, environment, and public welfare.

This book presents the existing photocatalytic reactor design and the future developments and the progress needed for both solar light-driven hydrogen generation and environmental purification.

This edited work covers piezoelectric materials in the form of beams, plates, shells, and other structural components in modern devices and structures.

This book represents the final reports of the scientific projects funded within the DFG-SPP1466 and, hence, provides the reader with the possibility to familiarize with the leading edge of VHCF research.

This thesis presents an in-depth exploration of imperfections that can be found in self-catalysed III-V semiconductor nanowires.

This book explores the new materials and the resultant new field of piezotronics.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the International Conference on Optics and Electro-optics, ICOL-2019, held at Dehradun in India.

This book explores the scientific basis of the photovoltaic effect, solar cell operation, various types of solar cells, and the main process used in their manufacture.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in 2D MoS2 materials synthesis, properties, and mimics of various applications.

This book highlights current efforts and research (in Malaysia) on Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) approach as a core technique for sludge treatment and energy recovery.

This volume contains the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Growth and Optical Properties of Wide Gap II-VI Low Dimensional Semiconductors"e;, held from 2 - 6 August 1988 in Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany, under the auspices of the NATO International Scientific Exchange Programme.