Carbon has always been a unique and intriguing material from a funda- mental standpoint and, at the same time, a material with many technological uses.
Owing to the increased availability of synchrotron sources,surface X-ray scattering is a rapidly expanding techniquewith important applications to surface structures andsurface phase transitions, roughening of surfaces andinterfaces, and the structure of liquid surfaces, includingpolymers, liquid crystals, and organic films.
The fourth Nishinomiya-Yukawa Memorial Symposium, devoted to the topic of dynamics and patterns in complex fluids, was held on October 26 and 27, 1989, in Nishinomiya City, Japan, where ten invited speakers gave their lectures.
This volume contains extended abstracts of the 10 plenary lectures, 27 invited symposium lectures and ap- proximately 300 contributed papers that were presented at the 25th Congress Ampere.
In the 1950s the direct observation of dislocations became possible, stimulat- ing the interest of many research workers in the dynamics of dislocations.
New methods for the determination of the nature, proportion, and distribution of structural defects in microcrystallized lamellar systems are of utmost importance not only to experimentalists but also to theoreticians.
This volume contains written versions of the papers presented at the Second Inter- national Conference on Amorphous and Crystalline Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICACSC 1988), which was held at Santa Clara University on Decem- ber 15 and 16, 1988.
7 Les Houches Number theory, or arithmetic, sometimes referred to as the queen of mathematics, is often considered as the purest branch of mathematics.
Limp materials are used in many economically impo~tant industries such as garment manufacture, shoe manufacture, aerospace (composites) and automobiles (seats and trim).
Modern polymer materials are designed by applying principles of correlation between chemical structure, physical macrostructure and technological properties.
Wood is formed in an essentially water-saturated environment in the living tree, and the cell wall remains in this state until the water flow from the roots is interrupted, such as by felling the tree.
It is widely recognized that spiral grain in trees severely reduces the value of sawn timber through warping and loss of strength, and that it also causes problems for other wood uses as diverse as transmission poles or plywood.
The structural complexity of lignin has continually challenged the in- genuity of researchers to develop suitable methods for its charac- terization prior to and following a wide variety of chemical, biologi- cal, and physical treatments.
The trend towards miniaturisation of microelectronic devices and the search for exotic new optoelectronic devices based on multilayers confer a crucial role on semiconductor interfaces.
The field of Physical Chemistry has developed through the application of theories and concepts developed by physicists to properties or processes of interest to chemists.
This conference on liquid crystals of one- and two-dimensional order and their applications is the third in a series of European conferences devoted mainly to smectic liquid crystals.
This unusual book, richly illustrated with 29 colour illustrations and about 200 line drawings, explores the relationship between classical tessellations and three-manifolds.
Funktionelle und dekorative Schichten aus Glas, Kunststoff, Papier und Metallen; Tribologie; Korrosionsschutz; Informationsspeicherung; CVD-Anwendungen.
Das Handbuch der Werkstoffprüfung umfaßte in der ersten Auflage 5 Bände, von denen Band I die Prüfmaschinen und Sondereinrichtungen sowie die Meß verfahren und -einrichtungen, Band 11 die Prüfung der metallischen Werkstoffe, Band 111 die Prüfung der nichtmetallischen Baustoffe, Band IV die Papier- und Zellstoffprüfung und der voraussichtlich erstmalig 1956 erscheinende Band V die Prüfung der Textilien behandeln.
Computer Aided Engineering may be defined as an approach to solving tech- nological problems in which most or all of the steps involved are automated through the use of computers, data bases and mathematical models.
Metalle und Legierungen werden in der technischen Praxis als Konstruktionswerkstoffe für Bauteile eingesetzt, die im Betrieb eine Wechselbeanspruchung erfahren.
Das Buch beschreibt den Entwurf und die Entwicklung des Expertensystems ICX, das, verbunden mit einem CAD-System, bei der Gestaltung, Dimensionierung, Planung und Ausführung einer Kunststoff-Metall-Klebung dem Konstrukteur hilfreich zur Seite steht.
Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse stellt eine moderne, leistungsfähige Analysemethode dar, die vor allem in Betriebslaboratorien zur Produktionskontrolle und -steuerung eingesetzt wird.
Among various branches of polymer physics an important position is occupied by that vast area, which deals with the thermal behav- ior and thermal properties of polymers and which is normally called the thermal physics of polymers.
