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Quantum Brownian Motion Revisited

Extensions and Applications

by Aniello Lampo, Miguel Ángel García March, Maciej Lewenstein ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Quantum Brownian motion represents a paradigmatic model of open quantum system, namely a system inextricably coupled to the surrounding environment. Such a model is largely used in physics, for instance in quantum foundations to approach in a quantitative manner the quantum-to-classical transition, but also for more practical purposes as the estimation of decoherence in quantum optics experiments ... Read more

$49.49 USD

Quantum Brownian motion represents a paradigmatic model of open quantum system, namely a system inextricably coupled to the surrounding environment. Such a model is largely used in physics, for instance in quantum foundations to approach in a quantitative manner the quantum-to-classical transition, but also for more practical purposes as the estimation of decoherence in quantum optics experiments
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Nanotechnology in Membrane Processes

by Kailash Chandra Khulbe, Takeshi Matsuura ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Nanotechnology has been established in membrane technology for decades. In this book, comprehensive coverage is given to nanotechnology applications in synthetic membrane processes, which are used in different fields such as water treatment, separation of gases, the food industry, military use, drug delivery, air filtration, and green chemistry. Nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, ... Read more

$152.09 USD

Nanotechnology has been established in membrane technology for decades. In this book, comprehensive coverage is given to nanotechnology applications in synthetic membrane processes, which are used in different fields such as water treatment, separation of gases, the food industry, military use, drug delivery, air filtration, and green chemistry. Nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes,
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Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications

ICIMA 2022

Edited by V. Bindhu, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Joy Iong-Zong Chen ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The book is a collection of best selected research papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications (ICIMA 2022) organized by PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, during May 6–7, 2022. The book includes original research by material science researchers toward developing a compact and efficient functional elements and structures for micro-, ... Read more

$188.09 USD

The book is a collection of best selected research papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications (ICIMA 2022) organized by PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, during May 6–7, 2022. The book includes original research by material science researchers toward developing a compact and efficient functional elements and structures for micro-,
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Chemical Modifications of Graphene-Like Materials

by Nguyen Thanh Tien, Thi Dieu Hien Nguyen, Vo Khuong Dien, Wen-Dung Hsu, Shih-Yang Lin, Yu-Ming Wang, Ming-Fa Lin ...

Graphene-like materials have attracted considerable interest in the fields of condensed-matter physics, chemistry, and materials science due to their interesting properties as well as the promise of a broad range of applications in energy storage, electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic devices.The contents present the diverse phenomena under development in the grand quasiparticle framework ... Read more

$127.79 USD

Graphene-like materials have attracted considerable interest in the fields of condensed-matter physics, chemistry, and materials science due to their interesting properties as well as the promise of a broad range of applications in energy storage, electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic devices.The contents present the diverse phenomena under development in the grand quasiparticle framework
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Liquid Crystals in Photovoltaics

An Introduction

by Dr. Luz J Martinez-Miranda ...

This book explores why the properties of liquid crystals make them ideal for use in photovoltaic applications. It achieves this by presenting a description of the properties of liquid crystals and how their electronic properties compare to that of polymers used in organic photovoltaics. It explores how the type of liquid crystal chosen can help in improving the efficiency of the photovoltaics. It ... Read more

$33.99 USD

This book explores why the properties of liquid crystals make them ideal for use in photovoltaic applications. It achieves this by presenting a description of the properties of liquid crystals and how their electronic properties compare to that of polymers used in organic photovoltaics. It explores how the type of liquid crystal chosen can help in improving the efficiency of the photovoltaics. It
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Advanced Photonic Devices for Energy and Sensing Applications

Edited by Anand M. Shrivastav, Subhojyoti Sinha, Shailendra Saxena ...

This book provides a systematic overview of the current state of technologies and future prospectives on harnessing light for sustainable energy and advanced sensing applications. It covers the advancements in photonics and trends in photocatalysis, photovoltaics, photonic nanogenerators, quantum sensors, and integrated artiﬁcial intelligence and machine learning in optical sensors.Advanced ... Read more

$244.99 USD

This book provides a systematic overview of the current state of technologies and future prospectives on harnessing light for sustainable energy and advanced sensing applications. It covers the advancements in photonics and trends in photocatalysis, photovoltaics, photonic nanogenerators, quantum sensors, and integrated artiﬁcial intelligence and machine learning in optical sensors.Advanced
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Light–Matter Interaction

A Crash Course for Students of Optics, Photonics and Materials Science

by Olaf Stenzel ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book offers a didactic introduction to light–matter interactions at both the classical and semi-classical levels. Pursuing an approach that describes the essential physics behind the functionality of any optical element, it acquaints students with the broad areas of optics and photonics. Its rigorous, bottom-up approach to the subject, using model systems ranging from individual atoms and ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book offers a didactic introduction to light–matter interactions at both the classical and semi-classical levels. Pursuing an approach that describes the essential physics behind the functionality of any optical element, it acquaints students with the broad areas of optics and photonics. Its rigorous, bottom-up approach to the subject, using model systems ranging from individual atoms and
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Ocular Fluid Dynamics

Anatomy, Physiology, Imaging Techniques, and Mathematical Modeling

Edited by Giovanna Guidoboni, Alon Harris, Riccardo Sacco ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
The chapters in this contributed volume showcase current theoretical approaches in the modeling of ocular fluid dynamics in health and disease. By including chapters written by experts from a variety of fields, this volume will help foster a genuinely collaborative spirit between clinical and research scientists. It vividly illustrates the advantages of clinical and experimental methods, data ... Read more

$143.09 USD

The chapters in this contributed volume showcase current theoretical approaches in the modeling of ocular fluid dynamics in health and disease. By including chapters written by experts from a variety of fields, this volume will help foster a genuinely collaborative spirit between clinical and research scientists. It vividly illustrates the advantages of clinical and experimental methods, data
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Semiconducting Metal Oxides for Gas Sensing

by Yonghui Deng ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
The second edition of this book focuses on the synthesis, design, and application of semiconducting metal oxides as gas sensing materials, including the gas sensing mechanism, and modification methods for sensing materials, while also providing a comprehensive introduction to semiconductor gas sensing devices. As an essential part of IoT (Internet of things), gas sensors have shown great ... Read more

$224.09 USD

The second edition of this book focuses on the synthesis, design, and application of semiconducting metal oxides as gas sensing materials, including the gas sensing mechanism, and modification methods for sensing materials, while also providing a comprehensive introduction to semiconductor gas sensing devices. As an essential part of IoT (Internet of things), gas sensors have shown great
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Modelling and Simulation in Plasma Physics for Physicists and Mathematicians

by Geoffrey J. Pert ...

Unveiling the Secrets of Plasma Physics: A Practical Guide to Computational SimulationsPlasma physics focuses on the most abundant state of matter in the universe, corresponding to ionized gas comprising ions and electrons. It can be created artificially and has a huge range of technological applications, from television displays to fusion energy research. Every application of plasma technology ... Read more

$134.00 USD

Unveiling the Secrets of Plasma Physics: A Practical Guide to Computational SimulationsPlasma physics focuses on the most abundant state of matter in the universe, corresponding to ionized gas comprising ions and electrons. It can be created artificially and has a huge range of technological applications, from television displays to fusion energy research. Every application of plasma technology
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Graphene Oxide in Enhancing Energy Storage Devices

Edited by Fabian Ifeanyichukwu Ezema, Ishaq Ahmad, Tingkai Zhao ...

The world is filled with electronics devices that use batteries and supercapacitors, such as laptops, cellphones, and cameras, creating the need for the efficient and effective production of good energy storage devices. The depletion of fossil fuels demands alternative sources of energy, which prompted the creation of solar cell (PV) technologies and fuel cells. The introduction of graphene oxides ... Read more

$67.99 USD

The world is filled with electronics devices that use batteries and supercapacitors, such as laptops, cellphones, and cameras, creating the need for the efficient and effective production of good energy storage devices. The depletion of fossil fuels demands alternative sources of energy, which prompted the creation of solar cell (PV) technologies and fuel cells. The introduction of graphene oxides
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Quantum Field Theory and Condensed Matter

An Introduction

by Ramamurti Shankar ...

Providing a broad review of many techniques and their application to condensed matter systems, this book begins with a review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, before moving onto real and imaginary time path integrals and the link between Euclidean quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. A detailed study of the Ising, gauge-Ising and XY models is included. The renormalization group ... Read more

$81.19 USD

Providing a broad review of many techniques and their application to condensed matter systems, this book begins with a review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, before moving onto real and imaginary time path integrals and the link between Euclidean quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. A detailed study of the Ising, gauge-Ising and XY models is included. The renormalization group
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Novel Approaches for Single Molecule Activation and Detection

Edited by Fabio Benfenati, Enzo Di Fabrizio, Vincent Torre ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
How can we obtain tools able to process and exchange information at the molecular scale? In order to do this, it is necessary to activate and detect single molecules under controlled conditions. This book focuses on the generation of biologically-inspired molecular devices. These devices are based on the developments of new photonic tools able to activate and stimulate single molecule machines. ... Read more

$170.09 USD

How can we obtain tools able to process and exchange information at the molecular scale? In order to do this, it is necessary to activate and detect single molecules under controlled conditions. This book focuses on the generation of biologically-inspired molecular devices. These devices are based on the developments of new photonic tools able to activate and stimulate single molecule machines.
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Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing of Composites

Edited by Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Munish Kumar Gupta, Suchart Siengchin, Qinghua Song ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book describes crucial aspects related to the additive and subtractive manufacturing of different composites.The first half of this book mainly deals with the various types of composite fabrication methods along with the introduction, features and mechanisms and also the processing of composite materials via additive manufacturing route. Also, the thermal, mechanical, physical and chemical ... Read more

$125.09 USD

This book describes crucial aspects related to the additive and subtractive manufacturing of different composites.The first half of this book mainly deals with the various types of composite fabrication methods along with the introduction, features and mechanisms and also the processing of composite materials via additive manufacturing route. Also, the thermal, mechanical, physical and chemical
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Introduction to Electronics

by Sujaul Chowdhury ...

Series series Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)
This book uniquely examines basic electronics from a physics perspective and introduces electrical circuits, components, and basic circuit analysis in a self-contained manner. Beginning with an understanding of Ohm’s law, the author covers the use of series resistor circuits as potential dividers, parallel resistor circuits as current dividers, and reduction of series-parallel combination circuits ... Read more

$40.49 USD

This book uniquely examines basic electronics from a physics perspective and introduces electrical circuits, components, and basic circuit analysis in a self-contained manner. Beginning with an understanding of Ohm’s law, the author covers the use of series resistor circuits as potential dividers, parallel resistor circuits as current dividers, and reduction of series-parallel combination circuits
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Bulk and Boundary Invariants for Complex Topological Insulators

From K-Theory to Physics

by Emil Prodan, Hermann Schulz-Baldes ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This monograph offers an overview of rigorous results on fermionic topological insulators from the complex classes, namely, those without symmetries or with just a chiral symmetry. Particular focus is on the stability of the topological invariants in the presence of strong disorder, on the interplay between the bulk and boundary invariants and on their dependence on magnetic fields.The first part ... Read more

$80.09 USD

This monograph offers an overview of rigorous results on fermionic topological insulators from the complex classes, namely, those without symmetries or with just a chiral symmetry. Particular focus is on the stability of the topological invariants in the presence of strong disorder, on the interplay between the bulk and boundary invariants and on their dependence on magnetic fields.The first part
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Langevin And Fokker-planck Equations And Their Generalizations: Descriptions And Solutions

by Sau Fa Kwok ...

This invaluable book provides a broad introduction to a rapidly growing area of nonequilibrium statistical physics. The first part of the book complements the classical book on the Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations (H. Risken, The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications (Springer, 1996)). Some topics and methods of solutions are presented and discussed in details which are ... Read more

$70.19 USD

This invaluable book provides a broad introduction to a rapidly growing area of nonequilibrium statistical physics. The first part of the book complements the classical book on the Langevin and Fokker-Planck equations (H. Risken, The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications (Springer, 1996)). Some topics and methods of solutions are presented and discussed in details which are
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Mars, planète habitable

Entretien avec Alexandre Mangeot

by Étienne Tellier, Alexandre Mangeot ...

Series Book 2 - Conquest.Space
Fouler la « Planète Rouge », un rêve qui deviendra bientôt réalitéAlors qu’il était encore au collège, Alexandre Mangeot affirmait sans ciller à ses camarades de classe : « Un jour, j’irai sur Mars ! » Le jeune homme, qui n’a jamais dévié de sa route, finit aujourd’hui un post-doctorat en propulsion spatiale. En 2014, il a été sélectionné pour participer à une simulation de la Mars Society, une ... Read more

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Fouler la « Planète Rouge », un rêve qui deviendra bientôt réalitéAlors qu’il était encore au collège, Alexandre Mangeot affirmait sans ciller à ses camarades de classe : « Un jour, j’irai sur Mars ! » Le jeune homme, qui n’a jamais dévié de sa route, finit aujourd’hui un post-doctorat en propulsion spatiale. En 2014, il a été sélectionné pour participer à une simulation de la Mars Society, une
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Controlled Synthesis and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Graphene and Graphene-Based Heterostructures

by Mengxi Liu ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This thesis focuses on the energy band engineering of graphene. It presents pioneering findings on the controlled growth of graphene and graphene-based heterostructures, as well as scanning tunneling microscopy/scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STM/STS) studies on their electronic structures. The thesis primarily investigates two classes of graphene-based systems: (i) twisted bilayer graphene, ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This thesis focuses on the energy band engineering of graphene. It presents pioneering findings on the controlled growth of graphene and graphene-based heterostructures, as well as scanning tunneling microscopy/scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STM/STS) studies on their electronic structures. The thesis primarily investigates two classes of graphene-based systems: (i) twisted bilayer graphene,
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Crystallization as Studied by Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy

Edited by Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Aurora Nogales ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book presents new approaches that offer a better characterization of the interrelationship between crystalline and amorphous phases. In recent years, the use of dielectric spectroscopy has significantly improved our understanding of crystallization. The combination of modern scattering methods, using either synchrotron light or neutrons and infrared spectroscopy with dielectrics, is now ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book presents new approaches that offer a better characterization of the interrelationship between crystalline and amorphous phases. In recent years, the use of dielectric spectroscopy has significantly improved our understanding of crystallization. The combination of modern scattering methods, using either synchrotron light or neutrons and infrared spectroscopy with dielectrics, is now
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Single Particle Detection And Measurement

by R S Gilmore ...

This book provides a summary of the state of science in teh field of single particle detection and measurement. The text delineates between those low performance detectors, capable of registering only a large number of particles and those complex, highly designed systems capable of detecting and measuring single interactions or events. The author describes the problems associated with detection, ... Read more

$345.00 USD

This book provides a summary of the state of science in teh field of single particle detection and measurement. The text delineates between those low performance detectors, capable of registering only a large number of particles and those complex, highly designed systems capable of detecting and measuring single interactions or events. The author describes the problems associated with detection,
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Design, Synthesis and Applications of One-Dimensional Chalcogenide Hetero-Nanostructures

Novel Metal Sulfide Hetero-Nanorods for Enhancing Solar Energy Conversion

by Tao-Tao Zhuang ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This thesis focuses on the design and synthesis of novel one-dimensional colloidal chalcogenide hetero-nanostructures for enhancing solar energy conversion applications. Semiconducting nanomaterials are particular attractive for energy conversion due to the quantum confinement effects dictating their unique optical and electronic properties. Steering the photo-induced charge-flow based on unique ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This thesis focuses on the design and synthesis of novel one-dimensional colloidal chalcogenide hetero-nanostructures for enhancing solar energy conversion applications. Semiconducting nanomaterials are particular attractive for energy conversion due to the quantum confinement effects dictating their unique optical and electronic properties. Steering the photo-induced charge-flow based on unique
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Phase Equilibria Diagrams of High Temperature Non-oxide Ceramics

by Zhenkun Huang, Laner Wu ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book explores new experimental phase diagrams of non-oxide ceramics, with a particular focus on the silicon nitride, silicon carbide and aluminum nitride, as well as the ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) systems. It features more than 80 experimental phase diagrams of these non-oxide ceramics, including three phase diagrams of UHTC systems, constructed by the authors. Physical chemistry ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book explores new experimental phase diagrams of non-oxide ceramics, with a particular focus on the silicon nitride, silicon carbide and aluminum nitride, as well as the ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) systems. It features more than 80 experimental phase diagrams of these non-oxide ceramics, including three phase diagrams of UHTC systems, constructed by the authors. Physical chemistry
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Symmetry, Spin Dynamics And The Properties Of Nanostructures - Lecture Notes Of The 11th International School On Theoretical Physics

by Vitalii K Dugaev, Andrzej Wal, Jozef Barnas ...

This book is a collection of lecture notes which were presented by invited speakers at the Eleventh School on Theoretical Physics 'Symmetry and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter SSPCM 2014' in Rzeszów (Poland) in September 2014. The main challenge for the lecturers was the objective to present their subject as a review as well as in the form of introduction for beginners. Topics considered ... Read more

$59.99 USD

This book is a collection of lecture notes which were presented by invited speakers at the Eleventh School on Theoretical Physics 'Symmetry and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter SSPCM 2014' in Rzeszów (Poland) in September 2014. The main challenge for the lecturers was the objective to present their subject as a review as well as in the form of introduction for beginners. Topics considered
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