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Handbook of Nanocelluloses

Classification, Properties, Fabrication, and Emerging Applications

Edited by Ahmed Barhoum ...

Series series Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
This Handbook covers the fundamental aspects, experimental setup, synthesis, properties, and characterization of different nanocelluloses. It also explores the technology challenges of nanocelluloses and the emerging applications and the global markets of nanocelluloses-based systems. In particular, this book:· Covers the history of nanocelluloses, types and classifications, fabrication techniques ... Read more

$224.99 USD

This Handbook covers the fundamental aspects, experimental setup, synthesis, properties, and characterization of different nanocelluloses. It also explores the technology challenges of nanocelluloses and the emerging applications and the global markets of nanocelluloses-based systems. In particular, this book:· Covers the history of nanocelluloses, types and classifications, fabrication techniques
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Quantum-Dot-Based Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for O-Band Optical Communication

by Holger Schmeckebier ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This thesis examines the unique properties of gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers for optical communication networks, introducing readers to their fundamentals, basic parameters and manifold applications. The static and dynamic properties of these amplifiers are discussed extensively in comparison to conventional, non quantum-dot based amplifiers, and their ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This thesis examines the unique properties of gallium arsenide (GaAs)-based quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers for optical communication networks, introducing readers to their fundamentals, basic parameters and manifold applications. The static and dynamic properties of these amplifiers are discussed extensively in comparison to conventional, non quantum-dot based amplifiers, and their
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Theoretical Thermotics

Transformation Thermotics and Extended Theories for Thermal Metamaterials

by Ji-Ping Huang ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book focuses on theoretical thermotics, the theory of transformation thermotics and its extended theories for the active control of macroscopic thermal phenomena of artificial systems, which is in sharp contrast to classical thermodynamics comprising the four thermodynamic laws for the passive description of macroscopic thermal phenomena of natural systems. The book covers the basic concepts ... Read more

$58.49 USD

This book focuses on theoretical thermotics, the theory of transformation thermotics and its extended theories for the active control of macroscopic thermal phenomena of artificial systems, which is in sharp contrast to classical thermodynamics comprising the four thermodynamic laws for the passive description of macroscopic thermal phenomena of natural systems. The book covers the basic concepts
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Theory of Simple Glasses

Exact Solutions in Infinite Dimensions

by Giorgio Parisi, Pierfrancesco Urbani, Francesco Zamponi ...

This pedagogical and self-contained text describes the modern mean field theory of simple structural glasses. The book begins with a thorough explanation of infinite-dimensional models in statistical physics, before reviewing the key elements of the thermodynamic theory of liquids and the dynamical properties of liquids and glasses. The central feature of the mean field theory of disordered ... Read more

$85.29 USD

This pedagogical and self-contained text describes the modern mean field theory of simple structural glasses. The book begins with a thorough explanation of infinite-dimensional models in statistical physics, before reviewing the key elements of the thermodynamic theory of liquids and the dynamical properties of liquids and glasses. The central feature of the mean field theory of disordered
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Handbook on Synthesis Strategies for Advanced Materials

Volume-III: Materials Specific Synthesis Strategies

Edited by A. K. Tyagi, Raghumani S. Ningthoujam ...

Series series Indian Institute of Metals Series
This book presents state-of-the-art coverage of synthesis of advanced functional materials. Unconventional synthetic routes play an important role in the synthesis of advanced materials as many new materials are metastable and cannot be synthesized by conventional methods. This book presents various synthesis methods such as conventional solid-state method, combustion method, a range of soft ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book presents state-of-the-art coverage of synthesis of advanced functional materials. Unconventional synthetic routes play an important role in the synthesis of advanced materials as many new materials are metastable and cannot be synthesized by conventional methods. This book presents various synthesis methods such as conventional solid-state method, combustion method, a range of soft
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Kinetic Studies in GeO2/Ge System

A Retrospective from 2021

by Sheng-Kai Wang ...

Series series Frontiers in Semiconductor Technology
Kinetic Studies in GeO2/Ge System: A Retrospective from 2021 investigates reaction kinetics in GeO2/Ge systems, aiming to demonstrate the fundamentals of the GeO2/Ge interface and to give insight into the distinctive features and performance of Ge (germanium) applied to advanced complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices.This book first reviews the development of MOS technology and ... Read more

$69.99 USD

Kinetic Studies in GeO2/Ge System: A Retrospective from 2021 investigates reaction kinetics in GeO2/Ge systems, aiming to demonstrate the fundamentals of the GeO2/Ge interface and to give insight into the distinctive features and performance of Ge (germanium) applied to advanced complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices.This book first reviews the development of MOS technology and
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Stable Organic Thermoelectric Devices and Thermocells for Self-powered Sensor Applications

by Masakazu Mukaida, Qingshuo Wei ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive examination of organic thermoelectric conversion and thermocell technologies—two pioneering methods for converting low-temperature waste heat into viable electrical energy. It elucidates the distinct advantages of organic materials in these applications, such as mechanical flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and compatibility with low-temperature environments, ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book offers a comprehensive examination of organic thermoelectric conversion and thermocell technologies—two pioneering methods for converting low-temperature waste heat into viable electrical energy. It elucidates the distinct advantages of organic materials in these applications, such as mechanical flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and compatibility with low-temperature environments,
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Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes and Photon Counting Systems

From Phototransduction to Circuit Architecture

by Marc Dandin, Nicole McFarlane, Md Sakibur Sajal, Fahimeh Dehghandehnavi, Babak Nouri ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book covers the latest trends in the design of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), which are the front-end sensors in modern photon counting systems. The authors describe the fundamental physics that enable photon counting in these devices. They also discuss systems that are made from these detectors, specifically describing circuit architectures that may be used to achieve high-fidelity ... Read more

$107.09 USD

This book covers the latest trends in the design of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), which are the front-end sensors in modern photon counting systems. The authors describe the fundamental physics that enable photon counting in these devices. They also discuss systems that are made from these detectors, specifically describing circuit architectures that may be used to achieve high-fidelity
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Grundlagen der Konstruktionswerkstoffe für Studium und Praxis

by Janko Auerswald, Pius Portmann ...

Grundlagen der Konstruktionswerkstoffe für Studium und PraxisDer anwendungsorientierte Einstieg in die Welt der Konstruktionswerkstoffe für Studierende des Maschinenbaus und der Werkstoffwissenschaften!Viele Studierende nehmen die Werkstoffkunde anfangs als sehr trockene Disziplin wahr. Dabei ist die Welt der Werkstoffe eine überaus faszinierende. Die profunde Kenntnis von Struktur und ... Read more

$56.00 USD

Grundlagen der Konstruktionswerkstoffe für Studium und PraxisDer anwendungsorientierte Einstieg in die Welt der Konstruktionswerkstoffe für Studierende des Maschinenbaus und der Werkstoffwissenschaften!Viele Studierende nehmen die Werkstoffkunde anfangs als sehr trockene Disziplin wahr. Dabei ist die Welt der Werkstoffe eine überaus faszinierende. Die profunde Kenntnis von Struktur und
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Organic Light-Emitting Devices

A Survey

Edited by Joseph Shinar ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Although it has long been possible to make organic materials emit light, it has only recently become possible to do so at the level and with the efficiency and control necessary to make the materials a useful basis for illumination in any but the most specialized uses. This book surveys the current status of the field. ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Although it has long been possible to make organic materials emit light, it has only recently become possible to do so at the level and with the efficiency and control necessary to make the materials a useful basis for illumination in any but the most specialized uses. This book surveys the current status of the field.
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Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles

Select Proceedings of AREEV 2023

Edited by Suryanarayana Kajampady, Vinu Thomas, P. Parthiban ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book includes select peer-reviewed proceedings from the International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles (AREEV 2023). It emphasizes the applications of electric vehicles, which are set to dominate the transportation sector by replacing conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Additionally, the book examines research related to power quality issues ... Read more

$215.09 USD

This book includes select peer-reviewed proceedings from the International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles (AREEV 2023). It emphasizes the applications of electric vehicles, which are set to dominate the transportation sector by replacing conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Additionally, the book examines research related to power quality issues
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Non-self-adjoint Schrödinger Operator with a Periodic Potential

by Oktay Veliev ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book gives a complete spectral analysis of the non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operator with a periodic complex-valued potential. Building from the investigation of the spectrum and spectral singularities and construction of the spectral expansion for the non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operator, the book features a complete spectral analysis of the Mathieu-Schrödinger operator and the Schrödinger ... Read more

$152.09 USD

This book gives a complete spectral analysis of the non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operator with a periodic complex-valued potential. Building from the investigation of the spectrum and spectral singularities and construction of the spectral expansion for the non-self-adjoint Schrödinger operator, the book features a complete spectral analysis of the Mathieu-Schrödinger operator and the Schrödinger
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Formation and Temperature Stability of the Liquid Phase in Thin-Film Systems

by Serhii Dukarov, Serhii Petrushenko, Sergiy Bogatyrenko, Vladimir Sukhov ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book presents a summary of the topic of supercooling during crystallization in condensed films. While recent findings are mainly published in English, the foundational classical results were originally published in Russian, with limited accessibility to general readers. The present work is based on a 2019 Ukrainian monograph, "Temperature Stability of the Supercooled Liquid Phase in Condensed ... Read more

$152.09 USD

This book presents a summary of the topic of supercooling during crystallization in condensed films. While recent findings are mainly published in English, the foundational classical results were originally published in Russian, with limited accessibility to general readers. The present work is based on a 2019 Ukrainian monograph, "Temperature Stability of the Supercooled Liquid Phase in Condensed
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Diverse Quasiparticle Properties of Emerging Materials

First-Principles Simulations

Edited by Tran Thi Thu Hanh, Vo Khuong Dien, Ngoc Thanh Thuy Tran, Ching-Hong Ho, Thi Dieu Hien Nguyen, Ming-Fa Lin ...

Diverse Quasiparticle Properties of Emerging Materials: First-Principles Simulations thoroughly explores the rich and unique quasiparticle properties of emergent materials through a VASP-based theoretical framework. Evaluations and analyses are conducted on the crystal symmetries, electronic energy spectra/wave functions, spatial charge densities, van Hove singularities, magnetic moments, spin ... Read more

$82.99 USD

Diverse Quasiparticle Properties of Emerging Materials: First-Principles Simulations thoroughly explores the rich and unique quasiparticle properties of emergent materials through a VASP-based theoretical framework. Evaluations and analyses are conducted on the crystal symmetries, electronic energy spectra/wave functions, spatial charge densities, van Hove singularities, magnetic moments, spin
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Near-Field-Mediated Photon–Electron Interactions

by Nahid Talebi ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book focuses on the use of novel electron microscopy techniques to further our understanding of the physics behind electron–light interactions. It introduces and discusses the methodologies for advancing the field of electron microscopy towards a better control of electron dynamics with significantly improved temporal resolutions, and explores the burgeoning field of nanooptics – the physics ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book focuses on the use of novel electron microscopy techniques to further our understanding of the physics behind electron–light interactions. It introduces and discusses the methodologies for advancing the field of electron microscopy towards a better control of electron dynamics with significantly improved temporal resolutions, and explores the burgeoning field of nanooptics – the physics
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Introdução à Física Química

by Simone Malacrida ...

Os seguintes tópicos são apresentados neste livro:processos termodinâmicos e de difusão a nível físico-químicosuperfícies, defeitos e suas características físico-químicasfenômenos físico-químicostecnologias de detecção físico-química ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Os seguintes tópicos são apresentados neste livro:processos termodinâmicos e de difusão a nível físico-químicosuperfícies, defeitos e suas características físico-químicasfenômenos físico-químicostecnologias de detecção físico-química
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Advances in Research and Applications

by Henry Ehrenreich, Frans Spaepen ...

Series Book 50 - Solid State Physics
Solid State Physics, Volume 50 continues the series' tradition of excellence by focusing on the optical and electronic properties and applications of semiconductors. All of the topics in this volume are at thecutting-edge of research in the semiconductor field and will be of great interest to the scientific community. ... Read more

$239.39 USD

Solid State Physics, Volume 50 continues the series' tradition of excellence by focusing on the optical and electronic properties and applications of semiconductors. All of the topics in this volume are at thecutting-edge of research in the semiconductor field and will be of great interest to the scientific community.
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Computational Statics and Dynamics

An Introduction Based on the Finite Element Method

by Andreas Öchsner ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book is the 3rd edition of an introduction to modern computational mechanics based on the finite element method. This third edition is largely extended, adding many new examples to let the reader understand the principles better by performing calculations by hand, as well as numerical example to practice the finite element approach to engineering problems. The new edition comes together with ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book is the 3rd edition of an introduction to modern computational mechanics based on the finite element method. This third edition is largely extended, adding many new examples to let the reader understand the principles better by performing calculations by hand, as well as numerical example to practice the finite element approach to engineering problems. The new edition comes together with
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Out-of-equilibrium Soft Matter

Active Fluids

Edited by Christina Kurzthaler, Luigi Gentile, Howard A Stone ...

Series Book 17 - Soft Matter Series
The term active fluids refers to motions that are created by transforming energy from the surroundings into directed motion. There are many examples, both natural and synthetic, including individual swimming bacteria or motile cells, drops and bubbles that move owing to surface stresses (so-called Marangoni motions), and chemical- or optical-driven colloids. Investigations into active fluids ... Read more

$224.99 USD

The term active fluids refers to motions that are created by transforming energy from the surroundings into directed motion. There are many examples, both natural and synthetic, including individual swimming bacteria or motile cells, drops and bubbles that move owing to surface stresses (so-called Marangoni motions), and chemical- or optical-driven colloids. Investigations into active fluids
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A Journey from Nanotechnology to Picotechnology

Atomic and Molecular Scale Engineering

Edited by Shrikaant Kulkarni ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book charts the exciting transition from nanotechnology to picotechnology, moving from manipulating matter at the nanoscale to engineering structures at atomic and molecular levels. Beginning with the fundamentals of nanotechnology, it describes how materials and devices designed at the nanoscale (1 to 100 nanometers) have already revolutionized fields like electronics and medicine. It then ... Read more

$179.09 USD

This book charts the exciting transition from nanotechnology to picotechnology, moving from manipulating matter at the nanoscale to engineering structures at atomic and molecular levels. Beginning with the fundamentals of nanotechnology, it describes how materials and devices designed at the nanoscale (1 to 100 nanometers) have already revolutionized fields like electronics and medicine. It then
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Joint Evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies

Edited by M. Colpi, V. Gorini, F. Haardt, U. Moschella ...

Black holes are among the most mysterious objects that the human mind has been capable of imagining. As pure mathematical constructions, they are tools for exploiting the fundamental laws of physics. As astronomical sources, they are part of our cosmic landscape, warping space-time, coupled to the large-scale properties and life cycle of their host ... Read more

$91.99 USD

Black holes are among the most mysterious objects that the human mind has been capable of imagining. As pure mathematical constructions, they are tools for exploiting the fundamental laws of physics. As astronomical sources, they are part of our cosmic landscape, warping space-time, coupled to the large-scale properties and life cycle of their host
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Ionization and Plasma Dynamics of Single Large Xenon Clusters in Superintense XUV Pulses

by Daniela Rupp ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
At the heart of this thesis is the young field of free electron laser science, whose experimental and theoretical basics are described here in a comprehensible manner. Extremely bright and ultra short pulses from short wavelength free-electron lasers (FELs) have recently opened the path to new fields of research. The x-ray flashes transform all matter into highly excited plasma states within ... Read more

$89.09 USD

At the heart of this thesis is the young field of free electron laser science, whose experimental and theoretical basics are described here in a comprehensible manner. Extremely bright and ultra short pulses from short wavelength free-electron lasers (FELs) have recently opened the path to new fields of research. The x-ray flashes transform all matter into highly excited plasma states within
... Read more
Elements of Slow-Neutron Scattering

Basics, Techniques, and Applications

by J. M. Carpenter, C.-K. Loong ...

Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory and applications of slow-neutron scattering, this detailed book equips readers with the fundamental principles of neutron studies, including the background and evolving development of neutron sources, facility design, neutron scattering instrumentation and techniques, and applications in materials phenomena. Drawing on the authors ... Read more

$186.99 USD

Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory and applications of slow-neutron scattering, this detailed book equips readers with the fundamental principles of neutron studies, including the background and evolving development of neutron sources, facility design, neutron scattering instrumentation and techniques, and applications in materials phenomena. Drawing on the authors
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Order, Disorder and Criticality

Advanced Problems of Phase Transition TheoryVolume 7

by Yurij Holovatch ...

This book is the seventh volume of review chapters on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena, the former six volumes appeared in 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2020. The aim of the book is to provide reviews in those aspects of criticality and related subjects that are currently attracting much attention due to essential new contributions.The book consists of five ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book is the seventh volume of review chapters on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena, the former six volumes appeared in 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2020. The aim of the book is to provide reviews in those aspects of criticality and related subjects that are currently attracting much attention due to essential new contributions.The book consists of five
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