Solid State category: 612 books
Surface Analysis by Electron Spectroscopy
Measurement and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
This book is t~e fifth in aseries of scientific textbooks designed to cover advances in selected research fields from a basic and general view point. The reader is taken carefully but rapidly through the introductory material in order that t~e significance of recent developments can be understood...
The Fiber Bundle Model
Modeling Failure in Materials
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Gathering research from physics, mechanical engineering, and statistics in a single resource for the first time, this text presents the background to the model, its theoretical basis, and applications ranging from materials science to earth science.
The authors start by explaining why disorder is...
Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in Semiconductors
Fine Structure of Exciton States
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
This book discusses group theory investigations of zincblende and wurtzite semiconductors under symmetry-breaking conditions. The text presents the group theory elements required to develop a multitude of symmetry-breaking problems, giving scientists a fast track to bypass the need for recalculating...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
The participation of such diverse scientific and technical disciplines as meteorology, astronomy, atmospheric electricity, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, electromagnetic wave propagation, and radio techniques in the research of atmospherics means that results are published in scientific papers...
by Jeanne L. McHale
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
This textbook offers an introduction to the foundations of spectroscopic methods and provides a bridge between basic concepts and experimental applications in fields as diverse as materials science, biology, solar energy conversion, and environmental science. The author emphasizes the use of time-dependent...
by Jung Hoon Han
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
This book summarizes some of the most exciting theoretical developments in the topological phenomena of skyrmions in noncentrosymmetric magnetic systems over recent decades. After presenting pedagogical backgrounds to the Berry phase and homotopy theory, the author systematically discusses skyrmions...
by Shi-Dong Liang
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Quantum tunneling is an essential issue in quantum physics. Especially, the rapid development of nanotechnology in recent years promises a lot of applications in condensed matter physics, surface science and nanodevices, which are growing interests in fundamental issues, computational techniques and...
The Langevin Equation
With Applications to Stochastic Problems in Physics, Chemistry and Electrical Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Our original objective in writing this book was to demonstrate how the concept of the equation of motion of a Brownian particle — the Langevin equation or Newtonian-like evolution equation of the random phase space variable
Single-Photon Generation and Detection
Physics and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Single-photon generation and detection is at the forefront of modern optical physics research. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the current status of single-photon techniques and research methods in the spectral region from the visible to the infrared. The use of single...
by Ana M. Afonso, Luis P N Rebelo, Tetsuya Tsuda
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Ionic liquids are attractive because they offer versatility in the design of organic salts. As ion-rich media, ionic liquids can control the systems properties by tuning the size, charge, and shape of the composing ions. Whilst the focus has mainly been on the potential applications of ionic liquids...
Quantum Gas Experiments
Exploring Many-Body States
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Quantum phenomena of many-particle systems are fascinating in their complexity and are consequently not fully understood and largely untapped in terms of practical applications. Ultracold gases provide a unique platform to build up model systems of quantum many-body physics with highly controlled...
Theory of Quantum Transport at Nanoscale
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
This book is an introduction to a rapidly developing field of modern theoretical physics – the theory of quantum transport at nanoscale. The theoretical methods considered in the book are in the basis of our understanding of charge, spin and heat transport in nanostructures and nanostructured materials...
Negative Frequency at the Horizon
Theoretical Study and Experimental Realisation of Analogue Gravity Physics in Dispersive Optical Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
This book is part of a large and growing body of work on the observation of analogue gravity effects, such as Hawking radiation, in laboratory systems.
The book is highly didactic, skillfully navigating between concepts ranging from quantum field theory on curved space-times, nonlinear...
Experimental Innovations in Surface Science
A Guide to Practical Laboratory Methods and Instruments
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
This book is a new edition of a classic text on experimental methods and instruments in surface science. It offers practical insight useful to chemists, physicists, and materials scientists working in experimental surface science. This enlarged second edition contains almost 300 descriptions of experimental...