Matter physics

Quantum Dot Photodetectors

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This book presents a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art quantum dot photodetectors, including device fabrication technologies, optical engineering/manipulation strategies, and emerging photodetectors with building blocks of novel quantum dots (e.g. perovskite) as well as…

Applied Polymer Science

by Gedde, Ulf W., Hedenqvist, Mikael S., Hakkarainen, Minna, Nilsson, Fritjof, Das, Oisik

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This companion volume to "Fundamental Polymer Science" (Gedde and Hedenqvist, 2019) offers detailed insights from leading practitioners into experimental methods, simulation and modelling, mechanical and transport properties, processing, and sustainability issues. Separate chapt…

Strongly Interacting Matter under Rotation

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This book addresses the needs of growing community of graduate students and researchers new to the area, for a survey that covers a wide range of pertinent topics, summarizes the current status of the field, and provides the necessary pedagogical materials for newcomers. The inv…

Physics of Liquid Matter

by Gallo, Paola, Rovere, Mauro

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This book offers a didactic and a self-contained treatment of the physics of liquid and flowing matter with a statistical mechanics approach. Experimental and theoretical methods that were developed to study fluids are now frequently applied to a number of more complex systems g…

IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Moving Boun…

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Many problems in mechanics involve deformable domains with moving boundaries, including fluid-structure interaction, multiphase flows, flows over soft tissues and textiles, or flows involving accretion/erosion to name but a few. The presence of a moving boundary presents conside…

Quantum Information Meets Quantum Matter: From Quantum Entanglement to Topological Phases o…

by Chen, Xie, Zhou, Duan-Lu, Wen, Xiao-Gang, Zeng, Bei

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This book approaches condensed matter physics from the perspective of quantum information science, focusing on systems with strong interaction and unconventional order for which the usual condensed matter methods like the Landau paradigm or the free fermion framework break down.…

Proceedings of the 8th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics (IMCO 2018)

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This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 8th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics (IMCO 2018) held in Shanghai on August 5-8, 2018, as well as papers from the IMCO 2019 held in Hong Kong on June 14-17, 2019. The work focuses on the current dev…

Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Theory of Fluidization: Applications of the Kinetic Theory of Granular Fl…

by Lu, Huilin, Gidaspow, Dimitri, Wang, Shuyan

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This book is for engineers and students to solve issues concerning the fluidized bed systems. It presents an analysis that focuses directly on the problem of predicting the fluid dynamic behavior which empirical data is limited or unavailable. The second objective is to provide …

The Physics of Semiconductors: An Introduction Including Nanophysics and Applica…

by Grundmann, Marius

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The 4th edition of this highly successful textbook features copious material for a complete upper-level undergraduate or graduate course, guiding readers to the point where they can choose a specialized topic and begin supervised research. The textbook provides an integrated app…

Organic Solar Cells: Energetic and Nanostructural Design

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This book focuses on the essential scientific ideas and breakthroughs in the last three decades for organic solar cells that have realized practical applications. The motivation for publishing this book is to explain how those essential ideas have arisen and to provide a foundat…

Structural Modeling of Metamaterials

by Pavlov, Igor S., Erofeev, Vladimir I.

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This book discusses the theoretical foundations of the structural modeling method applied to metamaterials. This method takes into account the parameters of the crystal lattice, the size of the medium particles, as well as their shape and constants of force interactions between …

Plastic Scintillators: Chemistry and Applications

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This book introduces the physics and chemistry of plastic scintillators (fluorescent polymers) that are able to emit light when exposed to ionizing radiation, discussing their chemical modification in the early 1950s and 1960s, as well as the renewed upsurge in interest in the 2…

Atomic-Scale Electronics Beyond CMOS

by Dragoman, Mircea, Dragoman, Daniela

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This book explores emerging topics in atomic- and nano-scale electronics after the era of Moore's Law, covering both the physical principles behind, and technological implementations for many devices that are now expected to become key elements of the future of nanoelectronics b…

Reshaping of Dirac Cones in Topological Insulators and Graphene

by Díaz Fernández, Álvaro

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Dirac cones are ubiquitous to non-trivial quantum matter and are expected to boost and reshape the field of modern electronics. Particularly relevant examples where these cones arise are topological insulators and graphene. From a fundamental perspective, this thesis proposes sc…

Modern Classification Theory of Superconducting Gap Nodes

by Sumita, Shuntaro

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This book puts forward a modern classification theory for superconducting gap nodes, whose structures can be observed by experiments and are essential for understanding unconventional superconductivity. In the first part of the book, the classification method, based on group the…

BioMEMS: Biosensing Applications

by Hosseini, Samira, Espinosa-Hernandez, Michelle Alejandra, Garcia-Ramirez, Ricardo, Cerda-Kipper, Ana Sofia, Reveles-Huizar, Sofia, Acosta-Soto, Luis

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This book highlights the latest advances in bioMEMS for biosensing applications. It comprehensively reviews different detection methods, including colorimetric, fluorescence, luminescence, bioluminescence, chemiluminescence, biochemiluminescence, and electrochemiluminescence, an…

Emerging Non-volatile Memory Technologies: Physics, Engineering, and Applications

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This book offers a balanced and comprehensive guide to the core principles, fundamental properties, experimental approaches, and state-of-the-art applications of two major groups of emerging non-volatile memory technologies, i.e. spintronics-based devices as well as resistive sw…