Condensed Matter Physics (Liquid State & Solid State Physics)

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Building up from microscopic basics to observed complex functions, this insightful monograph explains and describes how the unique molecular proper...

For the first time, this book unites the theory, experimental techniques and computational tools used to describe the diffusion of atoms, molecules...

Written by a pioneer in the field, this text provides a complete introduction to X-ray microscopy, providing all of the technical background requir...

The new edition of this popular textbook provides a fundamental approach to phase transformations and thermodynamics of materials. Explanations are...

concentrates on teaching techniques using as much theory as needed. application of the techniques to many problems of materials characterization. ...

An overview of the optical effects in solids, addressing the physics of various materials and their response to electromagnetic radiation. The disc...

This fully revised, updated and reorganised third edition provides a thorough introduction to the characterisation techniques used in surface scien...

Learn about the most recent advances in 2D materials with this comprehensive and accessible text. Providing all the necessary materials science and...

This innovative and modular textbook combines classical topics in thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and many-body theory with the latest develo...

Discover the latest advances in ferroelectric and piezoelectric material sciences with this comprehensive monograph, divided into six chapters, eac...

Solid State Physics emphasizes a few fundamental principles and extracts from them a wealth of information. This approach also unifies an enormous ...

This textbook provides conceptual, procedural, and factual knowledge on solid state and nanostructure physics. It is designed to acquaint readers w...

This book employs nonequilibrium quantum transport, based on the use of mixed Hilbert space representations and real time quantum superfield transp...

The Wonder of Quantum Spin is a confection of the history and the science of quantum spin sprinkled with quotations and excerpts from pioneers who ...

Since the appearance of our book, Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Materials Properties, one of the questions we are asked most frequent...

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The importance of solid base catalysts has come to be recognized for their environmentally benign qualities, and much significant progress has been...

Spintronics Handbook, Second Edition offers an update on the single most comprehensive survey of the two intertwined fields of spintronics and magn...

The subject of this volume is to present both the numerical and graphical data on the magnetic and electrical properties of magnetic metallic multi...

Optics and Lasers is an introduction to engineering and applied optics, including not only elementary ray and wave optics, but also lasers, hologra...

This handbook presents the data of 5-component metallic amorphous alloys, including a large number of specimen obtained by adding a 5-th component ...

This book has emerged out of our long-time research interests on the topic of latex film formation. Over the years we have built up a repertoire of...

This book describes the direct and inverse problems of the multidimensional Schrödinger operator with a periodic potential, a topic that is especia...

The contributions in the book are devoted to the memory of Michael E Fisher, and hence include many personal memories from people whose work was in...

This textbook presents a compilation of class-tested materials and the results of research on a range of topics in into one comprehensive volume fo...

This book bridges a gap between two major communities of Condensed Matter Physics, Semiconductors and Superconductors, that have thrived independen...

Reflecting the fast pace of research in the field, the Second Edition of Bulk Metallic Glasses has been thoroughly updated and remains essential re...

Lasers continue to be an amazingly robust field of activity. Anyone seeking a photon source is now confronted with an enormous number of possible l...

This handbook comprises a comprehensive reference source that unifies the entire fields of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, assembling...

When I was contacted by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Fall of 200 I, inviting me to edit a volume of papers on the issue of electron transport ...

This textbook describes the fundamentals of the phenomena of fluid dynamics in the context of engineering instances. It is designed to replace intr...

A Primer to Theoretical Soil Mechanics is about adapting continuum mechanics to granular materials. The field of continuum mechanics offers many fr...

This open access book presents a comprehensive exploration of diffusion metamaterials that control energy and mass diffusion. Currently, if from th...

Statistical mechanics is our tool for deriving the laws that emerge from complex systems. Sethna's text distills the subject to be accessible to th...

The second edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date account of the optical physics of solid state materials. The basic principles...

Debashish Chowdhury's critical review of more than a thousand papers not only identifies the complexities involved in the theoretical understanding...

Debashish Chowdhury's critical review of more than a thousand papers not only identifies the complexities involved in the theoretical understanding...

Properties of crystalline materials are almost always governed by the defects within them. The ability to shape metals and alloys into girders, fur...

This completely revised and expanded new edition covers the full range of techniques now available for the investigation of materials structure and...