Materials/States of Matter

Ultrafast science has long been limited to the investigation of molecular processes. Over the past 10 years investigation of ultrafast processes ha...

This book is written to introduce experimental magnetism in a comprehensive manner to advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students p...

This book provides a semi-quantitative approach to understanding and applications of charge carriers in inorganic and organic opto-electronic and p...

Liquid crystal is a curious phase of matter. It has the ability at once to flow, like water, and to refract, like ice. It was closely observed, if ...

Plasmonics refers to the generation, detection, and manipulation of signals at optical frequencies along metal-dialectric interfaces at the nanomet...

Introducing the Generalised Molecular Crystal Model, as a more realistic model for the study of the small polaron transport in disordered materials...

This volume comprises 8 articles written by lecturers of 50th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics and their collaborators. The contributin...

In Applied Gas Dynamics, Professor Ethirajan Rathakrishnan introduces the high-tech science of gas dynamics, from a definition of the subject to th...

Metamaterials is a young subject born in the 21st century. It is concerned with artificial materials which can have electrical and magnetic propert...

The book provides an overview of the author's work devoted to experimental study of hopping conductivity, which includes substantial contributions,...

One of the major experimental difficulties in studying materials at extreme temperatures is unwanted contamination of the sample through contact wi...

This book collects lecture courses and seminars given at the Les Houches Summer School 2010 on Quantum Theory: From Small to Large Scales. Fundamen...

What kind of information on the electrons' organisation in solids is yielded by measuring their thermoelectric response? Fundamentals of Thermoelec...

By identifying unifying concepts across solid state physics, this text covers theory in an accessible way to provide graduate students with an intu...

This is the third volume in a four-part series on Fluid Dynamics: PART 1: Classical Fluid Dynamics PART 2: Asymptotic Problems of Fluid Dynamic...

An up-to-date comprehensive text useful for graduate students and academic researchers in the field of energy transfers in fluid flows. The initial...

The book presents an advanced tool for experimentalists using spectral lineshapes for diagnostics of laboratory or astrophysical plasmas, and for t...

Soft matters differ from hard ones essentially due to former's relatively weak interaction which is comparable to kBTrm (Trm = room temperature) t...

Ultrasonic spectroscopy is a technique widely used in solid-state physics, materials science, and geology that utilizes acoustic waves to determine...

This book provides a practical guide to molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation techniques used in the modelling of simple and complex liquid...

Written by a leading expert in the field, this book presents a novel method for controlling high-speed flows past aerodynamic shapes using energy d...

Modelling of heterogeneous processes, such as electrochemical reactions, extraction, or ion-exchange, usually requires solving the transport proble...

The monograph summarizes the results of research of many years in the field of numerical simulation based on the continuum dynamics equations for t...

This book discusses advances in research and applications of plasmonics. Chapter One examines the plasmonic interaction in enhanced luminescent dow...

This collective book provides a review of research concentrated on runaway electron beams and X-rays in an inhomogeneous electric field with differ...

Plasma is one of the most fundamental states of matter other than solid, liquid and gaseous. It consists of positive ions, neutral atoms, electrons...

The importance and actuality of the geomagnetospheres research are based on the following three factors: 1. The geomagnetosphere is the nearest gia...

High Quality Science requires High Quality Data! Today, more than ever, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is critical in ensuring that rese...

Physics on Your Feet (2nd Edition) is a significantly expanded collection of physics problems covering the broad range of topics in classical and m...

''A fascinating exploration of how we learned what matter really is, and the journey matter takes from the Big Bang, through exploding stars, ultim...

With the increasing world-energy demand there is a growing necessity for clean and renewable energy. The sun being one of the most abundant potenti...

Discover a Modern Approach to the Study of Molecular SymmetryClassroom-tested from an author experienced in teaching a course on condensed matter s...

Filling the gap for comprehensive coverage of the realistic fundamentals and approaches needed to perform cutting-edge research on mesoscopic syste...

Over the last decade new experimental tools and theoretical concepts are providing new insights into collective nonequilibrium behavior of quantum ...

Fiber Lasers provides an overview of research results-from very basic to the most advanced-in the field of fiber laser technology. Both research an...

This book provides a vehicle for the exchange and dissemination of original research results, technical notes, and state-of-the-art reviews pertain...

Condensed matter physics (solid state physics) deals with the study of matter in scales larger than atoms. Some of the key questions researched inc...