Materials/States of Matter

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) generators have been actively developed as a new device for medical treatment. The applications of plasma treatment i...

Written by an experimentalist famous for his discovery of stishovite, with vast experience in phase transition studies, this book is devoted to a d...

The purpose of this book is to provide a theoretical foundation and an understanding of atomistic spin-dynamics (ASD), and to give examples of wher...

The topic of the CVIII session of the Ecole de Physique des Houches, held in July 2017, was Effective Field Theory in Particle Physics and Cosmolog...

This textbook is a modern take on an old subject at the heart of materials physics. Properties of crystalline materials are almost always controlle...

Continuum Mechanics of Solids is an introductory text for graduate students in the many branches of engineering, covering the basics of kinematics,...

A guide to the theoretical and computational toolkits for the modern study of molecular kinetics in condensed phases Molecular Kinetics in Condense...

Scientists are increasingly finding themselves engaged in research problems that cross the traditional disciplinary lines of physics, chemistry, bi...

A better understanding of the mechanisms leading a fluid system to exhibit turbulent behavior is one of the grand challenges of the physical and ma...

An understanding of the behaviour of financial assets and the evolution of economies has never been as important as today. This book looks at these...

This book introduces the fundamentals of plasma theory at an entry level, combining a study of related fields such as fusion, astrophysics, radio t...

This graduate-level textbook is the first pedagogical synthesis of the field of topological insulators and superconductors, one of the most excitin...

This valuable resource summarizes the past fifty years' basic research accomplishments in plasma dynamics for aerospace engineering, presenting the...

Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter. In particular, it i...

Flowing matter is all around us, from daily-life vital processes (breathing, blood circulation), to industrial, environmental, biological, and medi...

This book is focused on the spintronic properties of IIIV nitride semiconductors. Particular attention is paid to the comparison between zinc blend...

Microcavities are semiconductor, metal, or dielectric structures providing optical confinement in one, two or three dimensions. At the end of the 2...