This book introduces the reader to latex, which is a colloidal dispersion of polymer particles in water, and explains how useful products are made from it.
The primary focus is the process by which wet latex can be transformed into coatings, adhesives, and composites in the process known as film formation. The book reviews the [...]
The Handbook of Spintronics will be a 1500+pp, multi-volume large format reference work covering all aspects of spintronics. Published by Springer-SBM in collaboration with Canopus Academic Publishing, it will form part of the Springer Major Reference Work series. It will be published in both conventional (print) format and online through the Springer e-book programme.
Over three [...]
This comprehensive reference source covers the history, science, technology, economic and human interface factors associated with the electronic imaging and displays industry. An invaluable compilation of information for industry and academia alike, this handbook will act as a single reference source with expert contributions from display professionals and academic researchers from around the world. The [...]
This book summarises recent progress in the science and technology of rare-earth doped nitrides, providing a snapshot of the field at a critical point in its development.
Improved theoretical understanding of the behaviour of f-electrons in solids, driven by accelerating computational capability, has coincided with an improved ability of crystal growers to incorporate rare earth elements [...]
This book was born with the aim of increasing the awareness of the wide range of properties of ferroelectric materials among the different communities working on and with piezoelectric ceramic materials and devices based on these.
Ceramics are key materials in a large percentage of devices using piezoelectricity in myriads of applications. This well-known fact is [...]
This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of a new and broad class of materials under the unified name nanostructured soft matter. It covers materials ranging from short amphiphile molecules to block copolymers, proteins, colloids and their composites, microemulsions and bio-inspired systems, like vesicles. The book shines light on the fundamental question: how self-assembly of various [...]
Polarons in Advanced Materials will lead the reader from single-polaron problems to multi-polaron systems and finally to a description of many interesting phenomena in high-temperature superconductors, ferromagnetic oxides, conducting polymers and molecular nanowires. The book divides naturally into four parts. Part I introduces a single polaron and describes recent achievements in analytical and numerical studies [...]
Ultracold Quantum Fields provides a self-contained introduction to quantum field theory for many-particle systems, using functional methods throughout. The emphasis is on the behaviour of so-called quantum fluids, namely quantum gases and liquids, where trapped
atomic gases are always used as an example to compare the outcome of theory with experiments. After a detailed derivation of [...]
The purpose of the book is to show how general principles can be used to obtain insight into laser processes. The principles used may come from fundamental physical theory or from direct observation of experimental results, but an understanding of the general characteristics of the behaviour of a process is essential for intelligent investigation and [...]
The fifteenth international conference on Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials took place in Cambridge, UK on 2-5 April 2007. It was organised by the Institute of Physics, with co-sponsorship by the Royal Microscopical Society and endorsement by the Materials Research Society. The conference focused upon the most recent advances in the study of the structural and [...]
