Materials science Books

Forty years after Ziegler's discovery of the "Aufbaureaktion" and low-pressure ethene polymerization, transition metal catalyzed olefin and diolefin polymerization continues to represent one of the most active and exciting...

The field of non-crystalline materials has seen the emergence of many challeng­ ing problems during its long history. In recent years, the interest in polymeric and biological disordered matter has stimulated new activities...

A treatment of the important aspects of physical chemistry on metal surfaces, including selective oxidation, desulfurization, cyclization, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, alkane activation and hydrogen dissociation...

Throughout most of this century, progress in Polymer Science took place by way of studies of dilute polymer solutions and of the solid state. More recently, attention has been focused on the semi-dilute regime. The elucidation...

During the last thirty years profound developments in expe- rimental techniques to measure high temperature and pressu- res and thermodynamic properties of minerals have occurred. This technical development has been ...

As the role of computer simulations began to increase in importance, we sensed a need for a "meeting place" for both experienced simulators and neophytes to discuss new techniques and results in an evironment which promotes...

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics VI provides a broad overview of recent developments in this field. Based on the last workshop, it presents invited and contributed papers which describe new physical ...

Provided here is a comprehensive treatise on all aspects of dielectric properties of wood and wood products. The topics covered include: Interaction between electromagnetic field and wood. - Wood composition and ...

"Methods of the Classical Theory of Elastodynamics" deals not only with classical methods as developed in the past decades, but presents also very recent approaches. Applications and solutions to specific problems serve ...

This book contains papers that were presented at the International Conference on Polycrystalline Semiconductors - Grain Boundaries, Dislocations and Het­ erointerfaces - (POLYSE '90), which was held in Schwabisch Hall, FRG,...

WAVE TURBULENCE is a state of a system of many simultaneously excited and interacting waves characterized by an energy distribution which is not in any sense close to thermodynamic equilibrium. Such situations in a choppy sea,...

"Adhesion and Friction: Microscopic Concepts" was the theme of the third workshop on interface phenomena organized jointly by the surface science groups at Dalhousie University and the University of Maine. The first two...

The summer school on "Silicon: Materials Science and Technology" was held at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, Sicily. It was the 16th course of a series in the International School of Materials...

The articles collected in this volume give a broad overview of the current state of surface science. Pioneers in the field and researchers met together at this Solvay Conference to discuss important new developments in surface...

We are extremely grateful to Springer-Verlag and to Prof. Dr. W. BeiglbOck for bring­ ing out the English edition of our book. We are also thankful to Dr. R. S. Wadhwa for a qualified translation. While preparing the manuscript...

Dieses Buch beschreibt kompetent und umfassend die aktuellen Technologien zur Herstellung von hochintegrierten Schaltungen bis zur Prozeßintegration für den 256-Mbit-Speicher. Es wendet sich damit an fortgeschrittene Studenten...

Das Buch zeigt ausführlich die vielen Möglichkeiten für die Gestaltung von textilen Halbzeugen, die über verschiedene Stadien zum fertigen Bauteil führen. Außerdem gibt es Einblick in Kombinationsmöglichkeiten von Fasern und...

More than a decade ago, because of the phenomenal growth in the power of computer simulations, The University of Georgia formed the first institutional unit devoted to the use of simulations in research and teaching: The Center...

here, Herbert Baur provides a simple description of the theory of thermophysics of polymers. In order to illustrate the theoretical skeleton, he only treats the simple, easily comprehensible problems of polymer physics, yet, in...

This book supplies a systematic description of the preparation, characterization, and manipulation of cluster beams for the synthesis of nanocrystalline materials. It addresses all issues relevant to the realization of...

"Are there common phenomena and laws in the dynamic behavior of granular materials, traffic, and socio-economic systems?" The answers given at the international workshop "Traffic and Granular Flow '99" are presented in this...

More than a decade ago, because of the phenomenal growth in the power of computer simulations, The University of Georgia formed the first institutional unit devoted to the use of simulations in research and teaching: The Center...

A comprehensive presentation and analysis of properties and methods of formation of semiconducting silicides. Fundamental electronic, optical and transport properties of the silicides collected from recent publications will...

Pressure is one of the essential thermodynamic variables that, due to some former experimental difficulties, was long known as the "forgotten variable." But this has changed over the last decade. This book includes the most essential first experiments...

This volume includes 11 contributions to the 23rd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society which took in Antalya, Turkey between September 6th and 11th, 2009. The contributions from leading scientists cover a broad spectrum of topics...

to Inorganic and Metallic Nanotubes.- Synthesis and Applications of Titanium Oxide Nanotubes.- Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Applications of Titanium Oxide Nanotubes.- Synthesis and Applications of Titanium Oxide Nanotube Thin Films.- Synthesis and...

High-Field Domains.- Moving High-Field Domains.- Negative Differential Conductivity Caused by Mobility.- Negative Differential Conductivity in Other Materials.- Current Channels.

This book describes in 2 parts experimental data with simple explanations (Part I) and itinerant electron theories (Part II) about magnetism and its related properties of 3d-intermetallic compounds. Unlike 3d-metal alloys and...

Very many structural materials like metals and ceramics are of crystalline nature.Undermostoftheconditions,theyundergoplasticdeformationbefore they fail under load. The plastic deformation is mediated by the gene- tion and...

This is truly an exciting time to be in the ?eld of polymer science. Advances in polymerization methods are providing polymer scientists with the ability to specify and control polymer composition, structure, architecture, and molecular weight to a...

The homogenization of single phase gases or liquids with chemical reactive components by mixing belongs to one of the oldest basic operations applied in chemical engineering. The mixing process is used as an essential step in...

Laser Interactions in Nanomaterials Synthesis.- Basic Physics of Femtosecond Laser Ablation.- Atomic/Molecular-Level Simulations of Laser#x2013;Materials Interactions.- Continuum Models of Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Ablation.- Cluster Synthesis and...