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Kim, Jin Kuk |
Multicomponent Polymeric Materials |
I10135 |
2016 |
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Guenet, Jean-Michel |
Organogels |
I10111 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Rainone, Corrado |
Metastable Glassy States Under External Perturbations |
I09975 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Zhu, Min |
Ti-Sb-Te Phase Change Materials: Component Optimisation, Mechanism and Applications |
I09964 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Bardi, Ugo |
The Seneca Effect |
I09948 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Tasaki, Hal |
Physics and Mathematics of Quantum Many-Body Systems |
I09417 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Saggion, Antonio |
Thermodynamics |
I09403 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Posnjak, Gregor |
Topological Formations in Chiral Nematic Droplets |
I09368 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Nagao, Kazuma |
Fluctuations and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Strongly-Correlated Ultracold Atoms |
I09224 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Sato, Takuro |
Transport and NMR Studies of Charge Glass in Organic Conductors with Quasi-triangular Lattices |
I09137 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| Title | Multicomponent Polymeric Materials |
| Author(s) | Kim, Jin Kuk;Thomas, Sabu;Saha, Prosenjit |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2016. |
| Description | IX, 410 p. 195 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The book offers an in-depth review of the materials design and manufacturing processes employed in the development of multi-component or multiphase polymer material systems. This field has seen rapid growth in both academic and industrial research, as multiphase materials are increasingly replacing traditional single-component materials in commercial applications. Many obstacles can be overcome by processing and using multiphase materials in automobile, construction, aerospace, food processing, and other chemical industry applications. The comprehensive description of the processing, characterization, and application of multiphase materials presented in this book offers a world of new ideas and potential technological advantages for academics, researchers, students, and industrial manufacturers from diverse fields including rubber engineering, polymer chemistry, materials processing and chemical science. From the commercial point of view it will be of great value to those involved in processing, optimizing and manufacturing new materials for novel end-use applications. The book takes a detailed approach to the description of process parameters, process optimization, mold design, and other core manufacturing information. Details of injection, extrusion, and compression molding processes have been provided based on the most recent advances in the field. Over two comprehensive sections the book covers the entire field of multiphase polymer materials, from a detailed description of material design and processing to the cutting-edge applications of such multiphase materials. It provides both precise guidelines and general concepts for the present and future leaders in academic and industrial sectors |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401773249 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Ceramics
2. Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials
3. Composite materials
4. Composites (Materials)
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GLASS
8. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
9. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
10. Polymer Sciences
11. Polymers????
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| Title | Organogels : Thermodynamics, Structure, Solvent Role, and Properties |
| Author(s) | Guenet, Jean-Michel |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XII, 122 p. 90 illus., 17 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a physics-oriented introduction to organogels with a comparison to polymer thermoreversible gels whenever relevant. The past decade has seen the development of a wide variety of newly-synthesized molecules that can spontaneously self-assemble or crystallize from their organic or aqueous solutions to produce fibrillar networks, namely organogels, with potential applications in organic electronics, light harvesting, bio-imaging, non-linear optics, and the like. This compact volume presents a detailed outlook of these novel molecular systems with special emphasis upon their thermodynamics, morphology, molecular structure, and rheology. The definition of these complex systems is also tackled, as well as the role of the solvent. The text features numerous temperature-phase diagrams for a variety of organogels as well as illustrations of their structures at the microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic level. A review of some potential applications is provided including hybrid functional materials with polymers and with carbon nanotubes. Throughout, discussions of theoretical developments and experimental advances are written at a level suitable for beginning graduate students through practicing researchers |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319331782 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Amorphous substances
2. Complex fluids
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6. NANOTECHNOLOGY
7. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
8. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
9. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
10. Polymer Sciences
11. Polymers????
12. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
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| Title | Metastable Glassy States Under External Perturbations : Monitoring the Effects of Compression and Shear-strain |
| Author(s) | Rainone, Corrado |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVII, 209 p. 45 illus., 23 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis presents a theoretical analysis of the behavior of glasses under external perturbations, i.e. compression and shear straining. Written in a pedagogical style, it explains every facet of the problem in detail, including many crucial steps that cannot be found in the existing literature???making it particularly useful for students and as an introduction to the subject of glassy physics. In glassy systems the behavior under external compression and shear-strain is quite peculiar. Many complex phenomena are observed and grasping them fully would be a major step toward a complete theory of the glass transition. This thesis makes important advances in this direction, analyzing the behavior of glassy states in painstaking detail and reproducing it in the framework of a recently developed mean field theory for glasses that has proven extremely successful for jamming, demonstrating its predictive power in the context of metastable glassy states obtained through nonequilibrium protocols |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319604237 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Amorphous substances
2. Ceramics
3. Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials
4. Complex fluids
5. Composite materials
6. Composites (Materials)
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. GLASS
10. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
11. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
12. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
13. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
14. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Ti-Sb-Te Phase Change Materials: Component Optimisation, Mechanism and Applications |
| Author(s) | Zhu, Min |
| Publication | Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2017. |
| Description | XVI, 124 p. 83 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book introduces a novel Ti-Sb-Te alloy for high-speed and low-power phase-change memory applications, which demonstrates a phase-change mechanism that differs significantly from that of conventional Ge2Sb2Te5 and yields favorable overall performance. Systematic methods, combined with better material characteristics, are used to optimize the material components and device performance. Subsequently, a phase-change memory chip based on the optimized component is successfully fabricated using 40-nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology, which offers a number of advantages in many embedded applications |
| ISBN,Price | 9789811043826 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
4. Electronic Circuits and Devices
5. ELECTRONICS
6. Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation
7. MICROELECTRONICS
8. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
9. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
10. SEMICONDUCTORS
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| I09964 |
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| Title | The Seneca Effect : Why Growth is Slow but Collapse is Rapid |
| Author(s) | Bardi, Ugo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVIII, 210 p. 57 illus., 21 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The essence of this book can be found in a line written by the ancient Roman Stoic Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca: "Fortune is of sluggish growth, but ruin is rapid". This sentence summarizes the features of the phenomenon that we call "collapse," which is typically sudden and often unexpected, like the proverbial "house of cards." But why are such collapses so common, and what generates them? Several books have been published on the subject, including the well-known "Collapse" by Jared Diamond (2005), "The collapse of complex societies" by Joseph Tainter (1998) and "The Tipping Point," by Malcom Gladwell (2000). Why The Seneca Effect? This book is an ambitious attempt to pull these various strands together by describing collapse from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint. The reader will discover how collapse is a collective phenomenon that occurs in what we call today "complex systems," with a special emphasis on system dynamics and t he concept of "feedback." From this foundation, Bardi applies the theory to real-world systems, from the mechanics of fracture and the collapse of large structures to financial collapses, famines and population collapses, the fall of entire civilizations, and the most dreadful collapse we can imagine: that of the planetary ecosystem generated by overexploitation and climate change. The final objective of the book is to describe a conclusion that the ancient stoic philosophers had already discovered long ago, but that modern system science has rediscovered today. If you want to avoid collapse you need to embrace change, not fight it. Neither a book about doom and gloom nor a cornucopianist's dream, The Seneca Effect goes to the heart of the challenges that we are facing today, helping us to manage our future rather than be managed by it. "The Seneca Effect" is probably the most important contribution to our understanding of societal collapse since Jo seph Ta inter's 1988 masterpiece, "The Collapse of Complex Societies." Since we live in a society that is just in the process of rounding the curve from growth to decline, this is information that should be of keen interest to every intelligent person. Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, Author, The End of Growth Why do human societies collapse? With today's environmental, social and political challenges it is a question that is more than academic. What can we learn from history? How can we avoid the pitfalls? In this fascinating, well written book, Ugo Bardi provides many of the answers. Here is a book to feast on, to devour and be stimulated by, a book packed full of insights and ideas which will leave the reader satisfied, curious and stimulated. Simply wonderful. Graeme Maxton, Secretary General of the Club of Rome |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319572079 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. COMPLEXITY
3. COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
4. Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ECONOMIC POLICY
8. Economic sociology
9. ECONOMICS
10. ECONOPHYSICS
11. Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology
12. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
13. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
14. Political Economy/Economic Systems
15. Sociophysics
16. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Physics and Mathematics of Quantum Many-Body Systems |
| Author(s) | Tasaki, Hal |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XVIII, 525 p. 247 illus., 2 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is a self-contained advanced textbook on the mathematical-physical aspects of quantum many-body systems, which begins with a pedagogical presentation of the necessary background information before moving on to subjects of active research, including topological phases of matter. The book explores in detail selected topics in quantum spin systems and lattice electron systems, namely, long-range order and spontaneous symmetry breaking in the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model in two or higher dimensions (Part I), the Haldane phenomenon in antiferromagnetic quantum spin chains and related topics in topological phases of quantum matter (Part II), and the origin of magnetism in various versions of the Hubbard model (Part III). Each of these topics represents certain nontrivial phenomena or features that are invariably encountered in a variety of quantum many-body systems, including quantum field theory, condensed matter systems, cold atoms, and artificial quantum systems designed for future quantum computers. The book???s main focus is on universal properties of quantum many-body systems. The book includes roughly 50 problems with detailed solutions. The reader only requires elementary linear algebra and calculus to comprehend the material and work through the problems. Given its scope and format, the book is suitable both for self-study and as a textbook for graduate or advanced undergraduate classes. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030412654 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Mathematical Methods in Physics
4. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
5. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
6. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
7. PHYSICS
8. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
9. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
10. Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity
11. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
12. SUPERCONDUCTORS
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| Title | Thermodynamics : Fundamental Principles and Applications |
| Author(s) | Saggion, Antonio;Faraldo, Rossella;Pierno, Matteo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XXVII, 432 p. 43 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book offers a comprehensive overview of thermodynamics. It is divided into four parts, the first of which equips readers with a deeper understanding of the fundamental principles of thermodynamics of equilibrium states and of their evolution. The second part applies these principles to a series of generalized situations, presenting applications that are of interest both in their own right and in terms of demonstrating how thermodynamics, as a theory of principle, relates to different fields. In turn, the third part focuses on non-equilibrium configurations and the dynamics of natural processes. It discusses both discontinuous and continuous systems, highlighting the interference among non-equilibrium processes, and the nature of stationary states and of fluctuations in isolated systems. Lastly, part four introduces the relation between physics and information theory, which constitutes a new frontier in fundamental research. The book includes step-by-step exercises, with solutions, to help readers to gain a fuller understanding of the subjects, and also features a series of appendices providing useful mathematical formulae. Reflecting the content of modern university courses on thermodynamics, it is a valuable resource for students and young scientists in the fields of physics, chemistry, and engineering |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030269760 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEXITY
2. COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer
6. Heat engineering
7. HEAT TRANSFER
8. LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
9. LOW TEMPERATURES
10. MASS TRANSFER
11. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
12. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
13. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
14. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | Topological Formations in Chiral Nematic Droplets |
| Author(s) | Posnjak, Gregor |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XIII, 186 p. 127 illus., 112 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this book Gregor Posnjak unravels the long-standing mystery of the internal director structure of chiral nematic droplets, which has been studied both experimentally and theoretically since the 1970s. To do so, he develops a new method for the reconstruction of director fields from a set of fluorescent confocal polarising microscopy images, which he augments with a simulated annealing algorithm. This allows the full reconstruction of 3D director fields, describing the ordering of the liquid crystal. The reconstruction procedure and its principles, which are applicable to other methods of studying vector fields, are explained in detail. The method is subsequently used to explore complex 3D structures in chiral nematic liquid crystal droplets with perpendicular surface anchoring. Twentyfour distinct states are identified and presented, including the layered structures of different symmetries and states with multiple topological point defects, separated by localized chiral structures. In closing, the book reports on the first observation of topological point defects with higher topological charges q = ???2 and q = ???3. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319982618 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Amorphous substances
2. Complex fluids
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Electronic materials
6. Optical and Electronic Materials
7. OPTICAL MATERIALS
8. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
9. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
10. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
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| Title | Fluctuations and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Strongly-Correlated Ultracold Atoms |
| Author(s) | Nagao, Kazuma |
| Publication | Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2020. |
| Description | XIX, 112 p. 36 illus., 18 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book discusses non-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics, recently explored in an analog quantum simulator of strongly correlated ultracold atoms. The first part presents a field-theoretical analysis of the experimental observability of the Higgs amplitude mode that emerges as a relativistic collective excitation near a quantum phase transition of superfluid Bose gases in an optical lattice potential. The author presents the dynamical susceptibilities to external driving of the microscopic parameters, taking into account a leading-order perturbative correction from quantum and thermal fluctuations and shows clear signatures of the Higgs mode in these observables. This is the first result that strongly supports the stability of the Higgs mode in three-dimensional optical lattices even in the presence of a spatially inhomogeneous confinement potential and paves the way for desktop observations of the Higgs mode. In the second part, the author applies the semi-classical truncated-Wigner approximation (TWA) to far-from-equilibrium quantum dynamics. Specifically, he considers the recent experiments on quantum-quench dynamics in a Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator. A direct comparison shows remarkable agreement between the numerical results from TWA and the experimental data. This result clearly indicates the potential of such a semi-classical approach in reliably simulating many-body systems using classical computers. The book also includes several chapters providing comprehensive reviews of the recent studies on cold-atomic quantum simulation and various theoretical methods, including the Schwinger-boson approach in strongly correlated systems and the phase-space semi-classical method for far-from-equilibrium quantum dynamics. These chapters are highly recommended to students and young researchers who are interested in semi-classical approaches in non-equilibrium quantum dynamics |
| ISBN,Price | 9789811571718 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Condensed materials
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
5. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
6. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
7. Quantum Gases and Condensates
8. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
9. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
10. Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity
11. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
12. SUPERCONDUCTORS
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| Title | Transport and NMR Studies of Charge Glass in Organic Conductors with Quasi-triangular Lattices |
| Author(s) | Sato, Takuro |
| Publication | Singapore, Springer Singapore, 2017. |
| Description | XII, 77 p. 62 illus., 47 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis experimentally demonstrates the much discussed electronic charge-glass states in solids. It focuses on quasi-two-dimensional organic conductors of the????-(BEDT-TTF)2X family, which form anisotropic triangular lattices, and examines their electronic properties using various measurements: resistivity, time-resolved electric transport, X-ray diffraction analysis, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The hallmark of the charge glass caused by geometrical frustration of lattice structure for those materials is successfully observed for the first time. The thesis provides new insights into the exotic properties of matter driven by strong electron correlations and crystalline frustration. The introduction enables beginners to understand fundamentals of the charge-glass states and the organic-conductor family????-(BEDT-TTF)2X. The comprehensive and detailed descriptions of the experimental demonstration make this a valuable resource |
| ISBN,Price | 9789811058790 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Amorphous substances
2. Complex fluids
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. MICROSCOPY
6. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
7. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
8. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
9. SOLID STATE PHYSICS
10. SPECTROSCOPY
11. Spectroscopy and Microscopy
12. Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity
13. SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
14. SUPERCONDUCTORS
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