Rare-earth Iron Permanent Magnets

• Hardcover | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• Magnets have been objects of fascination for millenia. The new rare-earth iron magnets store 1,000 times the energy of their predecessors, with applic... Lees meer

Principles of Dielectrics

B K P Scaife

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 45
• This title provides an up-to-date account of the basic principles of dielectrics. It is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduates in the field, ... Lees meer

Smart Structures

Vinod K Wadhawan

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 65
• A structure is an assembly that serves an engineering function. A smart structure is one that serves this function smartly i.e. by responding adaptive... Lees meer

Quasicrystals: A Primer

C. (Professor, Professor, Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Fr

• Hardcover | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• Quasicrystals have unusual symmetry properties. The book describes where the atoms are and how this new state of matter behaves. Peculiar aspects, suc... Lees meer

Surface Analytical Techniques

J. C. (, Harwell Laboratory) Riviere

• Hardcover | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• Numerous techniques are available for providing detailed compositional information of the surface of materials. This volume aims to clarify those tech... Lees meer

Dynamic Light Scattering

• Hardcover | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• Dynamic light scattering is one of the new methods developed for investigating macromolecular systems. This book traces the recent developments in the... Lees meer

Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

C Julian Chen

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 64
• The scanning tunneling microscope and the atomic force microscope, both capable of imaging and manipulating individual atoms, were crowned with the No... Lees meer

Statistical Mechanics of Solids

Louis A Girifalco, L a Girifalco

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 58
• This monograph, suitable for use as an advanced text, presents the statistical mechanics of solids from the perspective of the material properties of ... Lees meer

Nanocomposites with Biodegradable Polymers

Vikas Mittal

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 68
• Bio-nanocomposites combine the enhanced properties of commercial polymer nanocomposites with the low environmental impact of biodegradable material, m... Lees meer

High-Resolution Electron Microscopy

John C H Spence

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 60
• The discovery of the Nanotube in 1991 by electron microscopy has ushered in the era of Nanoscience. The atomic-resolution electron microscope has been... Lees meer

Optical Spectroscopy of Inorganic Solids

B Henderson, G F Imbusch

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 44
• The beautiful colors of many inorganic compounds, including minerals and gemstones, as well as the mysterious cold light of luminescence emitted by th... Lees meer

High Energy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy

L M Peng, S L Dudarev, M J Whelan

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 61
• High Energy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy provides a comprehensive introduction to high energy electron diffraction and elastic and inelastic sc... Lees meer

Statistical Physics of Fracture and Breakdown in Disordered Systems

Bikas K Chakrabarti, L Gilles Benguigui

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 55
• Under extreme conditions the mechanical or electrical properties of solids tend to destabilize, leading to failure or breakdown. These instabilities o... Lees meer

Atom Probe Field Ion Microscopy

M K Miller, A Cerezo, M G Hetherington, G D W Smith

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 52
• The atom probe technique permits the imaging and chemical identification of individual and solid surfaces. It is one of the most important experimenta... Lees meer

The Physics of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

Antônio M Figueiredo Neto, Silvio R a Salinas

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 62
• This book gives a comprehensive description of the physical properties of lyotropic liquid crystals. Structural features, phase transitions and phase ... Lees meer

NMR Imaging of Materials

Bernhard (, Aachen University of Technology) Blumich

• Paperback | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• Imaging by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has been established in clinical diagnosis and is increasingly used in materials science applications. Thi... Lees meer

High-Energy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy

L M Peng, S L Dudarev, M J Whelan

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• High Energy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy provides a comprehensive introduction to high energy electron diffraction and elastic and inelastic sc... Lees meer

Experimental Techniques in Low-Temperature Physics

Guy K White, Philip J Meeson, Philip Meeson

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• Cryogenics (low temperature physics) has become a critical component of every day life through its use in satellite communications, medical diagnosis,... Lees meer

Basic Theory of Surface States

Sydney G Davison, Maria Steslicka

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 46
• The theory of surface states underlies our knowledge of the behavior of electrons at solid surfaces, which is of paramount importance in understanding... Lees meer

Light Scattering - Principles and Development

Wyn Brown

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 53
• Light scattering has become a powerful and widely-used technique in colloidal and macromolecular science in the last decade. This comprehensive volume... Lees meer

Experimental Techniques in Low-Temperature Physics

Guy K White, Philip Meeson

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
• Cryogenics (low temperature physics) has become a critical component of every day life through its use in satellite communications, medical diagnosis,... Lees meer

Statistical Mechanics of Solids

Louis A Girifalco

• Paperback | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 58
• This monograph, suitable for use as an advanced text, presents the statistical mechanics of solids from the perspective of the material properties of ... Lees meer

Advanced Tomographic Methods in Materials Research and Engineering

• Boek | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 66
• Tomography provides three-dimensional images of heterogeneous materials or engineering components, and offers an unprecedented insight into their inte... Lees meer

Acoustic Microscopy

Andrew Briggs, Oleg Kolosov

• Hardcover | Engels | Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials | nr. 67
• Acoustic microscopy enables you to image and measure the elastic properties of materials with the resolution of a good microscope. By using frequencie... Lees meer