Full field optical metrology and applications

This book explores specific optical techniques and methods in Full-Field based metrology. The text covers surface metrology and is useful for scientists and engineers. It explores other characteristics related to the surface, such as strain, stress, vibration, contouring, and its x, y, and z disp...

Nuclear waste

In this edited volume, Klaus-Jürgen Röhlig brings together leading researchers from geoengineering, nuclear physics, materials science and the social sciences to provide an overview of the terminology and concepts required to engage with nuclear waste management. Addressing measures and strategie...

Thermoacoustic tomography

This book offers a comprehensive overview of thermoacoustic imaging approaches, covering everything from the basics of thermoacoustic generation and image reconstruction methods, and the various implementations, to numerous practical applications.

Polarization in astrophysics

Tof lidar for autonomous driving

The book aims to provide fundamental knowledge of automotive LiDAR for graduate students, engineers, and early-stage researchers, including semiconductor optoelectronic devices, scanners, essential circuits, and global players.

A mathematically coherent quantum gravity

This book describes a coherent mathematical framework for both the evolution of discrete space–time and the quantum graviton in the Planck regime. The result is a coherent mathematical framework that encapsulates newer developments on both the evolution of discrete space–time and the quantum grav...

Composite materials

The mathematical method of composites has reached a very high level of maturity and developments have increased our understanding of the relationship between the microstructure of composites and their macroscopic behaviour. This book provides a self-contained unified approach to the mathematical ...

Cmos image sensors

The book describes the operating principles of CMOS images sensors, their architecture and performance, on-chip and external electronics, and characterisation techniques. Most of the book explores the pinned photodiode pixel, the experimental methods for image sensor characterisation, and present...

Polynomial paradigms

This book explores different polynomials in numerical and analytical/semi-analytical methods for solving a variety of science and engineering problems, with contributions from leading experts in areas such as mathematical modelling, mathematical physics, engineering, artificial intelligence, and ...

Cosmic voids

The book will cover the following main areas: The discovery of voids, theoretical models and application to data, measurements of voids, cosmological constraints, cosmic voids for other areas of astrophysics, and machine learning with voids. Key Features • The first and unique book dedicated to c...

Common envelope evolution

This book explains the physics of common envelope evolution and relates it to the approximations that are frequently used for modeling the onset, progression, and outcome of common envelope phases.

Continuous dislocation dynamics made simple

This book introduces an exact approach to continuous dislocation dynamics based on the "all-dislocation" density (ADD), for mesoscopic simulation of coarse-grained dislocation microstructures.

Lens design basics

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of optical imaging. Targeted at optics and photonics students, it offers a thorough introduction to the field and equips the reader with hands-on training via multiple exercises and case studies.

Breast image reconstruction and cancer detection using microwave imaging

This reference text explores breast cancer, Microwave scattering and microwave imaging based cancer detection. It also covers the basics of Microwave imaging and advanced methods in image reconstruction techniques. The role of machine learning and artificial intelligence in breast cancer diagnosi...

Piezoelectricity in classical and modern systems

A compact derivation of the fundamental physics of piezoelectricity and its applications in classical ultrasonic sensor and actuator systems as well as modern systems where atomistic effects and piezoelectricity together play important roles.

Super optical biosensors

Commencing by defining a set of standards for benchmarking this book then proceeds to provide a review of the physics and workings of several optical and super optical biosensors, and introduces two more super optical biosensors. Mathcad is used to analyse these virtual biosensors and these codes...

Emerging photovoltaic technologies

This accessible book explores how market forces expose opportunities for new solar technologies. The authors explain how two emerging thin-film PV technologies – metal halide perovskites and colloidal quantum dots – can benefit from rapid scalability, reduced manufacturing and installation costs,...

The cosmic 21-cm revolution

The redshifted 21-cm signal is set to transform astrophysical cosmology, bringing a historically data-starved field into the era of Big Data. The Cosmic 21-cm Revolution gathers contributions from current leaders in this fast-moving field, providing both an overview for graduate students and a re...

Principles of biophotonics, volume 1

This book aims to teach students, instructors and professionals the basis of optical techniques for biomedical investigation. It is a text for researchers active at the interface between biology, medicine and optics. With the format of a classical textbook, this work contains the underlying theor...

Multifunctional bio-based lubricants

There is a critical need for engineers to move away from using conventional petroleum-based oils and lubricants in mechanical systems due to their environmental impact. With sustainability as a key focus, this refence text raises awareness of the need to develop bio-based lubricants.

Balancing green power

The use of renewable energy is expanding dramatically, but the energy sources for renewables can be varied and intermittent. Balancing measures will be needed to deal with that variability. Balancing Green Power offers an ideal introduction to this rapidly evolving field.

Particle–antiparticle asymmetry in the 𝐵 meson system

This book examines the asymmetry of charge–parity within weak interactions, particularly the B meson system, which is thought to be the cause of the dominance of matter over antimatter throughout the universe.

Single-photon detection for data communication and quantum systems

This book shows the progress of integrated (thick) CMOS SPADs towards high photon detection probabilities and applications such as in low-cost consumer data communication and high-end single-photon counting for quantum applications. New research is introduced and comprehensively detailed.

Problem-based approaches to physics

This book is an argument for problem-based approaches to learning in higher education, based on curriculum design at programme level, with examples drawn from physics and natural sciences. It is valuable reading for curriculum designers of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and academics w...

Wearable communication systems and antennas (second edition)

The book presents efficient wearable systems, compact sensors and antennas for Communication and Healthcare Systems. The book presents new designs in the area of wearable systems and antennas, metamaterial antennas, fractal antennas and active receiving and transmitting antennas for communication...

Recent advances in graphene and graphene-based technologies

Hailed as the wonder material of the 21st century, graphene presents a range of possibilities in terms of its technological and industrial uses. This reference text provides the latest comprehensive review of the recent advances in graphene-based research and technology.

Advances in biochemical and molecular mechanisms of plant–pathogen interaction

This book provides a complete and cohesive assessment of plant defence mechanisms in response to various biotic stresses.

Lattice-mismatched epitaxy

The current state-of-the-art CdZnTe-based HgCdTe IR detectors are seriously limited by their higher cost and smaller array format size due to the lower device yield and smaller wafer size available, which is fundamentally dominated by the lower crystal quality. In recent years, much attention has...

Fundamentals of quantum entanglement (second edition)

This book builds on the first edition of Fundamentals of Quantum Entanglement to provide a transparent introduction to the principles and physics of quantum entanglement. It is an education tool for those practitioners that were not aware of the physical origin of quantum entanglement: the Dirac-...

Modeling and computation in vibration problems, volume 2

These books provide a state-of-the-art treatment of mathematical theories of vibration. The second volume covers soft computing, including machine intelligence techniques and uncertainty scenarios. It is an invaluable guide for graduate and postgraduate students, teachers and researchers in field...

An introduction to solar variability

Modern optimization methods for science, engineering and technology

This book reviews the fundamentals, background and theoretical concepts of optimization principles in a comprehensive manner along with their potential applications and implementation strategies. The book will be useful for a wide spectrum of target readers such as research scholars, academics an...

Planetary habitability

Planetary habitability is a vast inter-disciplinary undertaking that combines planetary science, climate science, and stellar astrophysics. This book summarizes the main processes that influence the energy balance of planetary surface environments and control the sustainability of temperate condi...

Spectroscopic probes of quantum matter

This graduate-level book explains how the spectroscopic probes, which examine excitations in various phases of matter, are modeled within the quantum theory and how their outcome is interpreted as the collective response of many interacting particles in thermal equilibrium. Practical examples are...

Internet of things in biomedical sciences

Discussion of various IOT based systems for classification and design strategy of biomedical systems are provided in the book. This book can serve as a pillar for the IOT application in biomedical systems understanding.

Spectroscopic techniques for dentistry applications

This book presents a general overview of different spectroscopic techniques and explores how they might be used for dentistry applications, with a focus on recent trends and advances.

Photography (second edition)

Photography: Physics and Art in Focus uses the art of photography as a point of departure for learning about physics, while also using physics as a point of departure for asking fundamental questions about the nature of photography as an art.

Efficient extreme ultraviolet mirror design

Efficient Extreme Ultraviolet Mirror Design describes an approach to designing EUV mirrors with reduced computational time and memory requirements, providing a comprehensive grounding in the fundamentals of the EUV mirror and knowledge of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. It is an ...

3d printed smart sensors and energy harvesting devices

The book aims to explore the state-of-the-art integration of 3D printing technology in smart sensing and energy harvesting systems. By presenting a comprehensive overview of the field, the book seeks to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical applications, serving as a valuable...

Creating materials with a desired refraction coefficient (second edition)

The second edition of Creating Materials with a Desired Refraction Coefficient includes three new chapters and provides a recipe for creating materials with a desired refraction coefficient and solves the many-body wave scattering problem for many small impedance bodies.

Foundations of regenerative biology and medicine

Regenerative biology and medicine is a rapidly developing field that can revolutionize medicine. This book introduces the essentials of regenerative biology and medicine to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, as well as students and professionals outside the field who need (a...

Nanostructured materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Nanostructure-based photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising process for converting solar energy into hydrogen energy. This book presents the latest research and developments in the area of photoactive nanostructured materials and their photoelectrochemical water splitting for applicat...

A course on digital image processing with matlab®

A Course on Digital Image Processing with MATLAB® describes the principles and techniques of image processing using MATLAB®. Every chapter is accompanied by a collection of exercises and programming assignments, the book is augmented with supplementary MATLAB code, and hints and solutions to prob...

Physics of the lorentz group (second edition)

This book explains the Lorentz mathematical group in a language familiar to physicists. This new edition extends applications to optical sciences and includes five new chapters on applications in statistical physics, condensed matter physics. quantum optics and quantum information and artificial ...

Nuclear materials science (second edition)

This book provides an overview of the intersection of nuclear engineering and materials science at a level approachable by advanced students from materials, engineering and physics. The text explains the unique aspects needed in the design and implementation of materials for use in demanding nucl...