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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...

The mystery of carbon

A valuable reference text for materials scientists and an essential text for any solid-state or electrical engineering student, this book summarises recent developments in the field of carbon materials, including their synthesis and allotropes, and the impact these have had on developmental science.

Engineering electrodynamics (second edition)

This book discusses mathematical tools and key concepts of electrodynamics through principles, theorems and practical engineering examples.

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.

Problems and solutions in many-particle systems

Many-particle systems play a fundamental role in physics where we encounter systems of molecules or systems of elementary particles in quantum field theory. overing a wide range of topics and including more than 400 problems and solutions, this book is an ideal resource for students specialising ...

Principles and practice of image-guided abdominal radiation therapy

This book covers the fundamental knowledge required to implement the IGRT techniques in abdominal cancer treatment with detailed operational procedures involved, and also provides an overview of emerging techniques for future application. This is an ideal text for Radiation oncologists, medical p...

The structure of amorphous materials using molecular dynamics

This reference text demonstrates how molecular dynamics can be used in practice to achieve a precise understanding of structural properties for systems devoid of any order beyond the first interatomic distances. The ideas, concepts and methodologies covered are easily applicable to any system.

Modern classical optical system design

Modern Classical Optical System Design (MCOSD) shares the author’s “bag of tricks”, knowledge, experience, and interpretation of optical design fundamentals to the development of optical systems in a modern fast-paced product development context. Topics include imaging principles, elements of len...

Leadership and challenges in medical physics: a strategic and robust approach

Leadership and Challenges in Medical Physics: A Strategic and Robust Approach aims to help present aspiring future medical physics leaders with effective, strategic and robust leadership skills in a world dominated by austerity economics, inter-professional competition and sometimes unchecked com...

Modeling and computation in vibration problems, volume 1

These books provide a state-of-the-art treatment of mathematical theories of vibration. The first volume discusses numerical and semi-analytical methods to be used in solving various vibration problems. It is an invaluable guide for graduate and postgraduate students, teachers and researchers in ...

Nanoengineered materials for solid oxide cells

This book brings together the latest research by top international research groups developing nanoengineered materials for solid oxide cells, focusing on novel fabrication techniques and cutting-edge characterization tools as well as issues and challenges for the successful integration of the nan...

Nuclear data

Nuclear structure has two extreme regimes: one where the nuclear structure is collective and driven by all the protons and neutrons acting coherently, and one where the nuclear structure is dominated by single nucleons. Here, we follow the latter "Independent-Particle Motion View" and see how far...

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.

Neurocognitive perspectives of prosocial and positive emotional behaviours

Neurocognitive and behavioural science is a unique discipline with the potential to develop new research in the fields of neuroscience and social, biological and engineering sciences. Combining the authors’ own research with a comprehensive survey of the field, this book explores the idea that pr...

Renewable energy systems

This book delves into the latest advancements in renewable energy solutions, assessing costs and policies and tackling challenges with proposed solutions. It covers energy storage, the economics of investments, and includes case studies and regional perspectives, offering a path forward for clean...

High-pressure materials science

The book covers theoretical and experimental aspects of high-pressure materials science, including practical techniques, experimental results, and applications to materials design and synthesis. A range of techniques and materials are covered, including recent and high-pressure discoveries, creat...

Spectroscopic tools for food analysis

Food quality analysis is an area of interest that has always attracted the attention of everyone, and making suitable tools for food analysis is especially important. This volume presents such techniques and their state-of-the-art applications.

Photocatalytic dye degradation using green polymeric-based nanostructures

This comprehensive book investigates the doping influence of green biopolymers on metal, metal oxide, and metal sulphide nanomaterials being employed as photocatalysts in the process of water purification.

Neutron and x-ray reflectometry

This book introduces the techniques of neutron and x-ray reflectometry and presents the studies carried out to date, using the techniques to understand emerging phenomena at the interfaces of thin films.

Origins of giant planets, volume 1

Origins of Giant Planets is a comprehensive overview of giant planet formation aimed at new researchers in the field. Volume one covers protoplanetary disk theory, dynamics of planet-forming dust and ice, collisional grain growth, and planetesimal formation. The book is a valuable reference for a...

Waves in nonlinear layered metamaterials, gyrotropic and plasma media

The purpose is to give a wide, tutorial-driven, presentation of the theory of wave processes occurring in layered nonlinear and active metamaterials, gyrotropic and plasma media; to determine the regularities of electromagnetic wave propagation and formation of wave structures.

Advances in optical surface texture metrology

Latest advances in the science and application of optical instruments for the measurement of surface texture.

Calcium signals

This book discusses the cellular and molecular basis for the regulation of calcium changes in cells and, in turn, the impact of changes in cell calcium on physiological function.

Organic lasers and organic photonics

Aimed at researchers and practitioners in optics, medical research and photochemical industries, this book provides exciting and comprehensive insight into the world of organic dyes and lasers with chapters that explore optogenetics, organic laser medicine and quantum communications.

Random telegraph signals in semiconductor devices

As semiconductor devices move to the nanoscale, random telegraph signals have become an issue of major concern to the semiconductor industry. This book aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of one of the most challenging issues facing the semiconductor industry, from the fundament...

Turbulence and instabilities in magnetised plasmas, volume 1

This book is the first of a two-volume set, providing a comprehensive fundamental introduction to fluid drift turbulence in magnetised plasmas.

Student exoplanet projects using data from the kepler mission

The book describes the Kepler Mission and its detection methods, providing the reader with a fundamental background from which to explore Kepler datasets independently. The book then outlines student research projects using the mission’s data that can conducted independently or guided by a course...

Recent advances in solar cells

This book presents the most recent advances in the area of solar cells. By taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses the evolution in photovoltaics from the material to the device to the panel.

Semiconducting metal oxide thin-film transistors

Semiconducting metal oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) are promising candidates for functional electronic devices. This reference text covers the latest developments in the field, including the design, materials characteristics, device operation principles, specialised device applications and me...

Astronomy education volume 1

This book focuses on the practical implementation of evidence-based strategies that are supported by research literature. Chapter topics include an overview of learner-centered theories and strategies for course design and implementation, the use of Lecture Tutorials, the use of technology and si...

Optical fiber technology and applications

Solely devoted to the most recent achievements in the development of different varieties of specialty optical fibers, Optical Fiber Technology and Applications: Recent Advances, documents the cutting-edge work of new material composition and waveguide design-based specialty optical fibers and the...

Plasma modeling (second edition)

Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications presents and discusses the different approaches that can be adopted for plasma modeling. In this updated second edition, an extensive new part is added that discusses methods to calculate data needed in plasma modeling, such as thermodynamic and transport...

Biopharmaceutical manufacturing, volume 1

This volume covers the regulatory processes involved in producing a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) biopharmaceutical product for commercial distribution, including areas of current GMP, registration, and legal and ethical considerations. Emerging trends in the technology and regulatory complia...

The cosmic evolution of galaxy structure

This book explores and explains the structural evolution of galaxies, how we measure it, how these measurements change with time, and how observing this reveals important information about galaxy formation and evolution. It also explains the future of the field, including through the use of machi...

Vibrational excitations in multilayer nanostructures

Results of the original investigations by the authors in the field of electron-vibrational processes and states of the electron-hole-phonon systems are represented from the unified standpoint and applied for the analysis of diverse physical phenomena in the multilayer planar, cylindrical, and sph...

Nanoscale standards by metrological afm and other instruments

This book reviews nanometrological standards before proceeding to detail pitch, step height, line width, nanoparticle size, and surface roughness. Essential for users making quantitative nanoscale measurements, in a commercial or academic research setting, or involved in engineering nanometrology...