Extreme-temperature and harsh-environment electronics (second edition)

This second edition describes the various materials, devices, and technologies required to make electronics capable of operating in harsh conditions, such as exposure to extreme temperatures, humidity, or radiation. Implantable medical electronics, vibration-tolerant electronics, space electronic...

Ultrafast lasers and optics for experimentalists (second edition)

This book is an accessible introduction to the world of ultrafast lasers and optics, explaining key principles and practical use cases.

Sensors for marine biosciences

The book explores cutting-edge sensor technologies for marine biosciences, emphasizing their applications in pollution monitoring, pathogen detection, and ecosystem sustainability.

An introduction to quantum optics

This book introduces the quantum statistical methods used in quantum physics and is an essential guide for any student beginning their studies in quantum physics.

Organ printing (second edition)

3D bioprinted organs are becoming a reality for patients and caregivers, and are a promising part of the future of personalized and regenerative medicine, with this innovative technology expected to revolutionize the biomedicine and healthcare industry. This revised and updated second edition pro...

Lithium-ion and lithium-sulfur batteries

This research text covers the fundamentals, working mechanisms, electrode materials, challenges, and opportunities for energy storage devices of Lithium-ion and Lithium-sulfur battery technology. The book presents the features, advantages, disadvantages, and efforts made to enhance the performanc...

Bionanomaterials for environmental and agricultural applications

Providing an extensive review of the latest research, this book explores the prospects and limitations of using bionanomaterials in a range of environmental and agricultural applications. It is an invaluable reference for scientists, researchers and academics working in the fields of biomaterials...

Practical terahertz electronics: devices and applications, volume 2

This research and reference text provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the state-of-the-art in terahertz electronics research. Volume two focuses on optical devices and their applications. Intended for researchers and professionals in the field, the text is an essential reference f...

Cognitive sensors, volume 1

Cognitive sensors and associated AI and algorithms are most important components of cognitive science research and studies. This book provides a critical review of the emerging themes of cognitive sensors, how it functions and its applications in a range of disciplines.

Nuclear data

This book introduces nuclear data to the newcomer and provides a basic introduction to the role of nuclear data as the foundation of nuclear structure study. The approach builds on basic concepts: from gross properties of nuclei, through properties of quantum excited states, to simple model persp...

Nanomagnetism

This book aims to bring together the current state of the art in the topical area of nanomagnetism to create an accessible integrated synthesis of our current understanding of the functional magnetisation processes in nanomagnetic systems.

Smart textiles and e-sensing technologies

This book is one of the first to approach sensing in smart textiles holistically from a materials science perspective and will be an important resource for students and researchers, providing a valuable perspective on the possibilities of fabric sensing.

Strongly interacting quantum systems, volume 2

Triton and pluto

Pluto and Triton are icy twins of the outer Solar System, 'born' in the same region but 'raised' under very different circumstances. This book provides a comprehensive review of the similarities and differences between various features of Pluto and Triton for a big-picture view of how these plane...

Quantum transport in nanostructures and molecules

This reference text presents a conceptual framework for understanding room-temperature electron and phonon transport through molecules and other quantum objects. The flow of electricity through molecules is explained at the boundary of physics and chemistry, providing a pedagogical account of qua...

Accreting white dwarfs

This book describes the accretion process onto white dwarf stars across a broad range of astrophysical settings from the accretion of tidally disrupted bodies in exoplanetary systems to cataclysmic variables, the classical nova explosions, and Type Ia supernova explosions triggered by accretion o...

Optical vortices

This book focus on the latest advances in optical vortices field, from fundamentals to applications. The goal of this book is to present the optical vortices to a broad audience.

Lithium across the universe

This book provides an extensive inquiry to determine the degree of understanding of the processes leading to lithium creation, destruction and preservation in the Universe.

The solar wind

Polarization in astrophysics

Artificial intelligence in cancer diagnosis and prognosis, volume 3

This book focuses on major trends and challenges in the area of diagnosing lung and kidney cancer using artificial intelligence tools. It presents work aimed to identify new techniques and their use in biomedical analysis.

Imaging modalities for biological and preclinical research: a compendium, volume 1

This compendium is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of currently available biological and preclinical imaging methods, including their benefits and limitations. Volume 1 covers ex-vivo imaging techniques.

Global approaches to environmental management on military training ranges

This book is a comprehensive summary of military training range management strategies from around the world. Included are global case studies on the environmental impact of live ammunition and their remediation techniques. The text will equip practitioners with the tools to reduce remediation cos...

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.

Wearable communication systems and antennas for commercial, sport and medical applications

Offering fresh insight into a rapidly growing field, Wearable Communication Systems and Antennas for Commercial, Sport and Medical Applications provides useful information for students, engineers and researchers with an interest in wearable communication devices and antennas.

Physics of shock and impact: volume 1

Physics of Shock and Impact is a two volume set of work that looks at the shock physics of solids and covers physical, material, mechanical and thermodynamic fundamentals. Volume 1, Fundamentals and dynamic failure, provides an introduction to the fundamentals of shockwave physics and progresses ...

Artificial intelligence in cancer diagnosis and prognosis, volume 2

This book focuses on major trends and challenges in the area diagnosing breast and bladder cancer using artificial intelligence tools. It presents work aimed to identify new techniques and their use in biomedical analysis.

An introduction to chaotic dynamics

This book fills the gap between popular accounts of dynamical systems and chaos and textbooks aimed at physicists and mathematicians by covering the preliminary material needed to understand the literature to the broader implications of chaos.

Photo acoustic and optical coherence tomography imaging, volume 2

This book explores state-of-the-art techniques of fundus imaging for the diagnosis of retinal diseases. The text focusses on major trends and challenges within the field and presents work aimed to identify new techniques and their use in biomedical analysis.

Biopharmaceutical manufacturing, volume 2

This volume covers the unit processes involved in producing a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) biopharmaceutical product, laid out in the order of operation, with complete details on equipment, compliance and yield improvement suggestions. The unit processes described include several emerging tr...

Single-particle cryo-em of biological macromolecules

This is an edited book that provides a comprehensive, accessible and authoritative introduction to the field of high-resolution structure analysis by single-particle cryo-EM. It covers all necessary background, ranging from the underlying concepts to practical aspects such as specimen preparation...

Engineered 2d materials for electrocatalysis applications

This book provides a concise overview of recent advances in the engineering and structural modification of 2D materials at the nanoscale, as well as their applications in electrocatalytic applications.

Polarization and directional effects in the radiation from plasmas

The book covers various polarization and directional effects – practically important for diagnostics of plasmas – in the radiation of satellites of spectral lines from plasmas, in the intra-Stark spectroscopy of plasmas, in the Stark broadening of spectral lines by a high-energy hydrogen or deute...

Quantitative radiobiology for proton therapy

This book describes the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) issues within proton therapy and advises on how to use a variable RBE within treatment planning and in dose prescription to improve the safety of proton and other forms on ion beam therapy. Decision-making advice is also provided for...

A handbook of mathematical methods and problem-solving tools for introductory physics (second edition)

This is a companion text for an introductory course in physics. The purpose is to thoroughly link the theories students learn in class with actual problem-solving techniques., It will equip you with the problem-solving techniques and conceptual explanations that can be applied to almost anything ...

Trends in biological processes in industrial wastewater treatment

This book will discuss the new and emerging innovative trends in the application of biological processes in industrial wastewater treatment.

Global oncology

The material presented in this book is at the cutting edge of global oncology and provides highly illuminating examples, addresses frequently asked questions, and provides information and a reference for future work in global oncology care, research, education and outreach.

Gamma-ray burst correlations

Gamma-ray Burst Correlations presents an overview of the observational correlations; their physical interpretations, their use as redshift estimators, and their potential use as cosmological tools. The author describes the existing correlations as well as broaching the possible meaning and contro...

Extragalactic novae

Extragalactic Novae: A historical perspective takes the reader on a journey chronicling the study of a class of eruptive variable stars known as "Novae Stella", Latin for "New Stars". These mysterious transient objects, now referred to simply as novae, have been recognized since antiquity, sudden...

Thermodynamics, kinetics and microstructure modelling

This course text provides a practical hands-on introduction to the essentials of kinetics, thermodynamics and microstructure modelling of materials. It is ideal as a practical course for final year undergraduates and masters students in materials science and engineering, and is a core text for co...

Functional carbon materials

This research and reference text explores the wide variety of functional carbon materials. It covers the engineering applications of each material, including fullerene, carbon dots, carbon fibers and nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphite, graphyne, diamonds, activated carbon and carbon...

Molecules outside the earth

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 ...