Metal-Polymer Systems - Interface Design and Chemical Bonding
by Jorg Friedrich
The result of decades of research by a pioneer in the field, this is the first book to deal exclusively with achieving high-performance metal-polymer composites by chemical bonding. Covering both the academic and practical aspects, the author focuses on the chemistry of interfaces between metals and polymers with a particular emphasis on the chemical bonding between the different materials. He elucidates the various approaches to obtaining a stable interface, including, but not limited to, therm...
Modern Techniques for Characterizing Magnetic Materials provides an extensive overview of novel characterization tools for magnetic materials including neutron, photon and electron scatterings and other microscopy techniques by world-renowned scientists. This interdisciplinary reference describes all available techniques to characterize and to understand magnetic materials, techniques that cover a wide range of length scales and belong to different scientific communities. The diverse contributio...
This thesis focuses on the energy band engineering of graphene. It presents pioneering findings on the controlled growth of graphene and graphene-based heterostructures, as well as scanning tunneling microscopy/scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STM/STS) studies on their electronic structures. The thesis primarily investigates two classes of graphene-based systems: (i) twisted bilayer graphene, which was synthesized on Rh substrates and manifests van Hove singularities near Fermi Level, and (ii) i...
Ivan Stranski: The Grandmaster Of Crystal Growth
by Ivan Vesselinov Markov
Who is Ivan Stranski, you ask? If you Google his name you will find thousands of sites that talk about him. In fact, the Kossel-Stranski model of crystal growth and the Stranski-Krastanov mode of growth of thin epitaxial films are named after him - just two of the many scientific ideas and concepts Professor Stranski introduced to science (and through which a whole new field in science was born). Today thousands of physicists, chemists and materials scientists all over the world are working in t...
Silicene-Based Layered Materials (IOP ebooks)
by Ming-Fa Lin, Dr Shih-Yang Lin, Hsin-Yi Liu, Duy Khanh Nguyen, Ngoc Thnah Thuy Tran, Hai Duong Pham, Shen-Lin Chang, and Chiun-Yan Lin
In this book, the authors present a comprehensive study of the effects of operating parameters (load, amplitude, frequency) on dry gross fretting of rough surfaces. It helps the reader to efficient surface preparations in order to monitor and reduce damage caused by fretting. It exposes the effect of surface topography on fretting, which is often neglected.
Fabrication of Complex Optical Components (Lecture Notes in Production Engineering)
High quality optical components for consumer products made of glass and plastic are mostly fabricated by replication. This highly developed production technology requires several consecutive, well-matched processing steps called a "process chain" covering all steps from mold design, advanced machining and coating of molds, up to the actual replication and final precision measurement of the quality of the optical components. Current market demands for leading edge optical applications require hig...
Thin Film Physics And Devices: Fundamental Mechanism, Materials And Applications For Thin Films
by Dingquan Xiao, Jianguo Zhu, and Jiliang Zhu
Thin films have an extremely broad range of applications from electronics and optics to new materials and devices. Collaborative and multidisciplinary efforts from physicists, materials scientists, engineers and others have established and advanced a field with key pillars constituting (i) the synthesis and processing of thin films, (ii) the understanding of physical properties in relation to the nanometer scale, (iii) the design and fabrication of nano-devices or devices with thin film material...
This book is dedicated to recent advancements in theoretical and computational studies on the interactions of hydrogen and hydrogenated molecules with metal surfaces. These studies are driven by the development of high-performance computers, new experimental findings, and the extensive work of technological applications towards the realization of a sustainable hydrogen economy. Understanding of the elementary processes of physical and chemical reactions on the atomic scale is important in the di...
Superconductivity in Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes (Springer Theses)
by Pablo Burset Atienza
The unique electronic band structure of graphene gives rise to remarkable properties when in contact with a superconducting electrode. In this thesis two main aspects of these junctions are analyzed: the induced superconducting proximity effect and the non-local transport properties in multi-terminal devices. For this purpose specific models are developed and studied using Green function techniques, which allow us to take into account the detailed microscopic structure of the graphene-supercondu...
Integrated Modeling of Chemical Mechanical Planarization for Sub-Micron IC Fabrication
by Jianfeng Luo and David A. Dornfeld
Chemical mechanical planarization, or chemical mechanical polishing as it is simultaneously referred to, has emerged as one of the critical processes in semiconductor manufacturing and in the production of other related products and devices, MEMS for example. Since its introduction some 15+ years ago CMP, as it is commonly called, has moved steadily into new and challenging areas of semiconductor fabrication. Demands on it for consistent, efficient and cost-effective processing have been steady....
This book reviews the development of antifouling surfaces and materials for both land and marine environments, with an emphasis on marine anti biofouling. It explains the differences and intrinsic relationship between antifouling in land and marine environments, which are based on superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity respectively. It covers various topics including biomimetic antifouling and self-cleaning surfaces, grafted polymer brushes and micro/nanostructure surfaces with antifouling...
Mass Term Effect on Fractional Quantum Hall States of Dirac Particles (Springer Theses)
by Kouki Yonaga
This book presents the high-precision analysis of ground states and low-energy excitations in fractional quantum Hall states formed by Dirac electrons, which have attracted a great deal of attention. In particular the author focuses on the physics of fractional quantum Hall states in graphene on a hexagonal boron nitride substrate, which was recently implemented in experiments. The numerical approach employed in the book, which uses an exact numerical diagonalization of an effective model Hamilt...
Advances in Engineering Materials (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)
This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME 2020). This book, in particular, focuses on characterizing materials using novel techniques. It covers a variety of advanced materials, viz. composites, coatings, nanomaterials, materials for fuel cells, biomaterials among others. The book also discusses advanced characterization techniques like X-ray photoelectron, UV spectroscopy, scanning electron, atomic power, tr...
Angesichts begrenzter Energiereserven und zunehmender Umweltprobleme gewinnt der mogliche Einsatz photovoltaischer Solarzellen immer mehr an Bedeutung. Eine umfassende und ausserst anschauliche Einfuhrung in die halbleiterphysikalischen Grundlagen der Photovoltaik und ihre modernen Anwendungen gibt dieses einzigartige Grundlagenlehrbuch.
Metal Sprays and Spray Deposition
This book describes and illustrates metal spray and spray deposition from the process engineering, metallurgical, and application viewpoints. The authors include step-by-step fundamental information for the metal spray process and detail current engineering developments and applications. They offer industry insight on non-equilibrium solidification processes for yielding stable metal structures and properties.
Il libro rappresenta la testimonianza del progetto didattico "Stage a Tor Vergata", rivolto a studenti del IV e V anno della scuola secondaria di II grado con l'intento di offrire loro non solo un percorso formativo, su discipline scientifiche moderne e di frontiera, ma anche un'attivita di orientamento per scelte mature e consapevoli riguardo l'accesso alle facolta universitarie e al mondo delle professioni. Il libro descrive con attenzione il punto di forza del progetto ovvero l'inserimento di...
Design of Adhesive Joints Under Humid Conditions (Advanced Structured Materials, #25)
This book describes most recent advances and limitations concerning design of adhesive joints under humid conditions and discusses future trends. It presents new approaches to predict the failure load after exposure to load, temperature and humidity over a long period of time. With the rapid increase in numerical computing power there have been attempts to formalize the different environmental contributions in order to provide a procedure to predict assembly durability, based on an initial iden...
Applied Scanning Probe Methods (NanoScience and Technology)
Originally published as seperate volumes this series is now available as a full set: a savings of over 40%. Examining the physical and technical foundation for recent progress with this technique, Applied Scanning Probe Methods offers a timely and comprehensive overview of SPM applications, now that industrial applications span topographic and dynamical surface studies of thin-film semiconductors, polymers, paper, ceramics, and magnetic and biological materials. First it lays the theoretical ba...
Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications (Mathematics for Industry, #26)
This book focuses on mathematical theory and numerical simulation related to various aspects of continuum mechanics, such as fracture mechanics, elasticity, plasticity, pattern dynamics, inverse problems, optimal shape design, material design, and disaster estimation related to earthquakes. Because these problems have become more important in engineering and industry, further development of mathematical study of them is required for future applications. Leading researchers with profound knowledg...
Emulsion Science (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, v. 181)
by Jerome Bibette, etc., F. (Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal Leal-Calderon, V. Schmitt, and P. Poulin
This book aims to give an overview of the most recent advances in emulsion science. The basic principles of emulsion science, covering aspects of emulsions from their preparation to their destruction, are presented in close relation to both the fundamental physics and the applications of these materials. The book is intended to help engineers in formulating new materials by giving them an understanding of these basic principles, as well as serving as a reference book.
Structural Studies of Surfaces (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, #91)