Angelo J.A., Jr. Solid matter

Oxford Book Company, 2009, ISBN: 9380179073, 286 pages Solid-state physics, the largest branch of condensed matter physics, is the study of rigid matter, or solids, through methods such as quantum mechanics, crystallography, electromagnetism and metallurgy. Solid-state physics considers how the large-scale properties of solid materials result from their atomic-scale properties. Solid-state physics thus forms the theoretical basis of materials...

Wiley, 2010, 281 pages, ISBN: 0470721359, 047071039X Mechanics and Physics of Porous Solids addresses the mechanics and physics of deformable porous materials whose porous space is filled by one or several fluid mixtures interacting with the solid matrix. Coussy uses the language of thermodynamics to frame the discussion of this topic and bridge the gap between physicists and engineers, and organises the material in such a way that individual...

World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011, 367 pages All living organisms consist of soft matter. For this reason alone, it is important to be able to understand and predict the structural and dynamical properties of soft materials such as polymers, surfactants, colloids, granular matter and liquids crystals. To achieve a better understanding of soft matter, three different approaches have to be integrated: experiment, theory and simulation. T...

Springer, 2005. - 1120 p. - Handbook of Condensed Matter and Materials Data provides a concise compilation of data and functional relationships from the fields of solid-state physics and materials in this 1200-page volume. The data, encapsulated in over 750 tables and 1025 illustrations, have been selected and extracted primarily from the extensive high-quality data collection Landolt-B?rnstein and also from other systematic data sources and rece...

Cambridge University Press, 2005, 228 pages This book deals with the effect of crystal symmetry in determining the tensor properties of crystals. Although this is a well-established subject, the author provides a new approach using group theory and, in particular, the method of symmetry coordinates, which has not been used in any previous book. The author presents applications to technologically important phenomena as diverse as the electro-opt...

2nd edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, 827 p. ISBN 978-3-642-02588-4. e-ISBN 978-3-642-02589-1. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02589-1. Contents. Crystal Binding and Structure. Lattice Vibrations and Thermal Properties. Electrons in Periodic Potentials. The Interaction of Electrons and Lattice Vibrations. Metals, Alloys, and the Fermi Surface. Semiconductors. Magnetism, Magnons, and Magnetic Resonance. Superconductivity. Dielectrics and Fe...

2nd edition, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, 827 p. ISBN 978-3-642-02588-4. e-ISBN 978-3-642-02589-1. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02589-1. Contents. Crystal Binding and Structure. Lattice Vibrations and Thermal Properties. Electrons in Periodic Potentials. The Interaction of Electrons and Lattice Vibrations. Metals, Alloys, and the Fermi Surface. Semiconductors. Magnetism, Magnons, and Magnetic Resonance. Superconductivity. Dielectrics and Fe...

2nd., rev. and ext. ed. - Springer, Berlin, 2009, 398 pages "Solid-State Theory - An Introduction" is a textbook for graduate students of physics and material sciences. Whilst covering the traditional topics of established older textbooks, it also takes up new developments in theoretical concepts and materials that are connected with such breakthroughs as the quantum-Hall effects, the high-Tc superconductors, and the low-dimensional systems reali...

2nd Ed. Elsevier, 2004. - 711 p. (Studies in Inorganic Chemistry 21) This book was written to introduce the reader to the science and art of preparing inorganic luminescent materials, namely "phosphors". In order to understand how and why luminescent materials exhibit such specific intrinsic properties, one needs to be thoroughly versed in the science of the solid state. Contents: Introduction to the Solid State 1 The Point Defect Mechanisms of...

WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2009. 415 pp. Phase transitions of first-order are phenomena, widely occurring in nature. Among them are: evaporation and condensation, melting and solidification, sublimation and condensation into a solid phase, some structural transitions in the solid state, transitions connected with the decomposition into different phases in multicomponent liquid and solid systems, etc. First-order phase transf...