Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics) books

Iron played an important role in the development of the industrial society and has not lost any of its significance...  Read More >>

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This volume is dedicated to Doctor Shuji Saito to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his first paper on polymer-surfactant...  Read More >>

Computational Materials Design consists of ten chapters outlining a wide range of materials design technologies...  Read More >>

The book describes the most advanced techniques for generating coherent light in the mid-infrared region of the...  Read More >>

In the 1950s Shockley predicted that SiC would quickly replace Si as a result of its superior material properties....  Read More >>

In the last two decades extraordinary progress in the experimental handling of single quantum objects has spurred...  Read More >>

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In Statistical Physics one of the ambitious goals is to derive rigorously, from statistical mechanics, the thermodynamic...  Read More >>

Segregation is a pervasive phenomenon whereby a flowing granular mass consisting of particles with diverse physical...  Read More >>

Includes chapters that include a description of the philosophy, foundations, and construction of the formalism,...  Read More >>

Modern fracture mechanics considers phenomena at many levels, macro and micro; As a supplementary text, the...  Read More >>

A knowledge of the mechanical behaviour of both naturally occurring materials, such as soils and rocks, and artificial...  Read More >>

The reader is introduced to this wide field by, first, a description of the material properties of granular materials...  Read More >>

The past few decades have witnessed remarkable growth and progress in our knowledge concerning the structure and...  Read More >>

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Since the publication of the first edition of this book, there have been many im­ portant new developments in the...  Read More >>

Semiconductor quantum dots represent one of the fields of solid state physics that have experienced the greatest...  Read More >>

Considering the high level of our knowledge concerning covalent bond formation in the organic chemistry of molecules,...  Read More >>

In this book a new phenomenological approach to brittle medium fracture initiation under shock pulses is developped....  Read More >>

This book introduces a recent development in the theoretical research into the dynamic behaviour of fracture. The...  Read More >>

A wide variety of problems are associated with the flow of shallow water, such as atmospheric flows, tides, storm...  Read More >>

Dry granular materials, such as sand, sugar and powders, can be poured into a container like a liquid and can also...  Read More >>

This book presents an account of the course ""Advances in Nonradiative Processes in Solids"" held in Erice, Italy,...  Read More >>

Modern Techniques for Characterizing Magnetic Materials provides an extensive overview of novel characterization...  Read More >>