The thermal processing of materials ranges from few fem to seconds by Swift Heavy Ion Implantation to about one second using advanced Rapid Thermal Annealing. This book offers after an historical excursus selected contributions on fundamental and applied aspects of thermal processing of classical elemental semiconductors and other advanced materials including nanostructures with novel optoelectronic, magnetic, and superconducting properties.Special emphasis is given on the diffusion and segregation of impurity atoms during thermal treatment. Subsecond Annealing of Advanced Materials.

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. With numerous illustrations this book is useful to researchers, engineers and graduate students.

During LSP, the generated shock wave can introduce a deep compressive residual stress into the material, due to its high-pressure (GPa-TPa), ultra-fast (several tens nanoseconds), ultra-high strain-rate and high-energy.

Materials sciences relate the macroscopic properties of materials to their microscopic structure and postulate the need for holistic multiscale research.Using contemporary methods of molecular dynamics simulation experiments, it is shown how microscale dynamics may produce characteristic macroscopic material properties. First Principles Modelling of Shape Memory Alloys. It addresses scientists in these research fields and their students.

D aspirants and researchers in the fields of solid-state sciences, materials science, nanoscience and technology and allied fields in addition to the graduate courses in modern semiconductor nanostructures.

. The design principles and bearing capacity of reactors area discussed on the basis of simulation experiments and test data of a prototype reactor.

.The subject covers the physical background and the continuing research in the field of magnetophotonics. This book merges theoretical and experimental works initiated in 1997 from consideration of periodical artificial dielectric structures comprising magneto-optical materials. This first collection of foundational works is devoted to light-to-artificial magnetic matter phenomena and related applications.

A comparison is made between sulphur(selenium)-based chalcogenide glasses, where numerous photo-induced phenomena take place entirely within the amorphous phase, and tellurides where a reversible crystal-to-amorphous phase-change transformation is a major effect.Applications of metastability in devices¿optical memories and nonvolatile electronic phase-change random-access memories among others are discussed, including the latest trends. A state-of-the-art description of metastability observed in chalcogenide alloys is presented with the accent on the underlying physics.

There is a large scientific interest and great potential for technological applications. High-Temperature Superconductors Though a high Tc theory is still awaited, this book describes the present scenario and BCS and RVB theories. The book discusses all the aspects related to all families of cuprate superconductors discovered so far.

The AlInGaN and ZnO materials systems have proven to be one of the scientifically and technologically important areas of development over the past 15 years, with applications in UV/visible optoelectronics and in high-power/high-frequency microwave devices.

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This book covers both basic physics of ferromagnetism, such as magnetic moment, exchange coupling, magnetic anisotropy, and recent progress in advanced ferromagnetic materials. The Physics of Ferromagnetism.

The first electronically conducting liquid crystals were reported in 1988 but already a substantial literature has developed. Liquid Crystalline Semiconductors Within the family of organic electronic materials, liquid crystals are relative newcomers. This book will provide a useful introduction to the field for those in both industry and academia and it is hoped that it will help to stimulate future developments.Liquid crystals self-organise, they can be aligned by fields and surface forces and, because of their fluid nature, defects in liquid crystal structures readily self-heal.

It explains the application potential of various analytical methods and discusses the opportunities to apply particular analytical techniques to study novel semiconductor compounds, such as dilute nitride alloys.

Micromechanisms of Friction and Wear The fundamental quantum-mechanical and relativity principles of particle interaction are considered as basis of friction micro-process examination. The changes in solid structure originated from the influence of different kinds of force fields are considered.

It presents particular techniques to study novel semiconductor materials, such as 2D heterostructures, quantum wires, quantum dots and nitrogen containing III-V alloys.The book is aimed primarily at newcomers working in the field of semiconductor physics to give guidance in theory and experiment. This book describes the key theoretical techniques for semiconductor research to quantitatively calculate and simulate the properties.

The applications considered in detail are cutting, keyhole welding, drilling, arc and hybrid laser-arc welding, hardening, cladding, forming and cutting, but the general principles have a very wide application; metallurgical aspects are considered, as are femtosecond interactions with metals. The Theory of Laser Materials Processing The principles used may come from fundamental physical theory or from direct observation of experimental results, but an understanding of the general characteristics of the behaviour of a process is essential for intelligent investigation and implementation, whether the approach is experimental, observational, numerical or analytical.

It covers both experimental and theoretical aspects of acoustic and elastic waves propagating in structured composites, with a focus on effective properties associated with negative refraction, lensing and cloaking.

Importantly, it provides the readers with methodology and concepts utilizing atomic scale and nanoscale materials design (such as superlattice structuring, atomic network structuring and properties control, electron correlation design, low dimensionality, nanostructuring, etc.).Thermoelectric Nanomaterials Furthermore, also indicates the applications of thermoelectrics expected for the large emerging energy market..

This book on ´Laser assisted Fabrication’ is aimed at developing in-depth engineering concepts on various laser assisted macro and micro-fabrication techniques with the focus on application and a review of the engineering background of different micro/macro-fabrication techniques, thermal history of the treated zone and microstructural development and evolution of properties of the treated zone. It can be achieved by removal of materials (laser assisted cutting, drilling, etc.

This book presents and analyzes the essential data on nanoscale metal clusters dispersed in, or chemically bonded with polymers. Numerous novel nanocomposites are described with regard to their mechanical, electrophysical, optical, magnetic, catalytic, and biological properties. Special attention is paid to the in situ synthesis of the nanocomposites, their chemical interactions, and the size and distribution of the particles in the polymer matrix.Highly dispersed nanoscale particles in polymer matrices are currently attracting great interest in many fields of chemistry, physics, and materials science.

Hence each chapter starts to review the basic concepts of the materials briefly and proceeds to the practical use. In the last decade, optically functionalized materials have developed rapidly, from bulk matters to structured forms. This book is designed to teach fundamental optical properties of such advanced materials effectively. Now we have a rich variety of attractive advanced materials.

  Biomateriomics specifically focuses the analysis of the role of materials in the context of biological processes, the transfer of biological material principles towards biomimetic and bioinspired applications, and the study of interfaces between living and non-living systems.  While such systems are undoubtedly complex, we frequently encounter similar components -- universal building blocks and hierarchical structure motifs -- which result in a diverse set of functionalities. Biomateriomics Applying biomateriomics can unlock Nature’s secret to high performance materials such as spider silk, bone, and nacre, and elucidate the progression and diagnosis or the treatment of diseases.Biomateriomics is the holistic study of biological material systems.

This book is aimed at providing a sound introduction to the synthesis and optical characterization of phosphate phosphor for undergraduate and graduate students as well as teachers and researchers.. In order to make it useful for a wide audience, both fundamentals and applications are discussed, together.

Nanoferroics Nanoferroics are an important class of ceramic materials that substitute conventional ceramic ferroics in modern electronic devices. As a consequence, these materials exhibit a behavior different from the corresponding bulk crystalline, ceramic and powder ferroics. This monograph offers comprehensive coverage of size- and shape-dependent effects at the nanoscale; the specific properties that these materials have been shown to exhibit; the theoretical approaches that have been successful in describing the size-dependent effects observed experimentally; and the technological aspects of many chemical and physico-chemical nanofabrication methods relevant to making nanoferroic materials and composites.

Functional Metal Oxide Nanostructures.Metal oxides and particularly their nanostructures have emerged as animportant class of materials with a rich spectrum of properties and greatpotential for device applications.

Atom Probe Microscopy is aimed at researchers of all experience levels. This book covers all facets of atom probe microscopy—including field ion microscopy, field desorption microscopy and a strong emphasis on atom probe tomography. This uniquely powerful technique has been subject to major instrumental advances over the last decade with the development of wide-field-of-view detectors and pulsed-laser-assisted evaporation that have significantly enhanced the instrument’s capabilities. The book emphasizes processes for assessing data quality, and the proper implementation of advanced data mining algorithms.

g.The behavior of nanoscale materials can change rapidly with time either because the environment changes rapidly or because the influence of the environment propagates quickly across the intrinsically small dimensions of nanoscale materials.

g. In-situ Materials Characterization This book provides an interdisciplinary reference for research using in situ techniques to capture the real-time structural and property responses of materials to surrounding fields using electron, optical and x-ray microscopies (e.