Books in Physical sciences and engineering

Electric and Electronic Applications of Metal Oxides

1st Edition
June 2, 2025
Srikanta Moharana + 3 more
English
Paperback
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Electric and Electronic Applications of Metal Oxides provides a comprehensive guide to the use of metal oxides in a variety of electronic and electric applications. The book delivers a thorough understanding of the fundamental properties of metal oxides and their use across a wide range of electronic devices, including Schottky diodes, p–n diodes, thin-film transistors, field effect transistors, Mott-transition field effect transistors, varistors, high-K dielectric capacitors, devices with electron emission, cold cathodes, microelectronic technology, high-power and high-temperature electronics, transparent and flexible electronics, resistive switching memory, spintronics, magnetic memory, and piezoelectric devices.In addition, the book covers the latest advances and offers a glimpse of future prospects and challenges in the field. The book is a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students, and professionals working in the field of materials science, chemistry, physics, and engineering.

Energy Efficiency in Critical Times

1st Edition
June 2, 2025
Romanus Osabohien
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Energy Efficiency in Critical Times: Security, Economics, and Transition provides a holistic perspective on energy policy analysis and development from a global context, covering economic, security, and technological aspects. Sections focus on economic policy for energy systems, consider the impacts of policy for technological system advancement, such as vehicle electrification and renewable energy integration, demonstrate techniques for analysis of major events, including the huge ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and focus on energy trading across borders.Including cutting-edge analyses of recent crises and close assessment of needs specific to lower-income countries, this book provides researchers, policymakers, and students with an essential guide to energy policy for a secure and sustainable future.

Data-Driven Insights and Analytics for Measurable Sustainable Development Goals

1st Edition
June 2, 2025
Tilottama Goswami + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Data-Driven Insights and Analytics for Measurable Sustainable Development Goals discusses the growing imperative to understand, measure, and guide actions using data-driven insights. The SDGs encompass a broad spectrum of global challenges, from eradicating poverty and hunger to preserving the environment and fostering peace. To address these issues, one should be able to measure and analyze progress. This book bridges the gap between qualitative and quantitative assessments, recognizing that goals are not solely about numbers but also encompass complex social, environmental, and economic dynamics. By merging data science with qualitative analysis, readers can explore how SDGs intersect and influence each other.The book provides readers with an understanding of how to effectively leverage data science models and algorithms using descriptive analytics, allowing us to assess the current state of SDG performance and offering valuable insights into where we stand on these critical goals. Prescriptive analytics guides actions by offering actionable recommendations, while predictive analytics anticipates future trends and challenges, helping us navigate our path toward the SDGs effectively.

Artificial Olfaction Technologies: Characteristics And Analytical Applications

1st Edition
Volume 110
June 2, 2025
Tomasz Wasilewski
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Artificial Olfaction Technologies: Characteristics And Analytical Applications explores the rapidly advancing field of artificial olfaction, highlighting innovative technologies that mimic the biological sense of smell for the precise detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The book's chapters provide comprehensive insights into the latest advancements, covering topics such as Artificial olfactory systems: mimicking the sense of smell, Advances in Artificial Olfaction using Insect Odorant Receptors, Biosensors based on insects' olfactory proteins, The Power of Volatilome Analysis in Urological Malignancies, and much more.Other chapters cover Biofluorometric sniffing technologies for measuring and imaging of human-borne volatile markers, The use of instrumental measurements to assess the quality of atmospheric air in terms of odors, Analytical and sensory methods in assessing the efficiency of gas deodorization installations, Advancements in the development of peptide- based biosensors, and Porphyrinoids-based sensors for artificial olfaction.

Theoretical Foundations of Multiscale Modelling

1st Edition
June 1, 2025
Michele Cascella + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Theoretical Foundations of Multiscale Modelling aims to address thermodynamical and statistical mechanical foundations of methods commonly employed, highlighting the potential and limitations of each approach. Starting with an overview of the basics of statistical mechanics, the book's chapters illustrate the general theory of molecular modelling, the concepts and methods for the study of complex molecular systems, key strategies employed to perform computational calculations and simulations, recent, cutting-edge tools of the trade, and a selection of case studies that highlight multi-scale modeling, multiple-resolution simulation methods, and machine-learning applications.Drawing on the experience of its expert authors, this book is an insightful guide for all those learning, applying or interested in exploring multiscale modelling methods for their own work. Multiscale modelling approaches can provide valuable insights to researchers across a broad range of fields, but the interdisciplinary applicability of these approaches means both new learners and experienced researchers may not have a clear understanding of the theoretical and computational fundamentals underpinning these methods.

Interstellar Travel

1st Edition
June 1, 2025
Les Johnson + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Interstellar Travel: After Arrival is a comprehensive, technical look at the necessary considerations for settlement on an extra solar planet following interstellar travel, addressed by leading experts in the fields of space development. The book features the current and future plans for lunar, Mars, and asteroid settlement, and how what we learn from such future endeavors might apply to settlement at destinations around other stars. In addition, scientists who have been considering the construction of large space structures and terraforming discuss realistic options to be considered.Other chapters cover necessary considerations such as whether terraforming is possible and how it might be accomplished, the ethical issues and scientific constraints to interacting with an alien biosphere, and what we might learn from settling within our own Solar System that would apply to settling elsewhere. The third book of a three-book compilation, this new release presents up-to-date and realistic technical and scientific considerations of the challenges that settling on an exoplanet would bring, including review of the current technological capabilities and how they might be put towards life on an extra solar planet.

Comprehensive Energy Systems

2nd Edition
June 1, 2025
Ibrahim Dincer
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Comprehensive Energy Systems, Second Edition, Five Volume Set provides a unique source of unified information that covers the entire spectrum of energy from production to utilization, including basic to advanced levels of content that address the critical issues that face humanity. This comprehensive book describes traditional and novel energy systems with sections on system design, analysis and assessment, from single generation to multi-generation, and theory and applications. In addition, the book also presents high-level coverage on energy policies and strategies, economic dimensions, environmental impact assessments, and sustainable development.High-level sections include Energy Fundamentals, Energy Materials, Energy Production, Energy Conversion, and Energy Management. For this second edition, existing chapters have been improved and updated with new information, knowledge, technologies and applications. New chapters and case studies have been added on topics such as Artificial Intelligence, energy trading, transport, transmission, consumption, and recent dynamics in the energy sector after COVID-19.

Comprehensive Remote Sensing

2nd Edition
June 1, 2025
Shunlin Liang
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Comprehensive Remote Sensing, Second Edition provides a thorough exploration of the remote sensing field, encompassing principles, data analysis, and applications. This edition includes all new developments, emphasizing satellite missions, sensors, models, practical inversion algorithms, and applications. The advancement of technology has enabled faster data processing and analysis, making remote sensing essential for professionals across various disciplines including geographers, oceanographers, meteorologists, physicists, and computer scientists. This book offers structured chapters that start with fundamental concepts, followed by reviews of the latest advancements and extensive references.Volume One focuses on satellite missions and sensors, while Volume Two covers cloud and shadow detection techniques, ARD techniques for high-resolution data, and machine learning. Volumes 3-8 delve into new inversion methods and spatio-temporal analyses revealing environmental variables under a changing climate. Volume Nine centers on remote sensing applications, highlighting the impact of high-resolution satellite and UAV observations. Edited by leaders in the field, this comprehensive resource is invaluable for readers at various levels of specialization.

Metals as Clean Fuels

1st Edition
June 1, 2025
Eric Detsi + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Metals as Clean Fuels explores the innovative use of metals as a sustainable energy source. It presents a scalable selective leaching method to activate metal fuels by increasing their surface-to-volume ratio, significantly enhancing their reactivity with water for hydrogen and heat generation. This approach positions metal fuels as a superior alternative to fossil fuels, offering higher energy density and the crucial benefit of generating energy without CO2 emissions. Additionally, the book addresses key questions and working principles in its initial chapters before delving into the energy densities of various metals, from zinc to aluminum.Chapters 8 and 9 focus on novel sustainable fabrication methods for metal/metal nanocomposites, while Chapter 10 introduces an advanced methodology for analyzing porous material systems. This monograph is a pioneering work in discussing nanostructured metals as clean fuels, with the potential to drive significant advancements in energy applications and material science research.

Modern Dressing and Grinding Technologies

1st Edition
June 1, 2025
Bahman Azarhoushang
English
Paperback
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Modern Dressing and Grinding Technologies: Tools and Processes provides a deep understanding of modern dressing and grinding processes. The book discusses the theory and practice of both processes, including modern industrial applications and case studies throughout. It focuses on influencing parameters and correlations, outlining and analyzing dressing and grinding processes and highlighting commonly encountered errors and how to avoid them. Practical techniques and applications are covered throughout, including cylindrical grinding, centerless grinding, surface grinding, free-form grinding, hybrid grinding processes, and mechanical and non-mechanical dressing processes.Different machine types and methods are also discussed, such as truing machines, closed-loop machines, abrasive machining, precision machining, and laser-assisted machining.

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