Condensed matter research advances.9781604561265 Condensed matter research advances. Ed. by Peter E. Berkenhaus. Nova Science Publishers 2008 139 pages $89.00 Hardcover QC173 As one of the most dynamic in physics, this field of study has yielded significant findings in diverse fields, ranging from superfluidity superfluidity, tendency of liquid helium below a temperature of 2.19°K; to flow freely, even upward, with little apparent friction. Helium becomes a liquid when it is cooled to 4.2°K;. and magnetism to properties of materials including semiconductors, polymers and carbon nanotubes. Here the contributors of these seven articles present their findings and offer reviews in such studies as a molecular dynamic description of clusters in strong fields (a simple model in which core and covalence covalence /co·va·lence/ (ko-va´lens) 1. the number of electron pairs an atom can share with other atoms. 2. one or more chemical bonds formed by sharing of electron pairs between atoms. electron are treated at the same level as Coulomb coulomb (k  `lŏm) [for C. A. de Coulomb], abbr. coul or C, unit of electric charge. The absolute coulomb, the current U.S. interacting particles), extended universality in a
statistical mechanical model (in a specific family of systems), a
unified scaling picture for a metal-insulator phenomena in two
dimensions, phase transitions and hysteresis hysteresis (hĭs'tərē`sĭs), phenomenon in which the response of a physical system to an external influence depends not only on the present magnitude of that influence but also on the previous history of the system. in a system of two coupled
magnetic nanoparticles, recent advances in electronic and vibration
studies of carbon nanotubes using fullerenes, effects of apical apical /ap·i·cal/ (ap´i-k'l) pertaining to an apex. a·pi·cal adj. 1. Relating to the apex of a pyramidal or pointed structure. 2. oxygen ordering, and geometric effects and magnetic phases in quantum rings. References are generally up to date. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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