A Beginners' Guide to Scanning Electron Microscopy by Anwar Ul-Hamid

This book was developed with the goal of providing an easily understood text for those users of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) who have little or no background in the area. The SEM is routinely used to study the surface structure and chemistry of a wide range of biological and synthetic materials at the micrometer to nanometer scale.

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Electrochemical Engineering

Electrochemical Engineering: From Discovery to Product (Advances in Electrochemical Sciences and Engineering) by Richard C. Alkire (Editor), Philip N. Bartlett (Editor), Marc Koper (Editor)
This volume in the "Advances in Electrochemical Sciences and Engineering" series focuses on problem-solving, illustrating how to translate basic science into engineering solutions.

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Photoactive Functional Soft Materials

Photoactive Functional Soft Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications by Quan Li (Editor)

The book covers design, synthesis, properties and applications of functional photoactive soft materials, including aspects of polymers, block copolymers, elastomers, biomaterials, liquid crystals, chemical and physical gels, colloids, host-guest systems and foams.

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Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films

Ellipsometry of Functional Organic Surfaces and Films (Springer Series in Surface Sciences) by Karsten Hinrichs (Editor), Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn (Editor)

This new edition provides a state-of-the-art survey of ellipsometric methods used to study organic films and surfaces, from laboratory to synchrotron applications, with a special focus on in-situ use in processing environments and at solid-liquid interfaces.

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Modern Optics and Photonics of Nano- and Microsystems

Modern Optics and Photonics of Nano- and Microsystems by Yu. N. Kulchin (Author), 1st Edition

This book cover advances in the study of processes of nonlinear propagation of continuous and pulsed laser radiation in a continuous and micro structured optical media. It details distributed fiber-optical measuring systems, the physical basis of ultra-low laser cooling of atoms, and studies of optical and nonlinear optical properties of nanostructured heterogeneous systems.

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The Monte Carlo Ray-Trace Method in Radiation Heat Transfer and Applied Optics

The Monte Carlo Ray-Trace Method in Radiation Heat Transfer and Applied Optics (Wiley-ASME Press Series) 1st Edition by J. Robert Mahan (Author)

A groundbreaking guide dedicated exclusively to the MCRT method in radiation heat transfer and applied optics The Monte Carlo Ray-Trace Method in Radiation Heat Transfer and Applied Optics offers the most modern and up-to-date approach to radiation heat transfer modelling and performance evaluation of optical instruments.

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Nonlinear Optical Systems

Nonlinear Optical Systems 1st Edition by Luigi Lugiato (Author), Franco Prati (Author), Massimo Brambilla (Author)

Guiding graduate students and researchers through the complex world of laser physics and nonlinear optics, this book provides an in-depth exploration of the dynamics of lasers and other relevant optical systems, under the umbrella of a unitary spatio-temporal vision.

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Fano Resonances in Optics and Microwaves

Fano Resonances in Optics and Microwaves: Physics and Applications (Springer Series in Optical Sciences) by Eugene Kamenetskii (Editor), Almas Sadreev (Editor), Andrey Miroshnichenko (Editor)

This book discusses the development of Fano-based techniques and reveals the characteristic properties of various wave processes by studying interference phenomena. It explains that the interaction of discrete (localized) states with a continuum of propagation modes leads to Fano interference effects in transmission, and explores novel coherent effects such as bound states in the continuum accompanied by collapse of Fano resonance.

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Fundamentals of van der Waals and Casimir Interactions

Fundamentals of van der Waals and Casimir Interactions (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics) by Bo E. Sernelius (Author)

This book presents a self-contained derivation of van der Waals and Casimir type dispersion forces, covering the interactions between two atoms but also between microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic objects of various shapes and materials. It also presents detailed and general prescriptions for finding the normal modes and the interactions in layered systems of planar, spherical and cylindrical types, with two-dimensional sheets, such as graphene incorporated in the formalism.

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Springer Series in Light Scattering, Volume 2

Springer Series in Light Scattering: Volume 2: Light Scattering, Radiative Transfer and Remote Sensing by Alexander Kokhanovsky (Editor)

This book presents a survey of modern theoretical and experimental techniques in studies of light scattering phenomena and radiative transfer processes in random media. It presents reviews on light scattering by sea water and bubbles, and includes a separate chapter addressing studies of the remote sensing of crystalline clouds with a focus on the shape of particles-a parameter rarely studied by passive remote sensing techniques.

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Optics in Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures

Optics in Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures (Optical Science and Engineering) by Stefan Visnovsky (Author)

In the continuing push toward optical computing, the focus remains on finding and developing the right materials. Characterizing materials, understanding the behavior of light in these materials, and being able to control the light are key players in the search for suitable optical materials. Optics in Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures presents an accessible introduction to optics in anisotropic magnetic media.

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Optical Imaging and Microscopy

Optical Imaging and Microscopy: Techniques and Advanced Systems (Springer Series in Optical Sciences) by Peter Török (Editor), Fu-Jen Kao (Editor)

This text on contemporary optical systems is intended for optical researchers and engineers, graduate students and optical microscopists in the biological and biomedical sciences. In three sections, the book discusses high-aperture optical systems, nonlinear optical techniques, and various techniques that are finding new applications. The new second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to account for new advances in fluorescence imaging and diffractive optical lenses.

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