Each chapter contains a summary highlighting the salient points, answers the question definitively, and concludes with a series of exercises to test readers’ assimilation of the material.

Richly illustrated with more than 650 vibrant color images, this work captures the essence of our intuitive appreciation of nature, which is the starting point for the adventure of science. Presenting integrated scientific ideas that seamlessly blend biology, mathematics, chemistry, and physics, this volume brings the most complex and intriguing phenomena to readers in a manner that is both accessible and entertaining.

“Thermoelectric Materials for Power Conversion;” “Basic Science of Multifunctional Ceramics;” “Science of Ceramic Interfaces;” “Geopolymers;” and “Materials for Solid State Lighting.” This is a valuable, up-to-date resource for researchers working in the field.

This edition includes three new chapters: the first of these explains the new theory of pressure sensitivity considered as a process, illustrating the principles of polymer science governing PSP technology; the second discusses the crosslinking of acrylics, the most important domain in specialized products; and the third presents the latest developments in products based on plastomers, such as hydrogels. Additional coverage includes biological applications of PSPs, engineering problems of coating equipment, web finishing for plastic films, and confectioning.

Offering cutting-edge information from the frontiers of research and industry, Developments in Pressure-Sensitive Products, Second Edition is an ideal reference to all aspects of pressure-sensitive technologies and materials.

The authors show that the characteristics of the corresponding signals depend essentially on elastic depolarizing collisions. They also consider the advantages of a new kind of photon echo spectroscopy: polarization photon echo-spectroscopy. A high-level, specialized treatment, Depolarizing Collisions in Nonlinear Electrodynamics will appeal to researchers and advanced graduates in nonlinear optics and quantum electronics.

The book provides an understanding of advanced chromatic concepts and illustrates how to monitor emerging phenomena with basic chromaticity. It presents various applications for chromatic methods, such as biological tissue monitoring, location and movement monitoring, and electrical plasma monitoring. The book also examines future directions of chromatic methodology.

This book brings together in a single volume a unique contribution by the top experts around the world in the field of compact semiconductor lasers to provide a comprehensive description and analysis of the current status as well as future directions in the field of micro- and nano-scale semiconductor lasers.

Specific topics examined include the electronic states in heterostructures, semiconductor Bloch equations for classical and quantum fields, phonons and electron-phonon interaction in nanostructures, and exciton-polaritons in confined systems. Other topics are lasing in low-dimensional systems, designing photonic crystals, and quantum cascade lasers.