Download or read book Flexoelectricity in Liquid Crystals written by Agnes Buka and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book intends to give a state-of-the-art overview of flexoelectricity, a linear physical coupling between mechanical (orientational) deformations and electric polarization, which is specific to systems with orientational order, such as liquid crystals. Chapters written by experts in the field shed light on theoretical as well as experimental aspects of research carried out since the discovery of flexoelectricity. Besides a common macroscopic (continuum) description the microscopic theory of flexoelectricity is also addressed. Electro-optic effects due to or modified by flexoelectricity as well as various (direct and indirect) measurement methods are discussed. Special emphasis is given to the role of flexoelectricity in pattern-forming instabilities. While the main focus of the book lies in flexoelectricity in nematic liquid crystals, peculiarities of other mesophases (bent-core systems, cholesterics, and smectics) are also reviewed. Flexoelectricity has relevance to biological (living) systems and can also offer possibilities for technical applications. The basics of these two interdisciplinary fields are also summarized.

Download or read book Nonlinear Optical Materials written by Jerome V. Moloney and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998-08-13 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical methods play a significant role in the rapidly growing field of nonlinear optical materials. This volume discusses a number of successful or promising contributions. The overall theme of this volume is twofold: (1) the challenges faced in computing and optimizing nonlinear optical material properties; and (2) the exploitation of these properties in important areas of application. These include the design of optical amplifiers and lasers, as well as novel optical switches. Research topics in this volume include how to exploit the magnetooptic effect, how to work with the nonlinear optical response of materials, how to predict laser-induced breakdown in efficient optical devices, and how to handle electron cloud distortion in femtosecond processes.

Download or read book Microscopie lectronique balayage et microanalyses written by François Brisset and published by EDP Sciences. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aussi bien essentielle dans les milieux académiques qu'industriels, la microscopie électronique à balayage et les microanalyses associéessont au coeur de la recherche scientifique et industrielle. L'ensemble des bases théoriques, les principales caractéristiques techniques, ainsi que des compléments pratiques d'utilisation et d'entretien liés à ces disciplines sont développés dans cet ouvrage. Les microscopes électroniques sous haut vide ou vide contrôlé sont exposées profondément, les microanalyses EDS et WDS de dernières générations également. À coté de ces piliers structurants, d'autres techniques d'analyse ou d'observation sont abordées, telles l'analyse EBSD et l'imagerie 3D, le FIB, les simulations de Monte-Carlo et les essais in-situ, etc. Ce volume en langue française est le seul traitant du sujet de façon aussi exhaustive ; il représente la version actualisée et totalement refondue d'une précédente édition de 1979 aujourd'hui épuisée ; il regroupe enfin les cours dispensés lors de l'école d'été de Saint Martin d'Hères en 2006, organisée par le Groupement National de Microscopie Électronique à Balayage et de microAnalyses (GN-MEBA). Ce livre est particulièrement recommandé aux expérimentateurs mais intéressera aussi les spécialistes en science des matériaux (durs ou mous, conducteurs ou non-conducteurs, stratifiés, etc.) désireux de s'investir dans toutes ces techniques d'imagerie et d'analyse, afin d'en exploiter pleinement les forts potentiels. Il a été écrit par les enseignants de l'école d'été, tous chercheurs ou ingénieurs et spécialistes dans leur domaine. Cet ouvrage s'inscrit dans une collection de publications du GN-MEBA consacrée aux principes, aux techniques expérimentales et aux méthodes de calcul et de simulation en Microscopie Électronique à Balayage et en microanalyses.

Download or read book Scanning Probe Microscopy written by Bert Voigtländer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the operating principles of atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. The aim of this book is to enable the reader to operate a scanning probe microscope successfully and understand the data obtained with the microscope. The chapters on the scanning probe techniques are complemented by the chapters on fundamentals and important technical aspects. This textbook is primarily aimed at graduate students from physics, materials science, chemistry, nanoscience and engineering, as well as researchers new to the field.

Download or read book Scanning Probe Microscopes written by K. S. Birdi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-02-26 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scanning Probe Microscopes: Applications in Science and Technology explains, analyzes, and demonstrates the most widely used microscope in the family of microscopes -- the scanning probe microscope. Beginning with an introduction to the development of SPMs, the author introduces the basics of scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes (STMs an

Download or read book Scanning Tunneling Microscopy written by H. Neddermeyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication entitled "Surface Studies by Scanning Tunneling Mi Rl croscopy" by Binnig, Rohrer, Gerber and Weibel of the IBM Research Lab oratory in Riischlikon in 1982 immediately raised considerable interest in the sur face science community. It was demonstrated in Reference R1 that images from atomic structures of surfaces like individual steps could be obtained simply by scanning the surface with a sharp metal tip, which was kept in a constant distance of approximately 10 A from the sample surface. The distance control in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was realized by a feedback circuit, where the electri cal tunneling current through the potential barrier between tip and sample is used for regulating the tip position with a piezoelectric xyz-system. A similar experi mental approach has already been described by Young et al. for the determination l of the macroscopic roughness of a surface. A number of experimental difficulties had to be solved by the IBM group until this conceptual simple microscopic method could be applied successfully with atomic resolution. Firstly, distance and scanning control of the tip have to be operated with sufficient precision to be sensitive to atomic structures. Secondly, sample holder and tunneling unit have to be designed in such a way that external vibrations do not influence the sample-tip distance and that thermal or other drift effects become small enough during measurement of one image.

Download or read book D veloppement d un microscope effet tunnel num rique microforme written by Alex Boudreau and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atomic Force Microscopy Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 2 written by Samuel H. Cohen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997-04-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the Second Symposium held in Natick, Massachusetts, June7-9, 1994

Download or read book Scanning Microscopy written by Rainer Kassing and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope in 1982 by Binnig and Rohrer and the subsequent award of the Nobel Prize, the field of scan ning microscopy was given a strong boost in view of its wide range of ap plications. In particular, expanding the capability to access nature's foundations at the atomic level is now recognized as having the potential for major impact in Infonnation Technology. This third volume of the ESPRIT Basic Research Series provides a well structured overview of the state of the art of scanning microscopy and re cent advances including results of ESPRIT Basic Research Actions 3109 and 3314. April 1992 G. Metakides Preface The IMO Symposium Fall '90, Wetzlar, FRO, October 1/2, 1990, brought together leading scientists and researchers in scanning microscopy from re search institutes and industries, each of whom was invited to contribute a lecture which was followed by a discussion. The resulting contributions are contained in this proceedings. Microscopic techniques are used not only for research work in material and life science but also for routine applications in almost any vital section of our everyday life. The demand for coming to a better understanding of materials and their behaviour under different conditions and environments as well as all aspects of human life initiated an ongoing development for improved microscopic techniques.

Download or read book Selected Papers on Scanning Probe Microscopes written by Yves Martin and published by SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering. This book was released on 1995 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPIE Milestones are collections of seminal papers from the world literature covering important discoveries and developments in optics and photonics.

Download or read book Scanning Probe Microscopy written by Roland Wiesendanger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scanning Probe Microscopy - Analytical Methods provides a comprehensive overview of the analytical methods on the nanometer scale based on scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy. Numerous examples of applications of the chemical contrast mechanism down to the atomic scale in surface physics and chemistry are discussed with extensive references to original work in the recent literature.

Download or read book Scanning Probe Microscopy written by Ernst Meyer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by three leading experts in the field, this textbook describes and explains all aspects of the scanning probe microscopy. Emphasis is placed on the experimental design and procedures required to optimize the performance of the various methods. Scanning Probe Microscopy covers not only the physical principles behind scanning probe microscopy but also questions of instrumental designs, basic features of the different imaging modes, and recurring artifacts. The intention is to provide a general textbook for all types of classes that address scanning probe microscopy. Third year undergraduates and beyond should be able to use it for self-study or as textbook to accompany a course on probe microscopy. Furthermore, it will be valuable as reference book in any scanning probe microscopy laboratory. Novel applications and the latest important results are also presented, and the book closes with a look at the future prospects of scanning probe microscopy, also discussing related techniques in nanoscience. Ideally suited as an introduction for graduate students, the book will also serve as a valuable reference for practising researchers developing and using scanning probe techniques.

Download or read book Atomic Force Microscopy Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 3 written by Samuel H. Cohen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foundation for Advances in Medicine and Science (FAMS), the organizers of SCANNING 98, sponsored its third annual Atomic Force Microscopy/Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Symposium at the Omni Inner Harbor Hotelin Baltimore, Maryland, from May 9 to 12, 1998. This book represents the compilation of papers that were presented at the AFM/STM Symposium as well as a few that were presented at SCANNING 96 and SCANNING 97 meetings that took place in Monterey, California. The purpose of the symposium was to provide an interface between scientists and engineers, representatives of industry, government and academia, all of whom have a common interest in probe microscopies. The meetings offered an ideal forum where ideas could easily be exchanged and where individuals from diverse fields who are on the cutting edge ofprobe microscopy research could communicate with one another. Experts in probe microscopy from around the world representing a wide range of disciplines including physics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, chemistry, material science, etc., were invited to participate. The format of the meeting was structured so as to encourage communication among these individuals. During the first day’s sessions papers were presented on general topics such as application of scanning probe microscopy in materials science; STM and scanning tunneling spectroscopy of organic materials; fractal analysis in AFM; and nanomanipulation. Other papers presented included unexpected ordering of a molecule; synthesis ofpeptides and oligonucleotides; and analysis oflunar soils from Apollo 11.

Download or read book Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy written by C. Julian Chen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-05-20 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to its nondestructive imaging power, scanning tunneling microscopy has found major applications in the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, and materials science. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy, with full coverage of the imaging mechanism, instrumentation, and sample applications. The work is the first single-author reference on STM and presents much valuable information previously available only as proceedings or collections of review articles. It contains a 32-page section of remarkable STM images, and is organized as a self-contained work, with all mathematical derivations fully detailed. As a source of background material and current data, the book will be an invaluable resource for all scientists, engineers, and technicians using the imaging abilities of STM and AFM. It may also be used as a textbook in senior-year and graduate level STM courses, and as a supplementary text in surface science, solid-state physics, materials science, microscopy, and quantum mechanics.

Download or read book Scanning Microscopy Technologies and Applications written by Edgar Clayton Teague and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy written by T. Sakurai and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-03-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive presentation of the current knowledge on the electronic properties and manipulation of semiconductor surfaces. This book covers several of the most important and timely topics at the forefront of scanning probe microscopy, such as atom-resolving atomic force microscopy (AFM), application of atom manipulation for fabricating nanoscale and atomic scale structures, theoretical insights into Fullerenes, and atomic manipulation for future single-electron devices.

Download or read book Les nouvelles microscopies written by Lionel Aigouy and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'ère des nouvelles microscopies a débuté avec fracas il y maintenant vingt-cinq ans, avec l'invention du microscope à effet tunnel (ou STM). Ce formidable instrument, qui permettait pour la première fois de " voir " les atomes et les molécules, a en effet inauguré la famille des microscopes à sondes locales, où un capteur miniature se déplace à très faible distance de la surface à analyser. Le microscope à force atomique (AFM), les microscopes thermique et optique en champ proche (SNOM) ont bientôt suivi : ce sont des outils incontournables de nos jours, dans les laboratoires comme dans l'industrie, pour qui veut partir à la découverte du nanomonde et sonder voire manipuler la matière à ces échelles. Si une littérature très spécialisée existe sur telle ou telle sonde, aucun traité n'offrait un panorama exhaustif de ces nouvelles microscopies : c'est dire l'importance du présent ouvrage qui détaille avec une grande clarté leur fonctionnement et les principes physiques sous-jacents, d'une profonde unité. Conçu pour être accessible dès l'entrée en master, le livre fourmille également de conseils pratiques sur ces instruments. Il propose enfin une synthèse inédite sur leurs innombrables applications en physique des matériaux et des surfaces, en électronique et en biologie.