"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to MEMS and RF-MEMS : from the early days of microsystems to modern RF-MEMS passives -- 1.1. Introduction to semiconductor and microsystem technologies -- 1.2. Introduction to RF-MEMS2. Expectations versus actual market of RF-MEMS : analysis and explanation of a repeatedly fluctuating scenario -- 2.1. Gene…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-25).Biological imaging at the cellular level, particularly in vivo, is a key enabling tool for understanding biological processes, disease diagnosis and drug development. Unfortunately, specimens under observation often introduce optical aberrations that degrade the imaging resolution, particularly when imaging …
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Mathematical models of fluid motion -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. What is a fluid? -- 1.3. Volume and surface forces -- 1.4. General properties of the stress tensor -- 1.5. Stress tensor in a static fluid -- 1.6. Stress tensor in a moving fluid -- 1.7. Viscosity -- 1.8. Conservation laws -- 1.9. Mass conservation -- 1.1…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why do we think common-envelope evolution happens? -- 1.2. Why is common-envelope evolution broadly important? -- 1.3. Why is modeling common-envelope evolution difficult?2. Main phases -- 2.1. Characteristic timescales -- 2.2. Phase I : the loss of orbital stability and the onset of the common env…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. The generalized tight-binding model -- 3. AA-stacked graphene -- 3.1. Electronic and optical properties without external fields -- 3.2. Magneto-electronic and magneto-optical properties -- 3.3. Electric-field-enriched optical properties4. AB-stacked graphene -- 4.1. Electronic and optical properties …
"Version: 20180301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- Zero-dimensional materials -- One-dimensional materials -- Two-dimensional materials -- 3. Current directions -- Harnessing light -- Sensing the environment -- Memory and computing -- 4. Outlook.Nanomaterials are changing the world we live in, and one of the most exciting …
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Laser linewidth -- 1.3. Solid-state organic lasers -- 1.4. Organic photonics -- 1.5. Organic lasers and organic photonics -- 1.6. Perspective2. Organic laser dyes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Organic laser dye molecules -- 2.3. Organic laser dyes in the liquid-state a…
"Version: 20190801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The phenomenology of GRBs -- 1.2. The phenomenological Willingale model -- 1.3. The past and current missions observing GRBs -- 1.4. The historical background of SNe2. GRB models -- 2.1. The compactness problem -- 2.2. The fireball model -- 2.3. The jet opening angle -- 2.4. The central engine mode…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Practical realisation of the length by interferometry??ogeneral principles and limitations -- 1.1. A short history of the metre and the present definition -- 1.2. Realisation of the length by direct measurement of the light travelling time (time-of-flight measurement) -- 1.3. The basic concept of length measurement by …
"Version: 20180701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-45).Introduction -- Background -- Do we really need CCS? -- Microeconomics applied to CCS -- Where is CO2 emitted and from where can it be captured? -- Why does CCS reduce efficiency? -- Separation technology -- CO2 transport, compression and conditioning -- CO2 storage -- Containment and other challenges -- Lea…