"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Overview of thermodynamics -- 1.1. Basic concepts and terminology -- 1.2. The laws of thermodynamics -- 1.3. Fundamental equations -- 1.4. Thermal, mechanical, and chemical equilibria -- 1.5. Phase equilibria -- 1.6. Summary2. Brownian m…
"Version: 20190601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Stimuli-responsive polymers : introduction -- 2. Stimuli-responsive polymers : synthesis approach -- 2.1. Physical self-assembly of interactive polymers -- 2.2. Polymerization of polymers in a heterogeneous environment3. Stimuli-responsi…
"Version: 20190501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to nanomaterials and nanostructures -- 1.2. Top-down and bottom-up approaches -- 1.3. Overview on physical chemistry of solid surfaces2. Classification and characterization of nanomaterials -- 2.1. Dimen…
"Version: 20190501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Equality '=' -- 2. Fundamental properties of sets -- 2.1. What is a set? -- 2.2. Defining a set -- 2.3. Equality of sets -- 2.4. A set can be an element of another set -- 2.5. A set cannot contain itself -- 2.6. A set can be empty (null)…
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The principles of modern thermodynamics -- 1.1. A phenomenological theory of heat and work -- 1.2. The advent of Stochastic Thermodynamics -- 1.3. Foundations of statistical physics from quantum entanglement -- 1.4. Work, heat, and entro…
"Version: 20190801"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction : open-channel microfluidics and open microfluidics -- 1. Capillarity theoretical basis -- 1.1. Liquid surface tension -- 1.2. Laplace pressure -- 1.3. Liquid-liquid surface tension -- 1.4. Contact with solid surface : Young's …
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Cut and thrust--the physics of fencing -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Equipment -- 2.3. Fencing technique -- 2.4. Wheelchair fencing3. Foot to the floor--the physics of drag racing -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. View from …
"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.3. Waves and diffraction -- 3.1. Mathematical description of a wave -- 3.2. Interference -- 3.3. Phasors -- 3.4. Diffraction from a finite slit -- 3.5. Diffraction from a finite slit : phasor treatment -- 3.6. Diffraction in two dimensions4. Fraunhofer diffraction -- 4.1. Fra…
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Neutrinos in the Standard Model -- 2.1. Beta decays, Pauli and missing energy -- 2.2. The Standard Model and electroweak physics -- 2.3. A first look at neutrino masses -- 2.4. A flavour of symmetry3. Neutrino oscillat…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History -- 2. Mesophases of matter -- 2.1. Solid versus liquid -- 2.2. One-dimensional ordering (the smectic phase) -- 2.3. Positional or orientational order in anisotropic molecules3. Classifications of liquid crystals -- 3.1. Anisotrop…