"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Definition -- 1.2. Sensitivity -- 1.3. Selectivity -- 1.4. Stability2. Properties of gases -- 2.1. Microscopic properties -- 2.2. Macroscopic properties -- 2.3. Transport properties3. Direct transducers for gas sensing -- 3.1. Thermal conductivity detectors -- 3.2. Paramagnetic sensors -- 3.3. Pell…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The fundamentals -- 1.1. Introduction--what is an image sensor and what does it do? -- 1.2. Charge generation -- 1.3. Charge collection -- 1.4. Charge transfer -- 1.5. Charge conversion -- 1.6. pn junction -- 1.7. MOS capacitor -- 1.8. MOS transistor -- 1.9. Source follower2. CMOS pixel architectures -- 2.1. History an…
"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Structural basis of the circulatory system -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Cardiac structure -- 1.3. Vessel structure -- 1.4. The circulatory system -- 1.5. Human blood -- 1.6. Microcirculation2. Human circulatory function -- 2.1. Hemodynamics -- 2.2. The left ventricular function -- 2.3. Vessel function -- 2.4. Blood rhe…
"Version: 20161001"--Title page version.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Mathematical introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to the calculus of variations -- 1.2. Vectors2. The concept of charge -- 2.1. Electric charge -- 2.2. Electrification -- 2.3. Some properties of charges -- 2.4. Coulomb's law3. Electrostatics -- 3.1. Introduction and the need for the concept of fields -- 3.2. …
"Version: 20170301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction and overview -- 1.1. Reasons for moving away from normal practices in electronics -- 1.2. Organization of the book -- 1.3. Temperature effects -- 1.4. Harsh environment effects -- 1.5. Discussion and conclusions2. Operating electronics beyond conventional limits -- 2.1. Life-threatening temperat…
"Version: 20130901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- What is included in device modeling? -- What is in this book?Electronic structure -- Periodic potentials -- Potentials and pseudopotentials -- Real-space methods -- Momentum space methods -- The k.p method -- The effective mass approximation -- Semiconductor alloysLattice dyn…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Laser basics -- 1.1. Generation of laser irradiation -- 1.2. Lasers and laser types used in medicine -- 1.3. Laser safety aspects -- 1.4. Laser basics--bottom line2. Basics of medical laser systems -- 2.1. General setup of medical laser systems -- 2.2. Laser beam guidance systems -- 2.3. Optical terminal units and acce…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Shocks and structured waves -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Waves in solids -- 1.3. Large-amplitude waves -- 1.4. The shock wave -- 1.5. Waves of restricted form -- 1.6. Spall waves and the spallation of solids2. Dynamic fragmentation of solids and liquids -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Size distributions and probabilistic …
"Version: 20160501"--Title page verso.EPUB version includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.9. Mistakes made and lessons learnt -- 9.1. Windscale--Pile 1 -- 9.2. Three Mile Island--Reactor 2 -- 9.3. Chernobyl--Reactor 4 -- 9.4. Fukushima Daiichi -- 9.5. How do the incidents compare?8. Materials and nuclear fusion -- 8.1. Atomic background and recap -- 8.2. Requirements for f…
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A new era of tailor-made optical media -- 1.1. Structural evolution : from composites to artificial atoms -- 1.2. The l/a rule : when structure matters -- 1.3. Quest for a negative refractive index2. Effective medium of metamaterials -- 2.1. Constitutive relationship -- 2.2. Understanding metamaterials with a dipolar m…