"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Geometry and physics -- 1.1. Manifolds -- 1.2. Coordinate systems -- 1.3. The Jacobian -- 1.4. Contravariant and covariant quantities -- 1.5. The summation convention -- 1.6. Vectors and direction vectors -- 1.7. Vector addition and the scalar product -- 1.8. The metric tensor and distance in manifolds -- 1.9. The metr…
"Version: 20241101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Learning science : a passion for STEM subjects : why do a PhD? -- 1.1. Scientific literacy -- 1.2. Passion for science and STEM subjects -- 1.3. Benefits of science education -- 1.4. STEM education -- 1.5. STEM is the future -- 1.6. Why do a PhD? -- 1.7. Catch them young for STEM -- 1.8. A PhD degree is a well-trodden …
"Version: 202203"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in dentistry / Z?uhre Akarslan -- Raman spectroscopy for dentistry applications / Saturnino Marco Lupi, Claudia Todaro, Benedetta Albini and Pietro Galinetto -- Applications of fluorescence spectroscopy in dentistry / Monalisa Mishra -- ESR spectroscopy techniques for dentistry applicati…
"Version: 20240601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction / F.J. Duarte -- 2. Organic laser dyes / F.J. Duarte -- 3. Energetics of organic laser dyes / F.J. Duarte -- 4. Polymer matrices for lasers / F.J. Duarte and K.M. Vaeth -- 5. Cavity and resonator architectures for high-performance organic laser oscillators / F.J. Duarte -- 6. Mathematical-physics for tunab…
"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The Maxwell equations -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Lorentz force -- 1.3. Electric flux -- 1.4. The Gauss law -- 1.5. The Gauss law for magnetism -- 1.6. Faraday's law -- 1.7. Amp?ere's law -- 1.8. The wave equation -- 1.9. The speed and propagation of light -- 1.10. Refraction index -- 1.11. Electromagnetic waves -- 1.…
"Version: 20230701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Nonlinear effects in the radiation of satellites of hydrogenic spectral lines from plasmas and their applications -- 2.1. Satellites under a one-dimensional one-mode monochromatic electric field in the non-opaque case -- 2.2. Satellites under a one-dimensional one-mode monochromatic electric field in…
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones -- 2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics -- 2.3. Looking forward3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent and squeezed states -- 3.4. Optical tweezers4. Orbital angular mome…
"Version: 20240601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Strain and stress in solids. 1. Definition of strain and stress -- 1.1. Strain -- 1.2. Stress -- 1.3. Thermodynamics of deformation -- 1.4. Free energy of a solid crystal2. Transformation properties of strain and stress -- 2.1. Orthogonal transformations -- 2.2. Transformation law for the stiffness matrix -- 2.3. …
"Version: 20210205"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Topology and physics : a historical overview -- 1.1. Introduction : searching for holes in fields of light -- 1.2. Topology and physics2. Electromagnetism and optics -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Electromagnetic potentials and gauge invariance -- 2.3. Linear and nonlinear optical materials -- 2.4. Polarization…
"Version: 20250501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to two-dimensional (2D) materials and valleytronics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Electronic properties of graphene, definition of 'valley' -- 1.3. Electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons -- 1.4. Spin-orbit coupling in 2D materials -- 1.5. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and the transition-metal di…