"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…
"Version: 20130910"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Acknowledgments and dedications -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Why renewables? -- Which sources are emerging? -- What are the problems? -- The structure of this bookPower -- Hydro -- Wind power -- Wave power -- Tidal power -- Power in perspectiveHeat -- Bioenergy -- Solar heat -- Geothermal heat and power -- Heat …
"Version: 20150201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Author biography -- The future of electric power systems -- Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and general operational and communication issues -- Reliability principles -- Advanced metering and demand response applications -- Improvement of service reliability and optimization of energy …
"Version: 20141201"--Title page verso.Introduction -- Author biographies -- Basic physics -- X-ray imaging -- Imaging theory -- Radiation protection -- Computed tomography -- Ultrasound -- Magnetic resonance -- Nuclear medicine.Knowledge of scientific principles is also mandated as a result of a need to understand best and safest practice, especially in the use of ionising radiation where legis…