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1. Aid of Scaling Laws in the Achievement of a Well-Controlled Film Deposition Process

   Scaling laws are profitably applied in all the scientific disciplines. Approximated solutions constitute a valuable aid for the analysis of complex...

   Giacomo Messina, Saveria Santangelo in Carbon

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2. Vibrational Spectroscopy in Ion–Irradiated Carbon–Based Thin Films

   In this work we present and discuss some selected experiments on ion–irradiated carbon–based thin films. Vibrational spectroscopy is used to...

   Giuseppe Compagnini, Orazio Puglisi, ... Giovanni Strazzulla in Carbon

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3. Laser Ablation-Deposited CN x Thin Films

   Amorphous CN x thin films were deposited at room temperature by pulsed laser ablation of graphite targets in a...

   Enza Fazio, Enrico Barletta, ... Sebastiano Trusso in Carbon

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4. Elastic and Structural Properties of Carbon Materials Investigated by Brillouin Light Scattering

   Brillouin light scattering (BS) is a nondestructive technique exploited to investigate collective excitations in solids: acoustic phonons, spin...

   Marco G. Beghi, Carlo S. Casari, ... Carlo E. Bottani in Carbon

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5. Pulsed Laser Deposition of Carbon Films: Tailoring Structure and Properties

   Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a versatile technique to synthesize films of a given material with strongly different properties. In this chapter we...

   Paolo M. Ossi, Antonio Miotello in Carbon

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6. The Four–Dimensional Spacetime

   Physics theories are made by building mathematical models that correspond to physical systems. General Relativity, the physical theory of...

   Carles Bona, Carlos Palenzuela-Luque in Elements of Numerical Relativity

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7. Momentum and Energy Relations

   The equations of motion (5.12) for the charged insulating sphere of radius a moving with arbitrary center velocity u(t) can be rewritten in...

   Arthur D. Yaghjian in Relativistic Dynamics of a Charged Sphere

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8. Euclidean Quantum Field Theory on Commutative and Noncommutative Spaces

   I give an introduction to Euclidean quantum field theory from the point of view of statistical physics, with emphasis both on Feynman graphs and on...

   R. Wulkenhaar in Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory

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9. Ion Microscopy on Diamond

   Because of its physical properties (strong radiation hardness, wide energy gap with a consequent extremely low dark current, very large electron and...

   Claudio Manfredotti in Carbon

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10. Raman Spectroscopy and Optical Properties of Amorphous Diamond-Like Carbon Films

    The Raman spectroscopy and optical characterization of amorphous hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon films is described. The samples were prepared by...

    Leonid Khriachtchev in Carbon

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11. Correlation Between Local Structure and Film Properties in Amorphous Carbon Materials

    A discussion of the various amorphous carbon and amorphous hydrogenated carbon films is presented. A link between sp 2, sp...

    Giovanni Fanchini, Alberto Tagliaferro in Carbon

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12. Boundary Conditions

    Most Numerical Relativity simulations are devised to approximate the time evolution of the dynamical fields starting from data given on an initial...

    Carles Bona, Carlos Palenzuela-Luque in Elements of Numerical Relativity

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13. Electrical Characterization of Rare Earth Oxides Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition

    In this contribution, we investigate the electrical properties of thin (3–30 nm) Lu2O3 and Yb2O3 oxides grown on silicon by atomic layer depostion....

    Sabina Spiga, Claudia Wiemer, ... Marco Fanciulli in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films

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14. Rare Earth Oxides Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Ultimate Scaling

    Combination of lanthanum and other rare earth oxides with HfO2 yields stable compounds which withstand transistor processing and have low gate...

    Athanasios Dimoulas in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films

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15. Atomic Layer Deposition of Rare Earth Oxides

    The principles of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for thin film growth are briefly introduced, emphasizing the aspects of a self-limiting mechanism....

    Jani Päiväsaari, Jaakko Niinistö, ... Lauri Niinistö in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films

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16. Sesquioxides as Host Materialsfor Rare-Earth-Doped Bulk Lasersand Active Waveguides

    This Chapter focuses on the optical applications of rare-earth oxides. Due to their thermo-mechanical properties, the sesquioxides of yttrium,...

    Sebastian Bär, Hanno Scheife, ... Günter Huber in Rare Earth Oxide Thin Films

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17. Derivation of Force and Power Equations

    The inconsistency between the power and force equations of motion, (2.4) and (2.1) or (2.5), is so surprising that one is tempted to question the...

    Arthur D. Yaghjian in Relativistic Dynamics of a Charged Sphere

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18. Internal Binding Forces

    In Appendix B, we have critically confirmed the evaluation of the self electromagnetic force and power, (3.1) and (3.2), leading to the force and...

    Arthur D. Yaghjian in Relativistic Dynamics of a Charged Sphere

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19. Index Theorems and Noncommutative Topology

    These lecture notes are mainly devoted to a K-theory proof of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. Some applications of the K-theory to noncommutative...

    T. Fack in Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory

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20. Astrophysical Bounds on Planck Suppressed Lorentz Violation

    This article reviews many of the observational constraints on Lorentz symmetry violation (LV). We first describe the GZK cuto. and other phenomena...

    T. Jacobson, S. Liberati, D. Mattingly in Planck Scale Effects in Astrophysics and Cosmology

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