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3 Additional E.ects Involved in Contact
More is involved in contact than just friction, although it is the main process. Indeed, during a contact process elastic or plastic deformations of...
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13 Dynamic, One-Dimensional and Miscellaneous Problems
The previous part of this monograph makes it clear that the branch of the Mathematical Theory of Contact Mechanics, which deals with quasistatic...
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Introduction
The scattering of x-rays is a very powerful tool to investigate the structure and dynamics of condensed matter. The research in this field can be...
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Anisotropic Substrates
A prerequisite for infrared ellipsometry investigations of semiconductor layer structures is an accurate knowledge of the substrate materials’...
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6 Stepwise Inflation of a Balloon
When we inflate a balloon in the usual manner, namely by blowing air into it by mouth, we first inhale deeply by expanding our lungs. After that we...
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9 Stability of the Spherical Shape
Ever so often we observe that a balloon, which is spherical in the undistorted state, becomes elongated upon inflation so that we obtain a...
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Outlook and Perspectives
Nuclear resonant scattering has significantly benefitted from the development of third-generation synchrotron radiation sources. This trend will...
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General Aspects of Nuclear Resonant Scattering
Nuclear resonant scattering (NRS) unites a number of different scattering processes that can be used to investigate properties of condensed matter....
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On the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleobases, Nucleotides, Oligonucleotides, Pre-RNA and Pre-DNA Molecules
All the strategies for the prebiotic syntheses of RNA and DNA assume the adequate availability of the presumptive precursors such as purine and...
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Biologically Produced Sulfur
Sulfur compound oxidizing bacteria Sulfur compound oxidizing bacteria produce sulfur as an intermediate in the...
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Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to Global Cluster Geometry Optimization
This contribution focuses upon the application of evolutionary algorithms to the nondeterministic polynomial hard problem of global cluster geometry...
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Liquid Sulfur
The molecular composition as well as the physical properties (including spectra) of liquid sulfur Liquid Sulfur...
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Speciation and Thermodynamics of Sulfur Vapor
Sulfur vapor Sulfur vapor at temperatures of between 200 and 1000 °C consists of all molecules with 2–10 atoms, some...
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Prediction of Crystal Structures Using Evolutionary Algorithms and Related Techniques
Methods, evolutionary and systematic search approaches, and applications of crystal structure prediction of closest-packed and framework materials...
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Quasiparticle Calculations for Point Defects at Semiconductor Surfaces
We present a quantitative parameter-free method for calculating defect states and charge-transition levels of point defects in semiconductors. It...
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From the Prebiotic Synthesis of α-Amino Acids Towards a Primitive Translation Apparatus for the Synthesis of Peptides
The demonstration that ribosomal peptide synthesis is a ribozyme-catalyzed reaction does not establish that amino acids and peptides have been...
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Measurements of Defect Density Inside CVD Diamond Films Through Nuclear Particle Penetration
Fast nuclear particles (light or heavy ions), passing through a diamond film, deposit energy by ionization. It is possible to collect the developed...
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Optical Characterisation of High-Quality Homoepitaxial Diamond
Recently, great effort has been devoted to the deposition of homoepitaxial diamond for electronic applications. Its single-crystal nature avoids the...
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A Spectroscopic Approach to Carbon Materials for Energy Storage
In this Chapter we present the contribution offered by vibrational spectroscopy in the characterization of carbon–based materials. The necessary...
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Introduction
The phenomenon of spontaneous collective order of the magnetic moments in some solid materials (ferro-, ferri-, antiferromagnetism), still attracts...