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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...
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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...
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An Origin of CMR: Competing Phases and Disorder-Induced Insulator-to-Metal Transition in Manganites
We theoretically explore the mechanism of the colossal magnetoresistance in manganese oxides by explicitly taking into account the phase competition...
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Carrier Induced Ferromagnetism in Concentrated and Diluted Local-Moment Systems
For modeling the electronic and magnetic properties of concentrated and diluted magnetic semiconductors we use the s-f model (ferromagnetic...
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Optical Analysis of Monolayers at Surfaces and Interfaces
Surface as well as interface properties are crucial for tailoring advanced materials, especially if the structure size in one or more dimensions...
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Electron Spin Relaxation in Semiconductors
We review recent progress in the understanding of electron spin relaxation mechanisms in zinc-blende semiconductors. Increased spin lifetimes are...
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Electronic Structure of Rare Earth Oxides
The electronic structures of dioxides, REO2, and sesquioxides, RE2O3, of the rare earths, RE=Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy and Ho, are...
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Switched Stabilization of a Hovercraft
In this chapter we consider the problem of stabilizing a hovercraft with two different switched strategies. The first control algorithm is based on...
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Output Feedback Stabilization of a Mobile Robot
In all the previous chapters, we assumed full-state information for the purpose of controller synthesis. Here we propose an observer scheme for one...
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Empirical Molecular Dynamics: Possibilities, Requirements, and Limitations
Classical molecular dynamics enables atomistic structure simulations of nanoscopic systems to be made. The method is extremely powerful in solving...
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Alternative Control Strategies for the NI
In this chapter we propose three alternative control strategies to stabilize the NI. These control strategies are switched and time-varying in...
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Defect Theory: An Armchair History
This introductory chapter begins with a summary of the developments of the theory of defects in semiconductors in the past 50 years. This is followed...
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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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Optical Techniques for Local Measurement
Optical measurement techniques are well suited to many heat transfer problems, insofar as they are non-contact and generally non-invasive. Far-field...
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Molecular Dynamics
The aim in this Chapter is to show how molecular dynamics can be used to study conductive heat transfer in matter in terms of an atomic description...
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Introduction to Radiative Transfer
The aim of this Chapter is to introduce concepts and methods for modelling radiative transfer on short length scales. Electromagnetic radiation...
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Hybrid Techniquesand Multipurpose Microscopes
In this Chapter we discuss microscopes able to achieve submicron resolution using thermoelastic effects. Section 1 reviews the physical effects that...
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Solution of the Boltzmann Equationfor Phonon Transport
We discuss two popular methods for solving the radiative transfer equation in the field of thermal radiation, which can be used to calculate...
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Scanning Thermal Microscopy
Fundamental research and continued miniaturisation of systems (materials or components) have instigated and still require today the development of...
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Light Induced Effects in Amorphous and Glassy Solids
In this Chapter, we discuss how exposure to light can affect the properties of disordered materials and review our recent computational studies of...