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Graphite as a Highly Correlated Electron Liquid
Although a considerable amount of research work has been done on graphite, its physical properties are still not well understood. In the present...
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Silicon-Based Waveguide Technology for Wavelength Division Multiplexing
This chapter reviews the application of silicon-based planar waveguide components for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and demultiplexing. The...
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Chemical Modifications of Biomolecules by Oxidants
There is strong evidence in support of the oxidation of biomolecules during normal physiology and under conditions of environmental or pathological...
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Synthesis and Applications of Supramolecular Porphyrinic Materials
The supramolecular chemistry of porphyrinic systems is extraordinarily diverse because the rigid macrocycles offer a variety of topologies that can...
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Controlled Synthesis of High Quality Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Synthesis of high quality semiconductor nanocrystals is discussed in this chapter. Although the focus is on the recent progress in synthesis of...
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Synthetic Musks in Different Water Matrices
Nitro musks and polycyclic musks are used as synthetic musk compounds in almost all scented consumer products, such as perfumes, cosmetics, and...
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Synthetic Musks in House Dust
House dust is a sink and repository for semi-volatile organic compounds and particle bound organic matter. Although data are available on the...
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The Role of Musk and Musk Compounds in the Fragrance Industry
An overview of the role of musk and musk compounds in the fragrance industry is given. Discovery and syntheses of representatives occurring naturally...
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Functional, Discrete, Nanoscale Supramolecular Assemblies
The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented pursuit of discrete, nanoscale supramolecular aggregates, built by modern methods of self-assembly...
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Scaling of the Quantum Hall Plateau Transition
We examine the transition between quantum Hall plateaus considering a number of different experiments. Measurements of the temperature and frequency...
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Protein Dynamics: Glass Transition and Mechanical Function
We review here internal motions in proteins on a range of time- and length scales, with special emphasis on the role computer simulations can play in...
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Spin Injection in Ferromagnet/ Semiconductor Hybrid Structures
We review our recent studies on transport phenomena in hybrid structures which consist of a ferromagnetic metal and a high-mobility two-dimensional...
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Light Modulation with Silicon Devices
In this chapter we deal with different approaches to obtain fast and low power consumption amplitude modulation with silicon optoelettronic devices....
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Optical Interconnect
The progress of silicon electronic industry is based on scaling down the minimum feature size of integrated circuits. Speed, density and costs of...
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Silicon Based Waveguides
Optical waveguide based devices are key to the operation of many modern optical communication systems. The following chapter outlines the design and...
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Silicon-Based Photonic Crystals
We introduce the concept of silicon-based photonic crystals with the main focus on the macroporous silicon material system. photonic crystals are the...
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Light Generation, Amplification, and Wavelength Conversion via Stimulated Raman Scattering in Silicon Microstructures
This chapter is organized in two parts. In part one, we present the theory of Spontaneous and Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS), as well as that of...
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Silicon Photo-Receivers
The properties of photodiodes being exploitable in standard bipolar, CMOS, and BiCMOS technologies are summarized. In addition examples of advanced...
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Integrated Photonics
This chapter attempts to bring an industrial perspective to the topic of silicon photonics integration. Comparisons between microelectronics and...
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Quantum Mechanics in Quantum Rings
Magnetotransport measurements on a two-terminal semiconductor quantum ring structure are reviewed. The structure has been fabricated by...