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1. Orbit Dynamics, Stability and Chaos in Planetary Systems

   Let us start with a problem of dynamical biology, which was posed about 800 years ago by Fibonacci1

   Rudolf Dvorak, Florian Freistetter in Chaos and Stability in Planetary Systems

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2. Collision Free Motion Planning on Graphs

   A topological theory initiated in [4,5] uses methods of algebraic topology to estimate numerically the character of instabilities arising in motion...

   Michael Farber in Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI

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3. Computing Protein Structures from Electron Density Maps: The Missing Fragment Problem

   Rapid protein structure determination relies greatly on the availability of software that can automatically generate a protein model from an...

   Itay Lotan, Henry van den Bedem, ... Jean-Claude Latombe in Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI

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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. Growth and Room Temperature Spin Polarization of Half-metallic Epitaxial CrO2 and Fe3O4 Thin Films

   Potential applications of systems based on half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) in magneto- and spinelectronics including spin injectors, magnetic field...

   M. Fonin, Yu. S. Dedkov, ... G. Güntherodt in Local-Moment Ferromagnets

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10. 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...

    Veit Wagner in Advances in Solid State Physics

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11. AlGaN/GaN Electrolyte-Gate Field-Effect Transistors as Transducers for Bioelectronic Devices

    AlGaN/GaN electrolyte gate field-effect transistors are assessed as a transducer device for biosensor applications. Their low-frequency noise power...

    Georg Steinhoff, Barbara Baur, ... Martin Eickhoff in Advances in Solid State Physics

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12. Planet Formation

    Motivating the study of planet formation is not difficult for any curious audience. One of the fundamental human questions is that of origins: “where...

    Thomas Quinn in Chaos and Stability in Planetary Systems

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13. Pareto Optimal Coordination on Roadmaps

    Given a collection of robots sharing a common environment, assume that each possesses an individual roadmap for its C-space and a cost function for...

    Robert Ghrist, Jason M. O’Kane, Steven M. LaValle in Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI

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14. Coordinating Multiple Droplets in Planar Array Digital Microfluidics System

    This paper presents an approach to coordinate the motions of droplets in digital microfluidic systems used for biochemical analysis. A digital...

    Eric Griffith, Srinivas Akella in Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI

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15. Semi-Differential Invariants for Recognition of Albebraic Curves

    This paper studies the recognition of low-degree polynomial curves based on minimal tactile data. Differential and semi-differential invariants have...

    Yan-Bin Jia, Rinat Ibrayev in Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI

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16. Computing Deform Closure Grasps

    In prior work, we extended the well-known form closure grasp framework for rigid parts to a class of deformable parts, modeled as frictionless...

    K. “Gopal” Gopalakrishnan, Ken Goldberg in Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics VI

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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. Magnetic Interactions in Granular Paramagnetic-Ferromagnetic GaAs:Mn/MnAs Hybrids

    The paramagnetic-ferromagnetic hybrid structure with a Curie temperature above room temperature formed by metallic MnAs clusters embedded in a...

    Wolfram Heimbrodt, Peter J. Klar in Local-Moment Ferromagnets

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