Avalanches In Functional Materials And Geophysics

Author : Ekhard K.H. Salje
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319456121
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Avalanches in Functional Materials and Geophysics written by Ekhard K.H. Salje and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the state-of-the art of the present understanding of avalanche phenomena in both functional materials and geophysics. The main emphasis of the book is analyzing these apparently different problems within the common perspective of out-of-equilibrium phenomena displaying spatial and temporal complexity that occur in a broad range of scales. Many systems, when subjected to an external force, respond intermittently in the form of avalanches that often span over a wide range of sizes, energies and durations. This is often related to a class of critical behavior characterized by the absence of characteristic scales. Typical examples are magnetization processes, plastic deformation and failure occuring in functional materials. These phenomena share many similarities with seismicity arising from the earth crust failure due to stresses that originate from plate tectonics.

Author : Philippe Tückmantel
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030723895
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scanning Probe Studies of Structural and Functional Properties of Ferroelectric Domains and Domain Walls written by Philippe Tückmantel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the fascinating properties of domain walls in ferroelectric materials. Domain walls can be used as model systems to study fundamental aspects of interface physics, such as crackling noise, with implications extending to a broad variety of systems, from material fracture and earthquakes to solar flares and collective decision making. Ferroelectric domain walls also show functional properties absent from the domains themselves, such as enhanced conduction leading to the tantalizing possibility of reconfigurable nanoelectronic circuitry where domain walls are active components. This work discusses the crackling physics of domain walls in thin films of Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3, as well as links between the local conductivity of domain walls and nanoscale geometrical distortions due to defects, and discusses unusual polarization textures with rotational components at crossings of ferroelastic twin domains. The results presented in this thesis have important implications for the experimental study of crackling systems.

Author : Plamen Ch. Ivanov
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889714357
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Frontier of Network Physiology: From Temporal Dynamics to the Synchronization and Principles of Integration in Networks of Physiological Systems written by Plamen Ch. Ivanov and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sundeep Mukherjee
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039434748
Total Pages : 278 pages
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Download or read book Complex Concentrated Alloys (CCAs) written by Sundeep Mukherjee and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of several unique articles on the current state of research on complex concentrated alloys, as well as their compelling future opportunities in wide ranging applications. Complex concentrated alloys consist of multiple principal elements and represent a new paradigm in structural alloy design. They show a range of exceptional properties that are unachievable in conventional alloys, including high strength–ductility combination, resistance to oxidation, corrosion/wear resistance, and excellent high-temperature properties. The research articles, reviews, and perspectives are intended to provide a wholistic view of this multidisciplinary subject of interest to scientists and engineers.

Author : Corentin Caudron
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889636240
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards Improved Forecasting of Volcanic Eruptions written by Corentin Caudron and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick Charbonneau
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811273936
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Glass Theory And Far Beyond: Replica Symmetry Breaking After 40 Years written by Patrick Charbonneau and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About sixty years ago, the anomalous magnetic response of certain magnetic alloys drew the attention of theoretical physicists. It soon became clear that understanding these systems, now called spin glasses, would give rise to a new branch of statistical physics. As physical materials, spin glasses were found to be as useless as they were exotic. They have nevertheless been recognized as paradigmatic examples of complex systems with applications to problems as diverse as neural networks, amorphous solids, biological molecules, social and economic interactions, information theory and constraint satisfaction problems.This book presents an encyclopaedic overview of the broad range of these applications. More than 30 contributions are compiled, written by many of the leading researchers who have contributed to these developments over the last few decades. Some timely and cutting-edge applications are also discussed. This collection serves well as an introduction and summary of disordered and glassy systems for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and practitioners interested in the topic.

Author : Miguel Alguero
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118935705
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nanoscale Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics written by Miguel Alguero and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two volume set reviews the key issues in processing and characterization of nanoscale ferroelectrics and multiferroics, and provides a comprehensive description of their properties, with an emphasis in differentiating size effects of extrinsic ones like boundary or interface effects. Recently described nanoscale novel phenomena are also addressed. Organized into three parts it addresses key issues in processing (nanostructuring), characterization (of the nanostructured materials) and nanoscale effects. Taking full advantage of the synergies between nanoscale ferroelectrics and multiferroics, the text covers materials nanostructured at all levels, from ceramic technologies like ferroelectric nanopowders, bulk nanostructured ceramics and thick films, and magnetoelectric nanocomposites, to thin films, either polycrystalline layer heterostructures or epitaxial systems, and to nanoscale free standing objects with specific geometries, such as nanowires and tubes at different levels of development. This set is developed from the high level European scientific knowledge platform built within the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action on Single and multiphase ferroics and multiferroics with restricted geometries (SIMUFER, ref. MP0904). Chapter contributors have been carefully selected, and have all made major contributions to knowledge of the respective topics, and overall, they are among most respected scientists in the field.

Author : Jennifer M. Fitch
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
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Download or read book Earth and Astronomical Sciences Research Centres written by Jennifer M. Fitch and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780582082748
Total Pages : 642 pages
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Download or read book Earth and Astronomical Sciences Research Centres written by and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1991 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309100097
Total Pages : 220 pages
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