Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics
eBook - PDF

Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics

Basic Research for Tomorrow's Technology

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  1. 325 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics

Basic Research for Tomorrow's Technology

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About this book

This book identifies opportunities, priorities, and challenges for the field of condensed-matter and materials physics. It highlights exciting recent scientific and technological developments and their societal impact and identifies outstanding questions for future research. Topics range from the science of modern technology to new materials and structures, novel quantum phenomena, nonequilibrium physics, soft condensed matter, and new experimental and computational tools.The book also addresses structural challenges for the field, including nurturing its intellectual vitality, maintaining a healthy mixture of large and small research facilities, improving the field's integration with other disciplines, and developing new ways for scientists in academia, government laboratories, and industry to work together. It will be of interest to scientists, educators, students, and policymakers.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
1999
eBook ISBN
9780309521246
Edition
0
Topic
Physical Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  4. Contents
  5. Executive Summary
  6. Overview
  7. 1 Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials and Phenomena: The Science of Modern Technology
  8. 2 New Materials and Structures
  9. 3 Novel Quantum Phenomena
  10. 4 Nonequilibrium Physics
  11. 5 Soft Condensed Matter: Complex Fluids, Macromolecular Systems, and Biological Systems
  12. 6 New Tools for Research
  13. 7 Changes in the R&D Landscape
  14. 8 The Next Decade