"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Energy devices. 1. Supercapacitors -- 1.1. Types of capacitors -- 1.2. Graphene supercapacitor -- 1.3. Fiber supercapacitor -- 1.4. Two-ply yarn supercapacitor -- 1.5. Discussion and conclusions2. Batteries -- 2.1. Electrical battery -- 2.2. Lithium-ion microbattery -- 2.3. Lithium-ion paper battery with free-stan…
"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is this book about? -- 1.2. The evolution of the Universe -- 1.3. The evolution of human thought -- 1.4. The birth of modern physics -- 1.5. Life sciences and their contribution to understanding the world2. Materials science and life sciences -- 2.1. The impact of the production and use of mat…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Biochar : feedstocks, production, and characterization. 1. Introduction to the biochar world with a focus on new possible applications / Thomas R. Miles -- 2. Controlling the conversion of biomass to biochar / Paola Giudicianni, Raffaele Ragucci and Ond?erej Ma?esek -- 3. Large scale biochar production and activat…
"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Silicon--evolution -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Physical properties -- 1.3. Chemical properties -- 1.4. Electronic properties -- 1.5. Thermal properties -- 1.6. Mechanical properties -- 1.7. Scaling--present trends -- 1.8. Summary2. Silicon--types -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Crystalline silicon -- 2.3. Amorphous silic…
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. The theoretical frameworks -- 2.1. The first-principles method -- 2.2. The generalized tight-binding model and others3. Experimental measurements -- 3.1. LEED and TEM -- 3.2. STM, STS, SP-STM and SP-STS -- 3.3. ARPES and SP-ARPES -- 3.4. SQUID4. Monolayer C-, Si-, Ge-, Sn- and Pb-based materials -- 4…
"Version: 20160501"--Title page verso.EPUB version includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.9. Mistakes made and lessons learnt -- 9.1. Windscale--Pile 1 -- 9.2. Three Mile Island--Reactor 2 -- 9.3. Chernobyl--Reactor 4 -- 9.4. Fukushima Daiichi -- 9.5. How do the incidents compare?8. Materials and nuclear fusion -- 8.1. Atomic background and recap -- 8.2. Requirements for f…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Shocks and structured waves -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Waves in solids -- 1.3. Large-amplitude waves -- 1.4. The shock wave -- 1.5. Waves of restricted form -- 1.6. Spall waves and the spallation of solids2. Dynamic fragmentation of solids and liquids -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Size distributions and probabilistic …
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.6. Shock compression of ceramics with microstructure -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Classic mixture theory of shock compression -- 6.3. Shock compression of materials with microstructure strength -- 6.4. Elasticity and strength of ceramics with microstructure -- 6.5. Application to ceramics with microstructure -- 6.6. Shock…