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Addresses the exciting developments of superconductivity after 1980. This title demonstrates that progress in superconductivity is to a large extent due to progress in materials synthesis and characterization. It offers a gateway to the developments in the literature.

Suitable for first-year graduate students and non-specialists such as more mature general physicists, this title helps reader find answers to questions like: how are experiments conducted and how are the results interpreted? What are the advantages and limitations of ultracold atoms in studying many-body physics?

Nanotubes can be formed from a myriad of atomic or molecular species, the only requirement apparently being that the host material or 'wall fabric' be configurable as a layered or sheet-like structure. This book focuses on nanotubes, unique synthetic nanoscale quantum systems whose physical properties are often singular (record-setting).

Describes the revolution in condensed matter physics that occurred in our understanding of crystalline solids. This book chronicles the work done worldwide that led to these discoveries and provides the reader with an overview of the field.

Covers the basic aspects of modern electronic structure approaches. This book highlights their applications to the structural (ground state, vibrational, dynamic and thermodynamic) and electronic (spectroscopic, dielectric, magnetic, and transport) properties of real materials including solids, clusters, liquids, and nanostructure materials.

Aims to introduce scientists, from diverse fields to the branch of nanoscience. This volume gives accounts of the key fundamental aspects of nanomagnetism. It also discusses the static, dynamic and thermal properties of magnetic multilayers and nanostructures, and the phenomenon of exchange anisotropy.