Bøger i Springer Theses serien

This thesis by an award-winning researcher summarizes the potential to use passive seismic methods to monitor the sequestration of anthropogenic CO2 in geologic reservoirs. In doing so it synthesizes innovative research in both seismology and geomechanics.

This book considers various approaches for surpassing the standard quantum limit for force measurements. It then proposes different experimental protocols for using optomechanical interactions to explore quantum behaviors of macroscopic mechanical objects.

In addition to the latter three mechanisms, ammonia is retained on the adsorbent surface via Bronsted acid-base interactions or via specific reactions with the adsorbent's functionalities leading to the incorporation of ammonia into the adsorbent's matrix.

The work tackles, among other things: the effect of substrate heterogeneity on the spatial-temporal dynamics of cardiac arrhythmias and ways in which weak pulsed electric fields can be used to control these dynamics in heterogeneous cardiac tissue.

This book develops a quantitative definition of polarisation resolution, establishes precision limits in electromagnetic systems, develops modeling tools for propagation of arbitrary electromagnetic fields, and applies these to a number of optical systems.

This publication details a groundbreaking radar methodology called perturbation analysis, which enables detection of targets smaller than the resolution cell that are highly embedded in clutter. It pushes forward the performance limits of current algorithms.

In the critical case, a systematical research on ground state solutions, including the existence, the nonexistence, the uniqueness and the phase separation phenomena of the limit profile has been presented, which seems to be the first contribution for BEC in the critical case.

This book describes a multidisciplinary, multiscale approach to the analysis of tight gas reservoirs, showing the need to move beyond standard seismic interpretation work flows to better understand the temporal and spatial evolution of such complex reservoirs.

This book explores advanced Bayesian statistical methods for extracting key information for cosmological model selection, parameter inference and forecasting from astrophysical observations, in particular dark energy from observations of supernovae type Ia.

This book shows that superconducting gap structure in iron-based superconductors depends on detailed electronic structure via magnetic penetration depth measurements, and that gap structure in iron-pnictides can be interpreted in the framework of A1g symmetry.

This book introduces the chemistry of water and water clusters, studied with novel spectroscopic approaches, and proceeds to present extensive experimental results, newly identified hydrogen bond network structures and reactivity of water clusters, and more.

The book reports on a new methodology for optimization and evaluation of traffic safety, which simulates the processes involved in traffic conflicts on the basis of detailed dynamical, human, and technical models.

This book develops data analysis techniques which enable testing of aspects of the Standard Model of particle physics with unprecedented precision, using data from the DZero experiment at the high energy Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab, Chicago.

This book focuses on analyzing theoretically the energy level alignment of different metal/organic interfaces. It presents a combination of a standard DFT calculation with the inclusion of the charging energy (U) of the molecule.

This book examines controversial questions in laser filamentation, a highly complex phenomenon involving nonlinear optical effects and plasma physics. It presents a powerful new approach to estimating the influence of higher-order nonlinear optical effects.

This thesis presents the theory of three key elements of optical spectroscopy of the electronic excitations in bilayer graphene: angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), visible range Raman spectroscopy, and far-infrared (FIR) magneto-spectroscopy.

Focusing on issues of when and how Archean crust in the craton was formed, this PhD thesis book presents major research outcomes of field based metamorphic, geochemical and geochronological investigations on Meso-Neoarchean basement rocks from Shandong Province in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton.

This book surveys recent developments in plasmonic nanosensor design, covering such discoveries as the optimal shape for plasmonic nanoparticles used for sensing, experimental methods and topics ranging from nanoparticle growth to membrane protein attachment.

This book explores the formation, characterization and mathematical modeling of aerobic granular sludge, integrating process engineering tools and molecular microbiology to describe significant progress in understanding of bacterial granulation processes.

This book presents new methods for the characterization of vegetable oils, with a focus on olive oil, according to geographical and botanical origin, genetic variety and other issues influencing product quality.

The thesis by Merce Pacios exploits properties of carbon nanotubes to design novel nanodevices. The prominent electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes are used to design diverse electrode configurations.

Increasing rate of species extinction in the present day will lead to a huge biodiversity crisis; This will assist future earth scientists in understanding the natural and anthropogenic causes behind biodiversity crisis and ecosystem collapse.

This book explores the implementation of soft matter design principles for inorganic thin film nanoarchitectures. It presents novel and unique methods of employing soft matter self-assembly for photonic and optoelectronic.

This book offers a detailed introduction to the template-assisted synthesis of 3D nanostructured functional materials and their applications in electrochromic devices and supercapacitors.

Describing novel, effective hydrogen-bond (HB) donor catalysts based on the privileged structure of bi-functional tertiary amine-thiourea, this work is a key addition to the literature. Its accessible style will ensure that a range of research chemists benefit.

This study of the molecular response of a variety of push-pull organic compounds offers a starting point for macroscopic-scale investigation of azobenzene-based liquid crystalline polymeric films and their blends with highly efficient NLO chromophores.

This book discusses the evaluation of surface and groundwater quality changes in the periods of water scarcity in river catchment areas. Discusses existing methods of assessment, the HydroOffice software program introduced by the authors.

This book reviews dense quark matter in QCD with gauge group SU(2) using low-energy effective theoretical methods, and connections of statistical properties of the Dirac operator spectrum at high baryon chemical potential and a class of random matrix theories.

By unifying information theory, measurement theory, and the recently developed theory of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, the author has constructed a theory of "information thermodynamics," in which information contents and thermodynamic variables are treated on an equal footing.

This book explores the chemistry and application of molecules containing urea and amide bonds, fundamental to biological processes. Reviews the author's finding that sterically hindered ureas undergo solvolysis at room temperature under neutral conditions.