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Major advancements in biophotonics have successfully permeated biochemistry and cell/molecular biology as well as numerous preclinical applications. This book presents the fundamentals of optics and biophotonics to newcomers who are interested in this multidisciplinary research field. With contributions from leading experts, the text highlights major current advancements in preclinical diagnostics using optical microscopy and spectroscopy, including multiphoton microscopy, nanoscopy, and endomicroscopy. The book also introduces a number of emerging techniques and toolsets for biophotonics applications, such as nanoplasmonics, microresonators for molecular detection, and subcellular optical nanosurgery.

This graduate-level text discusses from first principles the background theory of various effects of quantum optics, introduces students to the main ideas of quantum optics as clearly as possible, and teaches the mathematical methods used by researchers working in the fields of quantum and atom optics. It contains numerous valuable derivations and calculations that are often hard to find in scientific articles and other texts on quantum optics. The book provides a useful starting point for those interested in learning more.

Edited by three of the top researchers in the field of tissue engineering and nanomedicine, with contributions from a team of pioneers and well-known leading experts in the biomedical field, this book presents the latest nano/microtechnologies used to manipulate stem cell behaviors, which is a critical area for regenerative medicine. It covers and details cutting-edge research in nano/microfabrication techniques and biomaterials for various tissue/organ, such as bone, cartilage, craniofacial, osteochondral, muscle, bladder and cardiovascular tissue, etc., regenerations.

This book concentrates on the theory of spin resonance phenomena and the relaxation theory, which have been discussed from first principles to introduce the reader to the language of quantum mechanics used to describe the behaviour of atomic nuclei and electrons. There is a long way from knowing complex formulae to apply them correctly to describe the studied system. The book shows through examples how symbols can be "replaced" in equations by using properties of real systems to formulate descriptions that link the quantities observed in spin resonance experiments with dynamics and structure of molecules.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on multifunctional molecular materials that involve coexistence or interplay or synergy between multiple physical properties focusing on electrical conductivity, magnetism, single-molecule magnets behavior, chirality, spin crossover, and luminescence. The book¿s coverage ranges from transition metals and lanthanide coordination complexes to genuine organic materials. The book also discusses some potentialities of applications of these materials in molecule-based devices.

This volume charts the progress made in the use of quantum dots as the signaling component in optical sensors since their discovery in the early 1980s. It focuses on CdS-, CdSe-, and CdTe-type quantum dots due to their emission in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The book details the range of methods currently used for the preparation and passivation of core/core-shell quantum dots, discusses their electrochemical properties and potential toxicity, and explains how electron and energy transfer mechanisms can be used to generate a range of quantum dot-based probes.

Low temperature is an extreme condition which has always attracted scientists. At such low (cryogenic) temperatures the thermal, electric, and magnetic properties of many substances undergo great change, and the behavior of matter is very different from that at room temperature. This book deals with the field of low-temperature research.

Three-dimensional (3D) integration is identified as a possible avenue for continuous performance growth in integrated circuits (IC). Wafer level 3D IC can take several forms, and they usually include a stack of several thinned IC layers that are vertically bonded and interconnected by through silicon via TSV. This book presents contributions by key researchers in this field, covering motivations, technology platforms, applications, and other design issues.

An examination of nanoindentification that is divided into two parts: part one presents the basic science of nanoidentification including the background of contact mechanics underlying indentation technique, and the instrumentation used to gather mechanic

Provides a broad overview of nanotechnology as applied to contemporary electronics and photonics. This book covers nanoscale materials and devices for both electronics and optical technologies. It emphasises on experimental methods rather than theoretical modeling.

Semiconductor nanostructures provide simultaneously various ways of qubit implementation as well as a way to transfer quantum information from these stationary qubits to flying qubits (photons). This book highlights the qubit implementations in semiconductors and provides an overview of this field.

This book is composed of 12 chapters covering relevant topics of ultrafast laser processing, including laser itself and novel beam manipulation methods for processing, fundamentals of ultrafast laser processing, nanomaterial synthesis, surface micro- and nanostructuring, micromachining, two-photon photopolymerization, internal modification/fabrication of transparent materials, applications to photonic devices and microchips for biological analysis, industrial applications, and so on. Each chapter is written by world-leading scientists in the related field so as to give comprehensive reviews in the field of ultrafast laser micro- and nanoprocessing.

This book proposes and reviews comprehensive strategies based on optical electronics for constructing optoelectronic systems with minimized optics excess. It describes the core technologies such as self-organized optical waveguides based on self-organized lightwave network (SOLNET), three-dimensional optical circuits, material-saving heterogeneous thin-film device integration process (PL-Pack with SORT), and high-speed/small-size light modulators and optical switches. The book also presents applications of optical electronics, including integrated optical interconnects within computers and massive optical switching systems utilizing three-dimensional self-organized optical circuits, solar energy conversion systems, and bio/medical photonics such as cancer therapy.

In recent years, the understanding of the pathophysiological processes of atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the vessel wall being the leading cause for mortality in industrial countries, has tremendously increased. The feasibility of translating such knowledge to novel therapeutic approaches is currently being explored at various levels. This book highlights advances in atherosclerosis and links these to relevant therapeutic strategies. It compiles and details cutting-edge research in cardiovascular medicine from internationally renowned authors.

The interest in finding reliable and highly sensitive sensors for water quality control has grown recently empowered by the explosion of cutting-edge technologies such as nanotechnologies, optoelectronics, and computing on one hand and by the increasing need for more secure control of water quality on the other hand. This book highlights a number of modern topics in the field of biosensing particularly for water sensing in which the signal is enhanced, starting from surface enhanced spectroscopies using plasmonic structures such as Raman scattering (SERS), infrared enhanced absorption (SEIRA), and surface enhanced fluorescence (SEF).

Fuel cell systems are being commercialized. Most noteworthy are low-temperature PEM fuel cell systems that are economically attractive for applications including backup power systems and material handling (forklifts). This book details the advances of fuel cell systems incorporating methanol reformers as the source of purified hydrogen.

Argues that the overall trajectory pursued through nanotechnology provides little hope for a more equitable world.

Superconductors (SC) reveal deep insight of physical properties of condensed matters. In particular, recent advancement of carbon-based new SCs (CNSC) is significant. This book describes basic physics and the recent advancement of CNSC, such as diamond, graphite, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, and others.

Self-Field Theory (SFT) is a recent development that has evolved from the classical electromagnetics of the electron's self fields that were studied by Abraham and Lorentz in 1903-4. This book deals with the topic of Self-Field Theory (SFT), a new mathematical description of physics distinct from quantum field theory.

A promising class of carbon-based nanostructured materials, varied from empty caged fullerenes and endohedral metallofullerenes to carbon nanotubes and nanohorns, has led to an explosion of research associated with nanotechnology. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the state-of-knowledge of this subject.

Magnetoelectric composites, which simultaneously exhibit ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism, have recently stimulated a sharply increasing number of research activities. This book discusses these bulk and nanostructured magnetoelectric composites both in experimental and theoretical.

The growing interest in the miniaturization of magnetic storage media and the quest for novel spintronics applications rely on element specific detection of spin and orbital magnetic moments in a solid. This book describes EMCD (energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism), a phenomenon in energy loss spectroscopy discovered in 2006.