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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817713603321

Titolo

Condensed-matter and materials physics : basic research for tomorrow's technology / / Committee on Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

1-282-08208-6

9786612082085

0-309-52124-6

0-585-14260-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Physics in a new era

Disciplina

530.4/1/072073

Soggetti

Condensed matter - Research - United States

Materials - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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