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This volume of conference proceedings presents the latest developments in the field of electron microscopy and demonstrates the continuing importance of this discipline. ... Read more

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This book deals with the structure, physical mechanisms and technical applications of superconducting electronic devices. It presents the fundamentals of superconducting electronics in general, and deals in detail with applications in microwave engineering, for example in SIS mixers and Josephson dc references. Practical aspects, including device production and the choice of suitable materials, as well as the related cryogenic engineering, are treated in special sections, and the impact of high-TC superconductivity is taken into account. Students in electronic engineering and physics will find the book a well-balanced introduction; for professionals it is an excellent overview of a field of fast-growing importance. ... Read more

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Low Temperature Electronics: Physics, Devices, Circuits, and Applications summarizes the recent advances in cryoelectronics starting from the fundamentals in physics and semiconductor devices to electronic systems, hybrid superconductor-semiconductor technologies, photonic devices, cryocoolers and thermal management. Furthermore, this book provides an exploration of the currently available theory, research, and technologies related to cryoelectronics, including treatment of the solid state physical properties of the materials used in these systems.

Current applications are found in infrared systems, satellite communications and medical equipment. There are opportunities to expand in newer fields such as wireless and mobile communications, computers, and measurement and scientific equipment. Low temperature operations can offer certain advantages such as higher operational speeds, lower power dissipation, shorter signal transmission times, higher semiconductor and metal thermal conductivities, and improved digital and analog circuit performance.

The computer, telecommunication, and cellular phone market is pushing the semiconductor industry towards the development of very aggressive device and integrated circuit fabrication technologies. This is taking these technologies towards the physical miniaturization limit, where quantum effects and fabrication costs are becoming a technological and economical barrier for further development. In view of these limitations, operation of semiconductor devices and circuits at low temperature (cryogenic temperature) is studied in this book.



* It is a book intended for a wide audience: students, scientists, technology development engineers, private companies, universities, etc.
* It contains information which is for the first time available as an all-in-one source; Interdisciplinary material is arranged and made compatible in this book
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A seminal work in the field
This is one of the first books that fully addresses the importance of silicon-based low temperatureelectronics.As technology evolves, humankind has found more and more applications for electronicsystems, operating at evermore higher frequencies.The operation of silicon devices and circuits atcryogenic temperatures allows for "inexpensive" yethigh performance electronics.A few years downthe road,this book will be recognized as a seminal work in the field. ... Read more

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This supplement to the prestigious ADVANCES IN ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRON PHYSICS Series presents a systematic and self-contained treatment of morphological generators (transformations). Morphological Image Operators begins with a comprehensive introduction for the inexperienced, and continues with a detailed exposition of the algebraic approach to mathematical morphology, topological and geometrical aspects, applications to grey-scale and color images, and morphological filters. The theories are presented with concrete examples wherever possible and depicted by various examples as well as numerous graphical illustrations and pictures.

Emphasizes the unified algebraic framework for mathematical morphology
Presents a comprehensive treatment of complete lattice framework
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Compilation of papers from the 20th International Conference on the Physics of Electronic & Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC) presenting recent trends in the field & new approaches to old problems. ... Read more

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Symposium M was presented at the combined 1997 International Conference on Applied Materials/European Materials Research Society Spring meeting (ICAM'97/E-MRS'97) held in Strasbourg (France) from 16-20 June 1997. Molecular materials and devices are reaching a maturity level in terms of fabrication technologies, stability-lifetime issues and functional properties, as well as in the basic understanding of their properties, that increasingly captures the attention of wider circles of the scientific and industrial communities. Electroluminescent polymers are at the fore-front of this upsurge of interest in view of recent breakthroughs in the fields of displays or light emission. Considerable progress was reported at this meeting in terms of operational lifetime and long term stability, in particular at polymer–metal interfaces under electron or hole injection conditions.


The aim of this Symposium was to provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of new work in the field. More than eighty papers reflecting broad and intense activity in the field have been gathered in the proceedings.
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These proceedings provide an overview of quantum effect physics, electronics and applications. Coverage includes research into silicon ULSIs, neural networks, nanofabrication, transport, optical properties, resonant tunnelling effects and quantum effect devices. ... Read more

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'All papers were peer-reviewed. The 19th Winterschool focused mainly on new nanostructured materials, with data presented on functionalized fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, filled and double-wall nanotubes, non-carbon nanotubes, such as BN and MoS2 tubes, and other nanostructures. The direction of nanoelectronics research was explored in depth, and advancements in composite technology and novel applications for nanotubes were discussed. Importantly, participants were updated on the theoretical and experimental determinations of structural and electronic properties as well as on characterization methods for molecular nanostructures. ... Read more