Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: Basic Research for Tomorrow's Technology

by Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, et al.

This book identifies opportunities, priorities, and challenges for the field of condensed-matter and materials physics. It highlights exciting recent scientific and technological developments and their societal impact and identifies outstanding questions for future research. Topics range from the science of modern technology to new materials and structures, novel quantum phenomena, nonequilibrium physics, soft condensed matter, and new experimental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309063493
• ISBN13: 9780309063494
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"