Ideal for product developers, this book provides a complete, practical, and accessible introduction to photoinitiators and their commercial use. The text describes the chemical mechanisms of how these materials work from the energy delivered by UV light and the use of the many different groups of photoinitiators in diverse applications. It highlights individual differences and discusses what particular effects they bring to end-products. Based on more than 30 years of experience working with photoinitiators, the author also covers many relevant practical factors, such as surface and depth cure, oxygen inhibition, and yellowing effects.
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Industrial Chemistry
Materials Science
Organic Chemistry
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Reflecting recent advancements in colloidal nanocrystals and quantum-confined nanostructures, this second edition focuses on the semiconductor nanocrystals known as nanocrystal quantum dots. Gathering contributions from leading researchers, this edition includes new chapters on carrier multiplication (generation of multiexcitons by single photons), doping of semiconductor nanocrystals, and applications of nanocrystals in biology. The book also covers synthesis and assembly, spectroscopy of inter- and intraband optical transitions, single-nanocrystal optical and tunneling spectroscopy, transport properties, and nanocrystal applications in photovoltaics, light emitting technologies, lasing, bioimaging, and biosensing.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
Optics & optoelectronics
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Molecular modeling is becoming an increasingly important part of chemical research and education. This volume provides the fundamental theory needed to understand not only what molecular modeling programs do, but also the gist of research papers that describe molecular modeling results. It begins by examining the potential energy surface (PES). It explores ways to calculate energy by molecular and quantum mechanics. It describes molecular properties and the condensed phase, and shows how to extract and interpret information from a program output. The author uses hands-on exercises to illustrate concepts and he supplements the text with a blog containing animated tutorials and interactive figures.
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Chemistry
Mathematical Physics
Chemical Physics
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Clearly outlining the basic principles of coordinate systems, this second edition of a bestseller covers ellipsoids, datums, and plane coordinates as they are used in GIS and GPS. It also covers the geoid and the concepts of elevation. The author explains complex topics with in a logical progression and in a manner which is neither too complicated not oversimplified, avoiding getting bogged down in the mathematics. The new edition expands the material with updates that have occurred in the field during the past five years, especially in the World Geodetic System and International Terrestrial Reference Frame, and includes the upcoming GNSS constellations and coordinate implications.
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Networks
IT Security
Internet & Multimedia
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An introduction to the dynamics of internal geologic processes of earth, this book explains the origin of landforms by the processes involved in their evolution. The author expresses process activities in mathematical, empirical, and semi-empirical perspectives to highlight their distinctive identity in specific environmental stress conditions. Each chapter reviews, synthesizes, and provides recent findings and understanding of the complexity of geomorphic processes. They also include competing hypotheses on the evolution of landforms of the given environment. Examples and detailed case studies enable readers to understand the components of process-form relationships.
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Environmental Geology
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Using a practitioner-oriented style, this book provides guidance on how to collaborate more effectively, with less frustration and better results. The authors articulate an approach that takes advantage of windows of opportunity for real problem solving; brings multi-disciplinary participants to the table to engage more systematically in planning, analysis, decision making, and implementation; breaks down barriers to change; and ultimately, lays the foundation for new thinking and acting. They incorporate knowledge gained from organization and collaboration management research and personal experience to create a fresh approach to collaboration practice.
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Public Administration & Management
Business & Management
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Incorporating information technologies and information management, this work describes evolving areas of efficiency in the healthcare industry due to healthcare informatics enhancements. The book begins with an overview of the shift into new healthcare system structures through the utilization of information technology/systems and the creation of software platforms. It then discusses innovative information systems and their functionality, business intelligence in healthcare, and the use of advanced analytics and information management. The book also examines evolving trends in healthcare, including potential gains through data and information management.
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Management of IT
Healthcare Management
Intelligent Systems
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With the rapid development of nanotechnology, the surface-to-volume ratio of objects of interest continues to increase. As such, so does the importance of our ability to tailor interfacial properties. Written by bestselling author and internationally renowned researcher K.S. Birdi, this volume offers comprehensive coverage of the field of electrical double layer (EDL) research. It discusses theoretical models used with EDL and demonstrates how they can be applied to typically encountered real-world problems including those that must be considered in modern industrial applications. The book provides bonus material on advanced theory that is separate from the main text.
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Physical Chemistry
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
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Completely revised and updated, this second edition of a bestseller supplies the appropriate understanding of optimum properties for a given application. Addressing the needs of researchers working with time-varying media, the book provides a comprehensive look at the theory, numerical simulation, application, and experimental work. Written by a world leader in research on frequency transformation in a time-varying magnetoplasma medium, this edition focuses on applying a time-varying medium to design a frequency and polarization transformer. It provides the understanding of research techniques useful, in electrooptics, plasma science and engineering, microwave engineering, and solid state devices.
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Electromagnetics & Microwaves
Optoelectronics
Optics & optoelectronics
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It is not the presence of bacterial organisms but their interaction with patients that determine their influence on wound healing. Documenting this critical but often ignored aspect of wound healing, this volume discusses the microbiology and biology of human wounds in relation to infection and the biology of the non-healing wound. It presents scientific and clinical information regarding chronic and acute wounds, and discusses inflammation, epithelialization, granulation tissue, and tissue remodeling. It also details techniques for managing chronic and acute wound bioburden and covers the mode of action and efficacy of anti-infectives used in treating wounds.
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Microbiology
Dermatology
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