Information is created, processed, transported, and detected using electrons, photons,
phonons, or plasmons. Of these basic components of information technology, utilization of …

Polymeric electro-optic materials have recently been developed that, when fabricated into
devices such as Mach-Zehnder interferometers, permit drive (V π) voltages of less than 1 V …

Discussing theory and transport, synthesis, processing, properties, and applications, this
second edition of a standard resource covers advances in the field of electrically conducting …

Reflecting changes in the field in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, The
Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition explores recent advances that have affected this …

Quantum mechanical calculations are used to optimize the molecular first hyperpolarizability
of organic chromophores and statistical mechanical calculations are used to optimize the …

The performance of electro-optic devices based on organic second order NLO materials has
been improved by orders of magnitude through theory-guided improvement in the electro …

We investigate the mechanical strength of boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) polymer interfaces
by using in situ electron microscopy nanomechanical single-tube pull-out techniques. The …

Monte Carlo statistical mechanical computer simulations of the electric-field poling of second-
order nonlinear optical chromophores, characterized by large dipole moments …

Many significant fundamental concepts and practical applications have developed since the
publication of the best-selling second edition of the Handbook of Conducting Polymers. Now …

An overview of the development and utilization of organic electro-optic materials is
presented with emphasis on the role played by quantum and statistical mechanical …