It is increasingly being recognized that new applications for materials require functions and
properties that are not achievable with monolithic materials. The combination of dissimilar …

Based on the effective medium approximation and the fractal theory for the description of
nanoparticle cluster and its radial distribution, a method for modeling the effective thermal …

The Snow, Ice, and Aerosol Radiative (SNICAR) model has been used in various capacities
over the last 15 years to model the spectral albedo of snow with light-absorbing constituents …

The possibility that interstellar grains are composite collections of very small particles,
loosely attached to one another, is investigated. The grains are assumed to include a …

We report experiments on gold clusters in the size range 2–4 nm, embedded in an alumina
matrix. The metallic particles are produced with a laser vaporization source and codeposited …

This book presents an overview of nanostructure determination and ways to find
relationships to the electronic and optical properties. The methods described can be applied …

The multipolar response of a small metallic sphere is studied with use of a nonlocal
dielectric function. Results obtained with the hydrodynamic and Lindhard-Mermin models …

We give a rigorous and original derivation of the Maxwell-Garnett mixing rule in the
dynamical regime for a composite dielectric random medium with small spherical inclusions …

Here we explore light absorption by snowpack containing black carbon (BC) particles
residing within ice grains. Basic considerations of particle volumes and BC/snow mass …

Static and dynamic behaviour of a beam made of functionally graded piezoelectric material
(FGPM) is studied. The material properties of the PZT4/aluminium/FGPM are graded in the …