In the last two decades, plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) has been the
subject of intense research efforts. Plasmon physics is intriguing and its precise modelling …

Fast ion conduction in solid-state matrices constitutes the foundation for a wide spectrum of
electrochemical systems that use solid electrolytes (SEs), examples of which include solid …

Peltier devices utilizing thermoelectric (TE) materials are expected to be used for precise
temperature management in 5G and next-generation communication technologies. This …

Many IV–VI semiconductors tend to be good thermoelectric materials, these include all Pb
chalcogenides as well as Pb-free SnTe: all of which crystallize in a NaCl cubic structure …

Time-resolved, pulsed terahertz spectroscopy has developed into a powerful tool to study
charge carrier dynamics in semiconductors and semiconductor structures over the past …

Over the past two decades percolation theory has been used to explain and model a wide
variety of phenomena that are of industrial and scientific importance. Examples include …

Effective medium theory dates back to the early days of the theory of electricity. Faraday
1837 proposed one of the earliest models for a composite metal-insulator dielectric, and …

In this standard reference of the field, theoretical and experimental approaches to flow,
hydrodynamic dispersion, and miscible displacements in porous media and fractured rock …

This is a thoroughly revised version of the original book published in 1986. About half of the
contents of the previous version remain essentially unchanged, and one quarter has been …

In the mid-seventies, a new area of research has emerged in subsurface hydrology, namely
sto chastic modeling of flow and transport. This development has been motivated by the …