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Fabrication and Physical Properties of Novel Two-dimensional Crystal Materials Beyond Graphene: Germanene, Hafnene and PtSe2 (Springer Theses)
by Linfei LiThis thesis reports on essential experimental work in the field of novel two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystals beyond graphene. It especially describes three new 2D crystal materials, namely germanene, hafnene, and monolayer PtSe2 fabricated experimentally for the first time, using an ultra-high vacuum molecular beam epitaxy (UHV-MBE) system.Multiple characterization techniques, including scanning tunneling microscope (STM), low energy electron diffraction (LEED), scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), combined with theoretical studies reveal the materials’ atomic and electronic structures, which allows the author to further investigate their physical properties and potential applications. In addition, a new epitaxial growth method for transition metal dichalcogenides involving direct selenization of metal supports is developed. These studies represent a significant step forward in expanding the family of 2D crystal materials and exploring their application potentials in future nanotechnology and related areas.
Fabrication and Processing of Shape Memory Alloys (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Kapil Gupta Kush MehtaThis book showcases different processes of fabrication and processing applied to shape memory alloys. It provides details and collective information on working principles, process mechanisms, salient features, novel aspects, process capabilities, properties of material and unique applications of shape memory alloys. The recent progress on fabrication and processing are specially addressed in this book. It covers major topics of manufacturing such as machining, joining, welding and processing of shape memory alloys.
Fabrication and Properties of High-Performance 122-Type Iron-Based Superconducting Wires and Tapes (Springer Theses)
by Chao YaoThis book addresses new ways to optimize the fabrication process and performance of iron-based superconducting wires and tapes based on the powder-in-tube (PIT) method. Further, it systemically analyzes and enhances the current-carrying ability of wire and tape conductors with regard to chemical addition, mechanical deformation, and heat treatment. The microstructure of the superconducting cores is studied by means of the magneto-optical imaging technique, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and flux pinning analysis. This book will benefits all students, researchers, and technical personnel who work in superconducting materials, applied superconductivity, and the power industry.
Fabrication and Welding Engineering
by Roger TimingsThis brand new textbook by one of the leading engineering authors covers basic sheet-metal fabrication and welding engineering principles and applications in one volume - an unrivalled comprehensive coverage that reflects current working and teaching practice. It is fully up-to-date with the latest technical information and best practice and also includes chapters on non-technical but equally essential subjects such as health and safety, personal development and communication of technical information.Roger Timings covers these areas of mechanical engineering and workshop practice in a highly practical and accessible style. Hundreds of illustrations demonstrate the practical application of the procedures described. The text includes worked examples for calculations and key points to aid revision. Each chapter starts with learning outcome summaries and ends with exercises which can be set as assignemnts.The coverage is based on the SEMTA National Occupational Standards which makes this book applicable to a wide range of courses and ensures it also acts as a vital ongoing reference source in day-to-day working practice. All students, trainees and apprentices at up to and including Level 3 will find this book essential reading, particularly those taking:Level 2 NVQs in Performing Engineering OperationsLevel 2 and 3 NVQs in Fabrication and Welding EngineeringLevel 2 NVQs in Mechanical Manufacturing EngineeringC&G 2800 Certificate and Level 3 Diplomas in Engineering and TechnologySEMTA Apprenticeships in Engineering
Fabrication of Graphene from Camphor: Emerging Energy Applications
by Harsh Chaliyawala Kashinath Lellala Govind Gupta Indrajit MukhopadhyayFabrication of Graphene from Camphor: Emerging Energy Applications provides a short review of recent discoveries in the field of graphene. Its specific focus is on the synthesis of graphene sheets by naturally available sources of carbon as solid precursors. It delves into three major issues in the field: • The low-cost fabrication process for the development of large-scale graphene using natural camphor as a solid source of carbon. • The fabrication of graphene-silicon and graphene-silicon nanowire arrays (SiNWAs) Schottky junction near-infrared photodetectors (NIRPDs). • The applications of graphene thin film for lithium-ion batteries.
Fabrication of Metallic Pressure Vessels (Wiley-ASME Press Series)
by Maan H. Jawad Owen R. GreulichFabrication of Metallic Pressure Vessels A comprehensive guide to processes and topics in pressure vessel fabrication Fabrication of Metallic Pressure Vessels delivers comprehensive coverage of the various processes used in the fabrication of process equipment. The authors, both accomplished engineers, offer readers a broad understanding of the steps and processes required to fabricate pressure vessels, including cutting, forming, welding, machining, and testing, as well as suggestions on controlling costs. Each chapter provides a complete description of a specific fabrication process and details its characteristics and requirements. Alongside the accessible and practical text, you’ll find equations, charts, copious illustrations, and other study aids designed to assist the reader in the real-world implementation of the concepts discussed within the book. You’ll find numerous appendices that include weld symbols, volume and area equations, pipe and tube dimensions, weld deposition rates, lifting shackle data, and more. In addition to detailed discussions of cutting, machining, welding, and post-weld heat treatments, readers will also benefit from the inclusion of: A thorough introduction to construction materials, including both ferrous and nonferrous alloys An exploration of layout, including projection and triangulation, material thickness and bending allowance, angles and channels, and marking conventions A treatment of material forming, including bending versus three-dimensional forming, plastic theory, forming limits, brake forming, roll forming, and tolerances Practical discussions of fabrication, including weld preparation, forming, vessel fit up and assembly, correction of distortion, and transportation of vessels Perfect for new and established engineers, designers, and procurement personnel working with process equipment or in the fabrication field, Fabrication of Metallic Pressure Vessels will also earn a place in the libraries of students in engineering programs seeking a one-stop resource for the fabrication of pressure vessels.
Fabrication of Metal–Organic Framework Derived Nanomaterials and Their Electrochemical Applications (Springer Theses)
by Wei XiaThis thesis systematically introduces readers to a new metal-organic framework approach to fabricating nanostructured materials for electrochemical applications. Based on the metal-organic framework (MOF) approach, it also demonstrates the latest ideas on how to create optimal MOF and MOF-derived nanomaterials for electrochemical reactions under controlled conditions. The thesis offers a valuable resource for researchers who want to understand electrochemical reactions at nanoscale and optimize materials from rational design to achieve enhanced electrochemical performance. It also serves as a useful reference guide to fundamental research on advanced electrochemical energy storage materials and the synthesis of nanostructured materials.
Fabrication of Micro/Nano Structures via Precision Machining: Modelling, Processing and Evaluation
by Guoqing Zhang Bin Xu Yanjun Lu Suet ToThis book introduces the cutting-edge technology of micro/nano structure fabrication from precision machining, electrical discharge machining (EDM) and precision grinding and injection molding, the contents of the presented book includes but not limited to the machining process, cutting tool preparation, tool path generation, and surface evaluation. This book provides a variety of feasible fabrication methods and advanced manufacturing techniques for the precision fabrication of micro/nano-structures, especially for complex micro/nano-structures. Since the book focuses on the micro/nano-structure fabrication methods including hieratical micro/nano-structures, graduate students, engineering technicians, and researchers in related areas will benefit from this book; also, someone in related application fields such as biomedicine, communication, optics may be the potential readers of this book.
Fabrication of Nanostructures by Plasma Electrolysis
by Mahmood Aliofkhazraei Alireza Sabour RouhaghdamIn this handbook and ready reference, the authors introduce the concept of plasma electrolysis, explaining how the coatings are characterized and discussing their mechanical and corrosion properties. They then go on to look at specific industrial applications of this powerful and low-cost method, including aerospace, the biomaterials industry as well as in the oil and gas industry.
Fabrication of SiGe HBT BiCMOS Technology
by John D. CresslerSiGe HBT BiCMOS technology is the obvious groundbreaker of the Si heterostructures application space. To date virtually every major player in the communications electronics market either has SiGe up and running in-house or is using someone else’s SiGe fab as foundry for their designers. Key to this success lies in successful integration of the SiGe HBT and Si CMOS, with no loss of performance from either device. Filled with contributions from leading experts, Fabrication of SiGe HBT BiCMOS Technologies brings together a complete discussion of these topics into a single resource. Drawn from the comprehensive and well-reviewed Silicon Heterostructure Handbook, this volume examines the design, fabrication, and application of silicon heterostructure transistors. A novel aspect of this book the inclusion of numerous snapshot views of the industrial state-of-the-art for SiGe HBT BiCMOS technology. It has been carefully designed to provide a useful basis of comparison for the current status and future course of the global industry. In addition to the copious technical material and the numerous references contained in each chapter, the book includes easy-to-reference appendices on the properties of Si and Ge, the generalized Moll-Ross relations, integral charge-control relations, and sample SiGe HBT compact model parameters.
Fabrication of Silicon Microprobes for Optical Near-Field Applications
by Phan Ngoc Minh Ono Takahito Esashi MasayoshiThe development of near-field optics marked a major advance in microscopy and our ability to develop nanoscale technologies. However, the tapered optical fiber widely in use as the optical near-field probe has serious limitations in its fabrication, its optical transmission efficiency, and its use in arrays. Fabrication of Silicon Microprobes for Optical Near-Field Applications reports on several technological approaches to using silicon micromachining techniques for fabricating microprobes without the drawbacks of conventional optical fiber probes. The authors have developed a simple, effective method for batch-process production of silicon cantilevered probes with apertures as small as 20 nanometers. They have investigated in detail the probes' optical performance characteristics and show how the silicon probes overcome the limitations of the optical fiber probes in terms of production throughput, optical throughput, reproducibility, simplicity of instrumentation, and mechanical performance.
Fabrication Techniques and Machining Methods of Advanced Composite Materials (Innovations in Smart Manufacturing for Long-Term Development and Growth)
by Vikas Dhawan Atul Babbar Inderdeep Singh Jonathan M. WeaverFabrication Techniques and Machining Methods of Advanced Composite Materials documents the most current inventive developments in the manufacture and machining of sophisticated composite materials. The utilization of cutting-edge engineering materials with exceptional qualities, such as lightweight and long service life, is necessary for the industry to reduce both energy consumption and production/maintenance costs.It provides scientific and technological insights on the fabrication routes of composites. It covers various applications suitable for the aerospace, nuclear, and medical fields and emphasizes advanced machining techniques. The book also highlights some of the top innovations and advances in the fabrication of advanced composite materials and their processing technologies while targeting the latest applications.This reference book is meant to be used as a one-stop resource for academics and manufacturing experts, engineers in related fields, and academic researchers. It encapsulates the current trends of today's fabrication and machining processes for advanced composite materials.
Fabrikarchitektur im 20. Jahrhundert: Hintergründe, Entstehung, Kontexte
by Reinhard A. MüllerDer Autor stellt in diesem Buch die Planungs- und Baugeschichte der Werksarchitektur des 1907 als Stuhlfabrik gegründeten Möbelproduzenten Wilkhahn in Bad Münder dar. Schwerpunkt der Abhandlung ist die Entstehung der Bauten von Frei Otto (1988) und Thomas Herzog (1992), die zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Industriebauten ihrer Zeit gehören. Zur Untersuchung der Hintergründe und Kontexte ihrer Entstehung wurde zum ersten Mal das umfangreiche Quellenmaterial ausgewertet. Darin sind auch die alternativen Planungsideen von Uwe Kiessler und der Planungsgruppe Gestering dokumentiert. Abschließend zieht der Autor sechs historische und zeitgenössische Fabrikbauten für vergleichende Betrachtungen heran (AEG in Berlin, Deutsche Werkstätten in Hellerau, Fagus in Alfeld, Rosenthal in Kronach, Vitra in Weil und B. Braun in Melsungen). Mit ihnen werden die Wilkhahn-Bauten von Frei Otto und Thomas Herzog in die Geschichte der Fabrikarchitektur des 20. Jahrhunderts eingeordnet. Die Vergleiche bezüglich ausgewählter Aspekte machen Faktoren und Erkenntnisse deutlich, die auch für andere Projekte des Fabrikbaus relevant sein können.
Fabrikbetriebslehre 1: Management in der Produktion
by Thomas BauernhanslDie industrielle Produktion ist für Volkswirtschaften von herausragender Bedeutung. Neben der Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen bilden vor allem ihre Beiträge zu Export, Wachstum und Innovation die Grundlage für den ökonomischen Erfolg. Volkswirtschaften, wie auch Deutschland, profitieren zudem langfristig von ihrem hohen Industrieanteil, insbesondere in Krisenzeiten. Dennoch steht die Industrie vor entscheidenden Herausforderungen. Diese sind u.a. die Reduktion der Umweltwirkung bei gleichzeitiger Steigerung der Produktivität, die Förderung qualifizierter Mitarbeiter vor dem Hintergrund des zu erwartenden Fachkräftemangels sowie die Digitalisierung.Das vorliegende Lehrbuch führt in die Organisation und Funktionen einer Fabrik ein. Es vermittelt die Grundlagen des Fabrikbetriebs mit Blick auf ihre praktische Anwendung: Die ersten drei Kapitel beschreiben die Produktion im volks- und betriebswirtschaftlichen Kontext, die Unternehmensstrategien und -strukturen sowie die Innovationsprozesse und die Produktentwicklung. In den Folgekapiteln werden die charakteristischen Aspekte und Methoden des Fabrikbetriebs anhand eines systemischen Wertschöpfungsmodells erläutert.
Fabrikplanung: Handbuch Produktion und Management 4
by Peter Burggräf Günther SchuhDas mehrbändige Handbuch "Produktion und Management" richtet sich an Fach- und Führungskräfte technologieorientierter Unternehmen, die nach methodischer Unterstützung suchen, ebenso wie an Wissenschaftler und Studenten der Ingenieurwissenschaften und der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.Der Band Fabrikplanung behandelt diese als einen modularen Prozess. Die frei konfigurierbaren Planungsmodule ermöglichen die individuelle Anpassung der Fabrikplanung an sich ändernde Rahmenbedingungen. Jedes Planungsmodul wird detailliert vorgestellt. Dabei werden neben methodischen Vorgaben auch konzeptionelle Lösungen zur Gestaltung aller Teilbereiche der Fabrik vorgeschlagen. Damit erhält der Fabrikplaner ein Handbuch, das ihn bei seiner täglichen Arbeit unterstützt und eine wissenschaftliche Vertiefung der Praxisthemen ermöglicht.
The Fabry-Perot Interferometer: History, Theory, Practice and Applications
by M VaughanThe Fabry-Perot Interferometer: History, Theory, Practice and Applications presents an invaluable introduction to the Fabry-Perot interferometer, including a brief overview of its history, a look at its applications, and plenty of practical advice on how to use the instrument.
Face Detection and Recognition: Theory and Practice
by Asit Kumar Datta Madhura Datta Pradipta Kumar BanerjeeFace detection and recognition are the nonintrusive biometrics of choice in many security applications. Examples of their use include border control, driver's license issuance, law enforcement investigations, and physical access control.Face Detection and Recognition: Theory and Practice elaborates on and explains the theory and practice of face de
Face Recognition Technology: Compulsory Visibility and Its Impact on Privacy and the Confidentiality of Personal Identifiable Images (Law, Governance and Technology Series #41)
by Ian BerleThis book examines how face recognition technology is affecting privacy and confidentiality in an era of enhanced surveillance. Further, it offers a new approach to the complex issues of privacy and confidentiality, by drawing on Joseph K in Kafka’s disturbing novel The Trial, and on Isaiah Berlin’s notion of liberty and freedom. Taking into consideration rights and wrongs, protection from harm associated with compulsory visibility, and the need for effective data protection law, the author promotes ethical practices by reinterpreting privacy as a property right. To protect this right, the author advocates the licensing of personal identifiable images where appropriate.The book reviews American, UK and European case law concerning privacy and confidentiality, the effect each case has had on the developing jurisprudence, and the ethical issues involved. As such, it offers a valuable resource for students of ethico-legal fields, professionals specialising in image rights law, policy-makers, and liberty advocates and activists.
Face the Wind and Fly (The Heartlands Series)
by Jenny HarperShe builds wind farms, he detests them. Can they ever generate love?After fifteen happy years of marriage, Kate Courtenay discovers that her charismatic novelist husband is spending more and more of his time with a young fan. She throws herself into her work, a controversial wind farm that's stirring up tempers in the local community. Sparks fly when she goes head to head against its most outspoken opponent, local gardener Ibsen Brown - a man with a past of his own. But a scheme for a local community garden brings the sparring-partners together, producing the sort of electricity that threatens to short-circuit the whole system.
Face-to-Face Communication over the Internet
by Arvid Kappas Nicole C. KrämerSocial platforms such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter have rekindled the initial excitement of cyberspace. Text-based, computer-mediated communication has been enriched with face-to-face communication such as Skype, as users move from desktops to laptops with integrated cameras and related hardware. Age, gender and culture barriers seem to have crumbled and disappeared as the user base widens dramatically. Other than simple statistics relating to e-mail usage, chatrooms and blog subscriptions, we know surprisingly little about the rapid changes taking place. This book assembles leading researchers on nonverbal communication, emotion, cognition and computer science to summarize what we know about the processes relevant to face-to-face communication as it pertains to telecommunication, including video-conferencing. The authors take stock of what has been learned regarding how people communicate, in person or over distance, and set the foundations for solid research helping to understand the issues, implications and possibilities that lie ahead.
Facebook: The Inside Story
by Steven LevyHe has had unprecedented access to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for three years. And now renowned tech writer Steven Levy delivers the definitive history of one of America&’s most powerful and controversial companies: Facebook.In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon students nationwide were on Facebook. Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from Zuckerberg&’s first, modest iteration. It has grown into a tech giant, the largest social media platform and one of the most gargantuan companies in the world, with a valuation of more than $576 billion and almost 3 billion users, including those on its fully owned subsidiaries, Instagram and WhatsApp. There is no denying the power and omnipresence of Facebook in American daily life. And in light of recent controversies surrounding election-influencing &“fake news&” accounts, the handling of its users&’ personal data, and growing discontent with the actions of its founder and CEO, never has the company been more central to the national conversation. Based on hundreds of interviews inside and outside the company, Levy&’s sweeping narrative digs deep into the whole story of the company that has changed the world and reaped the consequences.
Facebook Society: Losing Ourselves in Sharing Ourselves
by Roberto SimanowskiFacebook claims that it is building a “global community.” Whether this sounds utopian, dystopian, or simply self-promotional, there is no denying that social-media platforms have altered social interaction, political life, and outlooks on the world, even for people who do not regularly use them. In this book, Roberto Simanowski takes Facebook as a starting point to investigate our social-media society—and its insidious consequences for our concept of the self.Simanowski contends that while they are often denounced as outlets for narcissism and self-branding, social networks and the practices they cultivate in fact remake the self in their image. Sharing is the outsourcing of one’s experiences, encouraging unreflective self-narration rather than conscious self-determination. Instead of experiencing the present, we are stuck ceaselessly documenting and archiving it. We let our lives become episodic autobiographies whose real author is the algorithm lurking behind the interface. As we go about accumulating more material for the platform to arrange for us, our sense of self becomes diminished—and Facebook shapes a subject who no longer minds. Social-media companies’ relentless pursuit of personal data for advertising purposes presents users with increasingly targeted, customized information, attenuating cultural memory and fracturing collective identity. Presenting a creative, philosophically informed perspective that speaks candidly to a shared reality, Facebook Society asks us to come to terms with the networked world for our own sake and for all those with whom we share it.
Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat: Technics and Civilization in the 21st Century (KAIROS)
by Bob Ostertag Robert OstertagFacebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat is a deeply intimate look at the cataclysmic shifts between humans, technology, and the so-called natural world. Despite the breakneck pace of both technological advance and environmental collapse, Bob Ostertag explores how we ourselves are changing as fast as the world around us—from how we make music, to how we have sex, to what we do to survive, and who we imagine ourselves to be. And though the environmental crisis terrifies and technology overwhelms, Ostertag finds enough creativity, compassion, and humor in our evolving behavior to keep us laughing and inspired as the world we are building overtakes the world we found. A true polymath who covered the wars in Central America during the 1980s and then published more than 20 CDs of music, 5 books on startlingly eclectic subjects, and a feature film, Ostertag fuses his travels as a touring musician with his journalist's eye for detail and the long view of a historian. Wander the world both physical and intellectual with him. Watch Buddhist monks take selfies while meditating. Ponder artificial intelligence with street kids in Java. Talk sex with porn stars who have never in their lives had sex off camera. Watch DJs who make millions of dollars pretend to turn knobs in front of crowds of thousands. Play World of Warcraft on remote Asia islands with indigenous people. Shiver with families huddling through the stinging Detroit winter without heat or electricity. Meet Spice Islanders who have never seen flushing toilets yet have gay hookup apps on their smartphones. Our best writers have struggled with how to address the catastrophes of our time without looking away. Ostertag succeeds where others have failed, with the moral acuity of Susan Sontag, the technological savvy of Lewis Mumford, and the biting humor of Jonathan Swift.
Facets of Noise: Effects in Classical and Quantum Systems (Fundamental Theories of Physics #214)
by Debraj Das Shamik GuptaThis book provides a captivating journey through the realms of classical and quantum systems as it unravels the profound influence that noise may have on their static and dynamic properties. The first part of the book offers succinct yet enlightening discussions on foundational topics related to noise. The second part focuses on a variety of applications, where a diverse spectrum of noise effects in physical systems comes to life, meticulously presented and thoughtfully analyzed. Whether you are a curious student or a dedicated researcher, this book is your key to gaining invaluable insights into noise effects in physical systems. “The book has the merit of presenting several topics scattered in the literature and could become a very useful reference.” Giovanni Jona-Lasinio, Sapienza – Università di Roma, Italy
Fachenglisch für BioTAs und BTAs
by Ursula SteinerMit diesem Buch lernst du einfach und schnell das englische Fachvokabular, das du für deine vielfältigen Aufgaben als BIOTA oder BTA brauchst. In der Forschung werden internationale Kooperationen immer wichtiger, und eine gute Basis an Fachenglisch ist Voraussetzung für eine erfolgreiche globale Zusammenarbeit. Der Inhalt des Buches orientiert sich am Berufsschullehrplan des Landes Baden-Württemberg; gleichzeitig bietet es auch für Studierende der Biotechnologie oder anderer naturwissenschaftlicher Fächer einen einfachen Einstieg in die englische Fachsprache. Spannende Texte zu Fachinhalten bilden den Einstieg in jedes Kapitel. Ein breites Repertoire an praktischen Übungen wie Lückentexte, Multiple-Choice-Fragen und Hörverstehensaufgaben helfen dir anschließend, das neue Vokabular zu verstehen. Mit der Springer Nature Flashcard App kannst du dann ganz bequem auf deinem Handy oder am PC üben und dein Wissen überprüfen, egal ob zuhause oder unterwegs.