Piezoelectric materials produce electric charges on their surfaces as a consequence of applying mechanical stress. They are used in the fabrication of a growing range of devices such as transducers (u
This book provides an invaluable single source of information on the new advances in fiber spinning technologies. These advanced spinning systems produce yarns and therefore end-products, with often a
This is the premier world conference for the presentation of the latest advances in ion implantation, from the fundamentals of ion-solid interactions to manufacturing implant equipment. All papers wer
These proceedings from the conference in September 2005 include industry trends and profiles in Russia and the Middle East as well as such topics as safety and the environment (including molten metal
In these proceedings for the August 2005 workshop, contributors describe their most recent work in what must be one of the most commercially applicable fields in computer science. Topics include nonvo
This thin volume contains the proceedings of the July 2003 conference in San Jose, California. It includes 13 papers on the following topics: DRAM for leading edge applications; fault analysis, test
This riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft--which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.The atomic bomb
Italo Calvino was due to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in 1985-86, but they were left unfinished at his death. The surviving drafts explore of the concepts of lightness, quickne
