Contents- Chirality and Optical Activity- Molecular Chirality- Scattering by Helices- Phenomenology- Constitutive Equations- Modern Electromagnetic Theory- Wave Propagation- Scattering by Chiral Objects

Selected Papers on Natural Optical Activity (S.p.i.e. Milestone Series)

Science & Math

Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Chemistry

SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering

Complex-mediums electromagnetics (CME) describes the study of electromagnetic fields in materials with complicated response properties. This truly multidisciplinary field commands the attentions of scientists from physics and optics to electrical and electronic engineering, from chemistry to materials science, to applied mathematics, biophysics, and nanotechnology. This book is a collection of essays to explain complex mediums for optical and electromagnetic applications. All contributors were requested to write with two aims: first, to educate; second, to provide a state-of-the-art review of a particular subtopic. The vast scope of CME exemplified by the actual materials covered in the essays should provide a plethora of opportunities to the novice and the initiated alike. Contents  - Preface  - General  - Nonlinear Optical Materials  - Magnetic Materials  - Composite Materials  - Nanostructured Materials  - Patterns and Statistics  - Measurements  - Tributes to Werner Weiglhofer  - Index

Introduction to Complex Mediums for Optics and Electromagnetics (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM123)

Werner S. Weiglhofer

Physics

SPIE Publications

This volume is a researcher's reference handbook to the many aspects of nanometer structures. Although intended as a source for the serious researcher, novices will find a great deal of interesting content. The theories covered include nanostructured thin films, photonic bandgap structures, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, atomistic techniques, nanomechanics, nanofluidics, and quantum information processing. Modeling and simulation research on these topics have now reached a stage of maturity to merit inclusion as well.
 Contents 
 - Preface 
 - Foreword 
 - Editorial 
 - Sculptured Thin Films 
 - Photonic Bandgap Structures 
 - Quantum Dots: Phenomenology, Photonic and Electronic Properties, Modeling and Technology 
 - Nanoelectromagnetics of Low-Dimensional Structures 
 - Atomistic Simulation Methods 
 - Nanomechanics 
 - Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics 
 - Introduction to Quantum Information Theory 
 - Appendix A: Dirac notation 
 - Appendix B: Trace and partial trace 
 - Appendix C: Singular value and Schmidt decompositions 
 - Appendix D: A more complete description 
 - Acknowledgment 
 - References

"The Handbook of Nanotechnology. Nanometer Structures: Theory, Modeling, and Simulation (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM129)"

Sculptured thin films (STFs) are a class of nanoengineered materials with properties that can be designed and realized in a controllable manner using physical vapor deposition. This text, presented as a short course at the SPIE Optical Science and Technology Symposium, couples detailed knowledge of thin-film morphology with the optical response characteristics of STF devices. An accompanying CD contains Mathematica (TM) programs for use with the presented formalisms. Thus, readers will learn to design and engineer STF materials and devices for future applications, particularly with optical applications. Graduate students in optics and practicing optical engineers will find the text valuable, as well as those interested in emerging nanotechnologies for optical devices.
 Contents 
 - Preface 
 - List of Acronyms 
 - List of Principal Symbols and Operators 
 - Overview 
 - History of Thin-Film Morphology 
 - PVD Methods for STFs 
 - Engineering of Thin-Film Morphology 
 - Speculations on STF Morphology 
 - Macroscopic Electromagnetism 
 - Optics of Columnar Thin Films 
 - Optics of Sculptured Nematic Thin Films 
 - Optics of Chiral STFs 
 - Optical Applications of Chiral STFs 
 - Appendix: Dyads and Dyadics 
 - Bibliography 
 - Index

Sculptured Thin Films: Nanoengineered Morphology and Optics (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM143)

Russell Messier

Technology

The past few decades have seen an explosive increase in our ability to create nanostructures and nanosystems with a great degree of control, using a diversity of techniques. This ability has been accompanied by a similar enhancement in our ability to characterize structures and systems at the nanoscale. This book provides a broad overview of those nanostructures and nanosystems (together termed ''Nanotechnology''). It covers structural characteristics and properties of nanostructures, nanofabrication techniques, methods for characterizing nanostructures, and applications for nanomaterials. The book also provides a thought-provoking assessment of the possible implications of nanotechnology in society, and likely future trends. Nanotechnology: A Crash Course is accessible to a wide readership and will meet the immediate needs of college graduates, doctoral students, professors, and researchers alike, who are looking for a quick yet inclusive grasp of this cutting-edge technology. 
 Contents - To the Reader - Nomenclature - Low-Dimensional Structures - Properties of Nanostructures - Nanofabrication - Characterization of Nanostructures and Nanomaterials - Nanomaterials and Applications - Future Prospects - Index 
 Suppose that you recently graduated with a B.S. degree in science or engineering and will commence your first professional employment tomorrow. Earlier this afternoon, your manager called to ask if you know something about nanotechnology, so that tomorrow you can begin developing an internal proposal for your division. But either your college did not offer a course on nanotechnology or you decided not to take one. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, just to get you off the ground. 
 Suppose that you are a doctoral student in a department whose candidacy examination requires you to write a 5 10-page research proposal on an emerging topic assigned by the faculty committee. Suppose that your assigned topic intersects with nanotechnology, but all that you know about nanotechnology came from a couple of hour-long graduate seminars that you attended the previous semester. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, not only to write an impressive introduction but also to acquaint yourself with terminology to conduct efficient searches on Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, etc. 
 Suppose that you are a post-doctoral researcher at either an academic or an industrial research institution. Your supervisor has asked you to advise a shining undergraduate student for a summer project in nanotechnology, although the focus of your own research is elsewhere. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, to start the youngster off in a promising direction. 
 Suppose that you are a new assistant professor. Your departmental head advises that your research proposal to a government program to assist new faculty members begin research programs lacks that ''wow'' factor that would virtually guarantee success. ''Put in a nano angle,'' you are told. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, to clothe your proposal in the glory of ''nano.'' 
 Suppose that you are a middle-aged professor undergoing a midlife crisis. Instead of changing your family or lifestyle, you may choose to change your research focus to an emerging research area. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, to assess your current resources and future needs. 
 With your particular need in mind, we persuaded SPIE Press to publish our short and readable introduction to nanotechnology. While Nanotechnology: A Crash Course is unlikely to convert you overnight into a nanostar, it would meet your immediate need and very likely help you steer your professional life in a new direction.

Nanotechnology: A Crash Course (Tutorial Texts)

Raúl J. Martín-Palma

The aim of this book is to extend and update the standard treatments of crystal optics found in classical textbooks. It provides a broad overview of electromagnetic anisotropy, bianisotropy, and chirality. The topics covered are constitutive relations (Chapter 1); examples of anisotropy, bianisotropy, and chirality (Chapter 2); spacetime symmetries (Chapter 3); planewave propagation (Chapter 4); dyadic Green functions including depolarization dyadics (Chapter 5); homogenization formalisms (Chapter 6); nonlinear aspects (Chapter 7); surface waves (Chapter 8) and topological insulators (Chapter 9). New additions in this second edition are: Chapters 8 and 9, expanded treatments of active mediums in Chapter 4, and the Huygens principle and the Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem in Chapter 5. This book is perfect for postbaccalaureate students and researchers seeking an introductory survey of the electromagnetic theory of complex mediums.

ELECTROMAGNETIC ANISOTROPY AND BIANISOTROPY: A FIELD GUIDE (SECOND EDITION)

Tom G MacKay

World Scientific Publishing

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