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Physics and Chemistry at Low Temperatures
Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd, June 2011, Pages: 536
Low temperature is an extreme condition that has always attracted scientists. The reasons for this interest are both fundamental and practical. At extremely low (cryogenic) temperatures, the thermal, electric, and magnetic properties of many substances undergo a vast change, and the behavior of matter is quite different from that at room temperature. Many fundamental discoveries have been done at low temperatures. The development of thermodynamics has been essentially based on thee potentials of cryogenic technology. Tunneling reactions in chemistry are characterized by the low-temperature limit when the classical contribution is negligible. Many practical applications benefit from the lack of heat and have a deep physical basis. Interesting advantages of chemical synthesis at low temperatures have also been demonstrated. Undoubtedly, many exciting and useful phenomena at low temperatures will be discovered in the future.
It is impossible to describe all fields of low-temperature research in one book. A small part of the results and perspectives in this area is considered in this book, which covers fundamental and practical aspects of the processes and experimental and theoretical methods used in the field. The chapters are written by leading scientists who have very strong experience in the selected topics, and many practical recommendations can be found in this book.
Readership
Advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level students in physics and chemistry; researchers in physics and chemistry, especially those with an interest in low-temperature research.
About the Author
Leonid Khriachtchev graduated from Leningrad State University, Russia, in 1981. He completed his PhD study in Quantum Electronics in 1986 and became a Senior Scientist and a group leader in 1988 at the Institute of Physics of the same university. That time, his research mainly dealt with resonant light pressure and optical pumping of the ground state of atoms in the gas phase. In 1994, he joined the University of Helsinki, Finland, and he is currently with the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of this university. His scientific interests include experimental optical and laser spectroscopy of matrix-isolated species and nanoscale materials. He has contributed to construction of new chemical bonds, including the first argon chemical compound, HArF, and light-induced conformational changes at low temperatures. Optical and structural studies of silicon nanocrystals have been another important part of this research activity. He is the editor of the book ''Silicon Nanophotonics: Basic Principles, Present Status, and Perspectives'' (Pan Stanford Publishing, 2008). He has authored over 180 refereed articles.
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