Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

A dictionary that contains about 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants (and a few American), both wild and cultivated, with their botanical name and a brief account of the names' meaning if known.

The FEL field has grown enormously over the last years, which is reflected in the number of papers presented at the 1998 conference. This volume provides the reader with an appreciation of the state of FEL technology and also conveys the sense of excitement and interest that exists in the field.

A dictionary that contains terms covering the following fields and subfields: plant growing and cultivation, processing of agricultural products, soil science, mineral nutrition and fertilizing, plant protection, agrometeorology, biochemistry and physiological characters of plants and animals, and forest management and organization.

Presents an account of armored scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididas), a family of highly specialized insects, many of which are important agricultural pests.

Divided into seven sections, this volume contains papers that deal with nanowires, nanoparticles, nanostructuring; ultrathin films and surfaces, characterization; giant magnetoresistance; coupling, tunneling; growth, structure, magnetism; growth, structure, magnetoresistance; and coupling, magnetic processes, magneto-optics.

Suitable for scientists, researchers and upper undergraduate and graduate level geochemistry students, this title offers a sampling of articles on earth surface processes from "The Treatise on Geochemistry".

Contains the proceedings of the 45th International Synthesis in Normal and Neoplastic Tissues held at Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana September 27-28, 2004. This volume presents the information about mammalian enzymic and metabolic regulation studies. It is also a comprehensive lab resource and teaching companion.

Each year, major space agencies such as NASA, ESA, and NASDA devote a vast amount of time and money into the research of materials behaviour and production in microgravity. This book explores the knowledge provided by microgravity-based studies in producing unique inorganic, and organic materials on Earth.

Contains the proceedings of the 14th international conference on Wear of Materials which took place in Washington, DC, USA, 30 March - 3 April 2003. This book presents over 200 peer reviewed papers containing the research, technical developments and engineering case studies from around the world. It also includes communication and case studies.

The material presented in this volume represents current ideas, knowledge, experience and research results in various fields of control system design.

Contains papers presented at the 1st Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics held in Sydney, on 20-23 November 2001. This title covers such frontiers as micromechanics, contact mechanics, environmental geomechanics, chemo-thermo-mechanics, inverse techniques, homogenization, meshless methods, smart structures and graphic visualization.

Based on a symposium which provided a forum for presenting research into structures subjected to such extreme loads. This title includes papers presented under topics of impact, blast and shock loading, as well as fire loading, earthquake loading, and fatigue and connection failures.

Discusses theoretical aspects of ion collisions, chemistry, and dynamics, and then introduces ab initio calculations of ions. This title is suitable for new graduate students who are interested but not yet versed in the subject of mass spectrometry.

Presents the advances achieved in the field of Luminescent Structures, which is one of the most active research areas in the field of (macro)molecular-based optoelectronics and lasing materials aiming at the realization of a polymer-based laser diode. This work also presents a very basic understanding of Organic Solid State Properties.

A collection of 185 papers that results from contributions made at Electroceramics VI which forms part of the joint triple meeting held in Montreaux, Switzerland in August 1998.

Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) is a well established single-wafer technology in USLI semiconductor manufacturing and electrical engineering, as well as in materials science. This work talks about Rapid Thermal Processing.

Includes proceedings which contain the papers presented at the Symposium on "Ion Implantation into Semiconductors, Oxides and Ceramics", which was held in France in 1998. The aim of the symposium was to provide a forum for the discussion of results in the implantation of materials from three different classes: semiconductors, oxides and ceramics.

Includes papers that cover the E-MRS conference on Techniques and Challenges for 300 mm Silicon: Processing, Characterization, Modeling and Equipment. This book covers a wide range of subjects, financial issues, fab concepts, crystal growth, wafer process development, material and defect issues, and wafer characterization.

Contains a review of carbon materials, and emphasizes the structure and chemical bonding in the various forms of carbon, including the four allotropes diamond, graphite, carbynes, and the fullerenes. This book discusses amorphous carbon and diamond films, carbon nanoparticles, and engineered carbons.

Presents and illustrates fresh approaches to the effective utilisation of new software tools in control engineering education and identifies the important role remote laboratories play in the development of control education.

The series of IFAC Symposia on Analysis, Design and Evaluation of Man-Machine Systems provides a forum for leading researchers and practitioners who work in the field to discuss and evaluate research and developments. This book contains the papers presented at the 6th IFAC Symposium in the series which was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.