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Dynamics of Glassy, Crystalline and Liquid Ionic Conductors

Experiments, Theories, Simulations

By: Junko Habasaki,Carlos Leon,K.L. Ngai

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Dynamics of Glassy, Crystalline and Liquid Ionic Conductors

Experiments, Theories, Simulations

By: Junko Habasaki,Carlos Leon,K.L. Ngai

This book discusses the physics of the dynamics of ions in various ionically conducting materials, and applications including electrical energy generation and storage. The experimental techniques for measurements and characterization, molecular dynamics simulations, the theories of ion dynamics, and applications are all addressed by the authors, who are experts in their fields. The experimental techniques of measurement and characterization of dynamics of ions in glassy, crystalline, and liquid ionic conductors are introduced with the dual purpose of introducing the reader to the experimental activities of the field, and preparing the reader to understand the physical quantities derived from experiments. These experimental techniques include calorimetry, conductivity relaxation, nuclear magnetic resonance, light scattering, neutron scattering, and others. Methods of molecular dynamics simulations are introduced to teach the reader to utilize the technique for practical applications to specific problems. The results elucidate the dynamics of ions on some issues that are not accessible by experiments. The properties of ion dynamics in glassy, crystalline and liquid ionic conductors brought forth by experiments and simulations are shown to be universal, i.e. independent of physical and chemical structure of the ionic conductor as long as ion-ion interaction is the dominant factor. Moreover these universal properties of ion dynamics are shown to be isomorphic to other complex interacting systems including the large class of glass-forming materials with or without ionic conductivity.By covering the basic concepts, theories/models, experimental techniques and data, molecular dynamics simulations, and relating them together, Dynamics of Glassy, Crystalline and Liquid Ionic Conductors will be of great interest to many in basic and applied research areas from the broad and diverse communities of condensed matter physicists, chemists, materials scientists and engineers. The book also provides the fundamentals for an introduction to the field and it is written in such a way that can be used for teaching courses either at the undergraduate or graduate level in academic institutions.

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3319423916

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Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

By: K.L. Ngai

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Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

By: K.L. Ngai

The usefulness of the book to the reader is exposure to many different classes of materials and relaxation phenomena. They are tied together by the universal relaxation and diffusion properties they share, and a consistent explanation of their origin. The readers can apply what they learn to solve their own problems and use it as a stepping-stone to make further advances in theoretical understanding of the origin of the universality.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441976493

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Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of Vasubandhu

Volume 1

By: Gelong Lodro Sangpo,Bhikkhu K. L. Dhammajoti

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Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of Vasubandhu

Volume 1

By: Gelong Lodro Sangpo,Bhikkhu K. L. Dhammajoti

Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya (ca. 380-390), besides its culminating achievement in streamlining the overall structure of the exposition of the preceding Abhidharma manuals, is unmatched by any of the preceding manuals in respect of its comprehensiveness-incorporating all important Vaibhasika doctrines since the time of the Abhidharma-mahavibhasa-of its excellent skill in definition and elucidation, and of its ability to clarify the difficult point involved in doctrinal disputations. Added to these qualities is its great value as a brilliant critique and insightful revaluation of all the fundamental Sar-vastivada doctrines developed up to its time. Since its appearance, it has been used as a standard textbook for the understanding of not only the Abhidharma doctrines but all the fundamental Buddhist doctrines in general. Translated into Chinese by Paramartha in 563 A.D. and by Hsuan-tsang in 651-654 A.D., Hsuan-tsang's disciple P'u-kuang tells us that in India the Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya was hailed as the 'Book of Intelligence'. In China, Japan and the Far-east, too, the Kosa has generally been highly treasured as a textbook of fundamental importance for Buddhist studies. Vasubandhu's brilliant critique of the doctrines of the Vaibhasika was answered by the equally brilliant Samghabhadra - a contemporary staunch defender and expounder of the doctrines of the Vaibhasikas - in his masterwork, the Abhidharmanyayanusara, now extant only in Hsuan-tsang's translation (653-654 A.D.). The Sanskrit text, considered for a long time to be irremediably lost, was discovered by Rahula Samkrtyayana in 1935 in the Tibetan monastery of Ngor and was published by P. Pradhan in 1967 (1st edition).

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Motilal Banarsidass

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8120836081

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9788120836082

Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

By: K.L. Ngai

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Book's by K.L. Ngai

Dynamics of Glassy, Crystalline and Liquid Ionic Conductors

Dynamics of Glassy, Crystalline and Liquid Ionic Conductors

Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of Vasubandhu

Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of Vasubandhu

Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

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