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Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) are the state-of-the-art detector in many fields of observational science. Updated to include all of the latest developments in CCDs, this second edition of the Handbook of CCD Astronomy is a concise and accessible reference on all practical aspects of using CCDs. Starting with their electronic workings, it discusses their basic characteristics and then gives methods and examples of how to determine these values. While the book focuses on the use of CCDs in professional observational astronomy, advanced amateur astronomers, and researchers in physics, chemistry, medical imaging, and remote sensing will also find it very valuable. Tables of useful and hard-to-find data, key practical equations, and new exercises round off the book and ensure that it provides an ideal introduction to the practical use of CCDs for graduate students, and a handy reference for more experienced users.

Astronomy --- Charge coupled devices --- Dispositifs à couplage de charge --- Technique --- Charge coupled devices. --- Technique. --- Dispositifs à couplage de charge --- CCD (Electronics) --- Image converters --- Integrated circuits --- Signal processing --- Charge transfer devices (Electronics) --- Metal oxide semiconductors --- Equipment and supplies

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Nonadiabatic transition is a highly multidisciplinary concept and phenomenon, constituting a fundamental mechanism of state and phase changes in various dynamical processes of physics, chemistry and biology, such as molecular dynamics, energy relaxation, chemical reaction, and electron and proton transfer. Control of molecular processes by laser fields is also an example of time-dependent nonadiabatic transition. In this new edition, the original chapters are updated to facilitate enhanced understanding of the concept and applications. Three new chapters - comprehension of nonadiabatic chemica

Charge exchange. --- Phase transformations (Statistical physics) --- Phase changes (Statistical physics) --- Phase transitions (Statistical physics) --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Statistical physics --- Electron transfer --- Exchange, Charge --- Transfer, Electron --- Charge transfer --- Collisions (Nuclear physics)

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Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are efficient storage systems for portable electronic devices, electrical power grids, and electrified transportation due to their high-energy density and low maintenance requirements. After their launch into the market in 1990s, they immediately became the dominant technology for portable systems. The development of LiBs for electric drive vehicles has been, in contrast, rather incremental. There are several critical issues, such as an energy density, system safety, cost, and environmental impact of the battery production processes, that remain challenges in the automotive field. In order to strengthen the LiB’s competitiveness and affordability in vehicle technology, the necessity of game-changer batteries is urgent. Recently, a novel approach going beyond Li batteries has become rapidly established. Several new chemistries have been proposed, leading to better performances in terms of energy density, long-life storage capability, safety, and sustainability. However, several challenges, such as a thorough understanding of mechanisms, cell design, long-term durability, and safety issues, have not yet been fully addressed. This book collects some recent developments and emerging trends in the field of “post-lithium” batteries, covering both fundamental and applied aspects of next-generation batteries

metal-air --- zinc-air --- modeling --- simulation --- computational chemistry --- sodium-ion battery --- cathode --- solution combustion synthesis --- capacity retention --- Na0.44MnO2 --- garnet --- solid electrolyte --- lithium metal --- interface --- charge-transfer resistance --- polymer electrolyte --- single-ion conducting --- ionic conductivity --- Raman spectroscopy --- lithium glycerolate --- lithium single-ion conductor --- EIS --- Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy --- cycling --- catalyst --- carbon nanotubes --- Li-O2 battery