Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: The Science of the World Around Us (Physics 2010) - Softcover

Committee On CMMP 2010; Solid State Sciences Committee; Board On Physics And Astronomy; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; National Research Council; National Academy Of Sciences

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309109698 ISBN 13: 9780309109697

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2007

Synopsis

The development of transistors, the integrated circuit, liquid-crystal displays, and even DVD players can be traced back to fundamental research pioneered in the field of condensed-matter and materials physics (CMPP). The United States has been a leader in the field, but that status is now in jeopardy. Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics, part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, assesses the present state of the field in the United States, examines possible directions for the 21st century, offers a set of scientific challenges for American researchers to tackle, and makes recommendations for effective spending of federal funds. This book maintains that the field of CMPP is certain to be principle to both scientific and economic advances over the next decade and the lack of an achievable plan would leave the United States behind. This book's discussion of the intellectual and technological challenges of the coming decade centers around six grand challenges concerning energy demand, the physics of life, information technology, nanotechnology, complex phenomena, and behavior far from equilibrium. Policy makers, university administrators, industry research and development executives dependent upon developments in CMPP, and scientists working in the field will find this book of interest.

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Committee on CMMP 2010, Solid State Sciences Committee, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309109698
• ISBN 13: 9780309109697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284