Materials science

Materials science

The the study of matter and their applications in various areas of science and engineering.

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Brillouin zone

Materials science; Material physics

Similar to the first Brillouin zone, bisect all lines, among which each connects a reciprocal lattice point to one of its secondly nearest points. The region composed of all the ...

homojunction laser

Materials science; Material physics

Simplest form of a semiconductor laser in which the active region is a p-n junction depletion region. Doping p and n type atoms in the same type of material creates the p-n ...

SU(5)

Materials science; Material physics

Simplest group that can be used in grand unification theories. This is the five-dimensional analog of isospin.

complementarity

Materials science; Material physics

Since the process of observing involves an interaction between a system and some instrument, an observed state by definition is no longer isolated, and the causality between the ...

MHD equations

Materials science; Material physics

Single fluid model for the interaction between a highly conducting plasma and a magnetic field. The MHD model is used to produce theoretical predictions of plasma equilibrium ...

homogeneous turbulence

Materials science; Material physics

Situation in which the average properties of the turbulent fluctuations are independent of the position in the fluid. In general, all turbulent flows are inhomogeneous. Yet, the ...