Solid state physics : advances in research and applications. Volume 46

Part of the andquot;Solid State Physicsandquot; series, this book focuses on current advances in research and applications and is aimed at researchers and advanced graduate students in condensed matter physical science and materials science Content: Founding Editors Page ii Edited by Page iii Copyright page Page iv Contributors Page vii Preface Pages ix-xii Henry Ehrenreich, David Turnbull Band Offsets in Semiconductor Heterojunctions Original Research Article Pages 1-146 Edward T. Yu, James O. McCaldin, Thomas C. McGill Physical Properties of Macroscopically Inhomogeneous Media Original Research Article Pages 147-269 David J. Bergman, David Stroud Fundamental Magnetization Processes in Thin-Film Recording Media Original Research Article Pages 271-371 H. Neal Bertram, Jian-Gang Zhu Author Index Pages 373-390 Subject Index Pages 391-398 Cumulative Author Index, Volume 1–46 Pages 399-405 Summarizes the present understanding of fullerenes in a series of didactic articles, which takes the reader from the fundamentals to the present cutting-edge research. A general overview is followed by chapters devoted to synthesis and characterization of fullerenes and their derivatives. Proteins are the elementary building units of all living creatures and essential components for information and energy processing within the living systems.