This article is a review of recent progress in our understanding of the optical properties of the
important polytypes of SiC: 3C, 4H, 6H, and 15R. We focus on experimental work but also …

Terahertz time domain spectroscopy (TDS) was assessed as a nondestructive evaluation
technique for aircraft composites. Damage to glass fiber was studied including voids …

We measured thermal conductivity κ, thermoelectric power S, and electric conductivity σ of
La 5/8− x Pr x Ca 3/8 MnO 3, showing an intricate interplay between metallic ferromagnetism …

Electrical transport through materials is a large and complex field, and in this chapter we
cover only a few aspects that are relevant to practical applications. We start with a review of …

We study theoretically the optical properties of palladium nanodisks during hydrogen
uptake. A combination of an ab initio quantum mechanical description of the Pd–H dielectric …

The electrical and optical properties of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) have
been characterized and compared with those of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) …

This study characterized hydrogen-functionalized carbon nanotube films and compared their
characteristics before and after they were hydrogen functionalized, using terahertz (THz) …

We have investigated the complex conductivity of silver nanowire thin films using terahertz
time-domain spectroscopy. Maxwell-Garnett effective medium theory, which accounts for the …

We develop the Maxwell-Garnett theory for the effective medium approximation of composite
materials with metallic nanoparticles by taking into account the quantum spatial dispersion …

A phenomenological model for the optical response of composite materials with metallic
nanoparticles is presented. This model applies the conventional effective medium theories …