Soft Matter

The library now provides access to the journal Soft Matter. Soft Matter focuses on the interface between physics, biology, chemical engineering, materials science and chemistry, and should be of particular interest to physicists, biophysicists, bioengineers, biological scientists, biochemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, surface scientists, physical, organic and theoretical chemists.

Free IoP Webinar

The Institute of Physics is sponsoring a free online talk on "The Forgotten Contributions of Medieval Physicists," on Thursday, Oct. 20th at 1pm EST.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics updated

The latest web version of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is now online, including a new Structure searching feature. You can now search the handbook by chemical structure with a download-able Java Applet for drawing your structure query. Search over 10,000 compounds!

What else is new?

Now reflecting the content of the 90th print edition, the new web version adds tables covering 11 new topics:

Structures and functions of common drugs
Chemical constituents of human blood
Proton nmr shifts for solvents
Apparent Equilibrium Constants for Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions
Phase Transitions in the Solid Elements at Atmospheric Pressure
Thermoelectric Properties of Metals and Semiconductors
Thermophysical Properties of Stainless Steel 310
Description of the IUPAC chemical identifier (InChI)
International recommendations on the expression of uncertainty of measurements
Major world earthquakes, 850AD to 2008
Nobel prize winners in Physics and Chemistry

And some of the most heavily used tables have been extensively revised and updated:

Nuclear moments for nmr spectroscopy
Mass spectral peaks for organic solvents
Properties of refrigerants
Interstellar molecules
Aqueous Solubility and Henry's Law Constants of Organic Compounds
Properties of the Solar System
Satellites of the Planets
Threshold Limits for Airborne Contaminants
Speed of Sound in Dry Air

Stevens professor publishes cover article in Nature Photonics

With colleagues at UC Santa Barbara and Leiden University (Netherlands), Professor Stefan Strauf of the Physics and Engineering Physics department is first author of the article ‘High-frequency single-photon source with polarization control’, the cover article of the December 2007 issue of ‘Nature Photonics’. A one page interview with Professor Strauf was also published in this issue. Visit the School of Engineering and Science's news section for further information about the article!