Advanced Topics in Contemporary Physics for Engineering: Nanophysics, Plasma Physics, and Electrodynamics

本書突顯當代物理學中的前沿主題，討論在不斷演變的領域中的進展和新思維，重點關注自然現象及其在現代工程中的應用。它提供了有關納米物理學、等離子體物理學和電動力學的思考與實踐材料。

Rui F. M. Lobo is a professor of physics and physics engineering at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon. He received his PhD in physics from the NOVA University of Lisbon and obtained a Habilitation in Nano-Engineering at this University. He also holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico- University of Lisbon. He is among the pioneers working with single polyatomic molecule experiments in binary neutral collisions and is presently leading research in experimental nanophysics and nanotechnology for clean energy, hydrogen technology, and decarbonization. He has authored several scientific refereed publications in journals, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has been a senior member of the Engineers National Order and has belonged to international scientific committees in molecular beams and nanometer-scale technology. He was a Fellow Researcher at several renowned institutions including Max Planck Institute, Hahn Meitner Institute, Rice University, Osaka University, Ohio University, among others.

Mario J. Pinheiro is a professor of physics at the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. He received his PhD in physics and obtained the Habilitation in Physics from the Technical Institute of Lisbon and got his Diplome d'Études Approfondies in Plasma Physics at the University of Orsay Paris-XI. Mario main interests are in the fundamentals of mechanics and the electromagnetic field, developing advanced propulsion systems for the next generation of spacecraft, and public awareness for the role of science in our societies. He was an invited researcher at the University of Knoxville-USA, working on plasma thrusters for drones, co-founder of the physics conferences for the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, and author of more than 100 papers, several books in advanced propulsion concepts for spaceflight, and developed a new theory of dynamics and electrodynamics, named ergontropic dynamics.

Rui F. M. Lobo 是里斯本新大學（NOVA University of Lisbon）新科學與技術學院的物理學及物理工程教授。他在里斯本新大學獲得物理學博士學位，並在該校取得納米工程的資格認證。他還擁有里斯本高等技術學院（Instituto Superior Técnico- University of Lisbon）的化學工程學位。他是單一多原子分子在二元中性碰撞實驗方面的先驅之一，目前正領導實驗納米物理學和納米技術在清潔能源、氫技術和脫碳方面的研究。他在期刊、書籍、書籍章節和會議論文中發表了多篇經過同行評審的科學出版物。他是工程師全國公會的資深會員，並曾參與分子束和納米尺度技術的國際科學委員會。他曾在多個知名機構擔任研究員，包括馬克斯·普朗克研究所（Max Planck Institute）、哈恩·梅特納研究所（Hahn Meitner Institute）、萊斯大學（Rice University）、大阪大學（Osaka University）、俄亥俄大學（Ohio University）等。

Mario J. Pinheiro 是里斯本高等技術學院的物理學教授。他獲得物理學博士學位，並在里斯本技術學院取得物理學的資格認證，還在巴黎第十一大學（University of Orsay Paris-XI）獲得等深研究文憑（Diplome d'Études Approfondies）於等離子體物理學。Mario 的主要研究興趣包括力學和電磁場的基本原理，為下一代太空船開發先進的推進系統，以及提高公眾對科學在社會中角色的認識。他曾在美國田納西州的諾克斯維爾大學擔任受邀研究員，研究無人機的等離子體推進器，並共同創辦了葡萄牙語國家社群的物理學會議，發表了超過100篇論文，撰寫了幾本關於太空飛行的先進推進概念的書籍，並發展出一種新的動力學和電動力學理論，稱為能量動力學（ergontropic dynamics）。