Outline of applied physics
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to applied physics:
Applied physics – physics intended for a particular technological or practical use.[1] It is usually considered as a bridge or a connection between "pure" physics and engineering.[2]
What type of thing is applied physics?
Applied physics can be described as all of the following:
- Branch of science –
- Branch of physics –
- Branch of applied science –
- Branch of engineering –
Branches of applied physics
Fields and areas of research include:
- Accelerator physics –
- Acoustics –
- Agrophysics –
- Analog electronics –
- Astrodynamics –
- Astrophysics –
- Ballistics –
- Biophysics –
- Communication physics –
- Computational physics –
- Condensed matter physics –
- Control theory –
- Digital electronics –
- Econophysics –
- Experimental physics –
- Engineering physics –
- Fiber optics –
- Fluid dynamics –
- Force microscopy and imaging –
- Geophysics –
- Laser physics –
- Medical physics –
- Metrological physics –
- Microfluidics –
- Nanotechnology –
- Nondestructive testing –
- Nuclear engineering –
- Nuclear technology –
- Optics –
- Optoelectronics –
- Petrophysics –
- Photonics –
- Photovoltaics –
- Plasma physics –
- Quantum electronics –
- Semiconductor physics and devices –
- Soil physics –
- Solid state physics –
- Space physics –
- Spintronics –
- Superconductors –
- Vehicle dynamics –
Applied physics institutions and organizations
- International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
- Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
- National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Institute of Mathematical Science and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
- School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, China
- Institute of Applied Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- School of Pure and Applied Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Department of Applied Physics, UNIVERSITY of Karachi
Applied physics publications
Applied physics journals
Persons influential in applied physics
See also
References
- ↑ "Applied Physics". ArticleWorld. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Applied Physics at Caltech - Overview". Caltech. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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