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This volume contains studies on the evolution and function of lightweight constructions of planktonic and other organisms, and examples of how they can be used to create new solutions for radical innovations of lightweight constructions for technological...

This collection commemorates the occasion of the honorary symposium that celebrated the 75th birthday and lifelong contributions of Professor K.L. Murty. The topics cover the present status and recent advances in research areas in which he made seminal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945291326Author Dr InamuddinFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Materials Research Forum LLCPublisher Materials Research Forum LLCWeight(grams) 417g

There are numerous technological materials - such as metals, polymers, ceramics, concrete, and many others - that vary in properties and serviceability. However, the almost universal common theme to most real materials is that their properties depend on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644901342Author Gaurav SharmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Materials Research Forum LLCPublisher Materials Research Forum LLCWeight(grams) 152g

This book addresses in an integrated manner all the critical aspects for building the next generation of biorecognition platforms - from biomolecular recognition to surface fabrication. The most recent strategies reported to create surface nano and...

Cementitious materials are being widely used as solidification/stabilisation and barrier materials for a variety of chemical and radioactive wastes, primarily due to their favourable retention properties for metals, radionuclides and other contaminants...

This book provides an introductory and general overview of advances in polymers towards their employment as antimicrobial materials. The author describes current approaches for avoiding microbial contamination, toward macro-molecular antibiotics, and...

The papers in this volume cover a broad spectrum of topics that represent the truly diverse nature of the field of composite materials. In recent years, composite materials have grown in strength, stature, and significance to become a key material of...

Topics covered in this collection include the following: *Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Ferrous & Non-ferrous Metals Processing *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - (Rechargeable) Batteries *Enabling & Understanding...

A highly coveted objective of modern materials science is to optimize multiple coupled functionalities in the same single phase material and control the cross-response via multiple external fields. One important example of such multi-functionality are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788173190216Author Rolf E HummelFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Narosa Publishing HousePublisher Narosa Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 590g

This book explores effective environmental impact mitigation for petroleum-based lubricants to reduce their negative persistence during usage and upon end-of-life disposal. The book reviews the basic tribology of lubricants as well as initiatives that...

This book presents an extensive review of literature on the properties of carbon nanofibers (CNF) reinforced polymer composites in conjunction with advances in the production and properties of CNFs. It further provides readers a view into the development...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945291807Author Agnieszka SzczotokFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Materials Research Forum LLCPublisher Materials Research Forum LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039288212Author Miha HumarFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 953g

Amorphous, nano-, micro- and polycrystalline silicon thin films and associated alloys are used in a plethora of applications ranging from active matrix displays and imaging arrays to solar panels. These applications make large-area electronics the...

Life-cycle analyses (LCA), vital in detailing the range of a technology's effects upon the environment and human health, afford us solid information for judiciously selecting those that provide the least damage. This book bring us a major step forward in...

The book describes the development and commercialization of materials with viscoelastic properties, placing particular emphasis on the scientific and technological differences between plastics and bioplastics. The authors explain how to handle each of...

The second edition of this popular textbook thoroughly covers the practical basics and applications of conducting polymers. It also addresses materials that have gained prominence since the first edition of this book was published, namely carbon...

This volume compiles topics from the REWAS 2013 symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting, focusing on different aspects of sustainability. It discusses how to realize sustainability in such areas as transportation, the built environment, electrical and...

There has been tremendous progress lately in the field of III-nitride (GaN, AlN, InN) semiconductors and their device applications. For example, the invention of III-nitride-based blue laser diodes was the key to a new high-density data storage...

This Brief highlights the search for strain gradients and geometrically necessary dislocations as a possible source of strength for two cases of deformation of materials at small scales: nanoindented single crystal copper and uniaxially compressed single...

The idea of this monograph is to present the latest results related to design and analysis of materials and engineering structures. The contributions cover the field of mechanical and civil engineering, ranging from automotive to dam design, transmission...

This open access textbook fills a gap, in that it introduces readers to the theory and applications of the Phase-Field technique. Phase Field, over the years, has emerged as a standard tool for materials research, just as the Finite-Element technique has...

It is not good to have zeal without knowledge * . . . Book of Proverbs This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Materials Processing at High Gravity. It offers the latest results in a new field with immense potential...

This book focuses on Creep in Ceramics. The book consists of two parts. In part A general knowledge of creep in ceramics is considered, while part B specifies creep in technologically important ceramics, namely creep in oxide ceramics, carnides and...

Experienced and novice holographers receive a solid foundation in the theory and practice of holography, the next generation of imaging technology, in this superb text. The book's `how to' aspects enable readers to learn hologram acquisition at the...

The U. S. Army Materials Research Agency has conducted the Saga more Army Materials Research Conferences, in cooperation with the Metallurgical Research Laboratories of the Department of Chemical En gineering and Metallurgy of Syracuse University, since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778902901Author John SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint Shop Under Glad DayPublisher Shop Under Glad DayWeight(grams) 1116g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401096003Author Eiji OmacrsawaFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 593g

This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the science of superconducting materials. It serves as a fundamental information source on the actual techniques and methodologies involved in superconducting materials growth, characterization...

This book focuses on important interfacial phenomena, such as interfacial potential and interfacial multi-functionality, responsible for determining the fate of nanoparticles inside the biological milieu. Additionally, this book explores the role of...

This book covers several aspects of the synthesis of composites by the pressureless infiltration technique. It describes the methods used to obtain green preforms, such as cold pressed and hot sintering, describing the heating time, load, and time...

Dr. George P. Thomon, Nobel Laureate in Physics said, "We have labelled civilizations by the main materials which they have used: The Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age *** a civilization is both developed and limited by the materials at its...

One area of science that has shown an explosive growth over the last few decades is materials science. Inherently by nature products of both basic and applied research, materials make possible life and society as we know it today. Materials, ranging from...

In this vivid and comprehensible introduction to materials science, the author expands the modern concepts of metal physics to formulate basic theory applicable to other engineering materials, such as ceramics and polymers. Written for engineering...

Helium Ion Microscopy: Principles and Applications describes the theory and discusses the practical details of why scanning microscopes using beams of light ions - such as the Helium Ion Microscope (HIM) - are destined to become the imaging tools of...

This book highlights the fundamentals of ferrites and multiferroic materials with special attention to their structure, types, and properties. It presents a comprehensive survey about ferrite and multiferroic materials, in areas significant to research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644903100Author Mohamed AzrourFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Materials Research Forum LLCPublisher Materials Research Forum LLCWeight(grams) 522g