Materials Science

  • Modern Surface Engineering Treatments
    Modern Surface Engineering Treatments NEW
    Editor Mahmood Aliofkhazraei
    ISBN 978-953-51-1149-8
    230 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 39
    Surface engineering can be defined as an enabling technology used in a wide range of industrial activities. Surface engineering was founded by detecting surface features which destroy most of pieces, e.g. abrasion, corrosion, fatigue, and disruption; ...
  • Graphene - Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Applications
    Graphene - Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Applications
    Editor Jian Ru Gong
    ISBN 978-953-307-292-0
    184 pages, September, 2011
    Downloads: 5441
    The discovery of graphene has led to a deluge of international research interest, and this new material in the field of materials science and condensed-matter physics has revealed a cornucopia of new physics and potential applications. This collectio ...
  • Advances in Biomaterials Science and Biomedical Applications
    Advances in Biomaterials Science and Biomedical Applications
    Editor Rosario Pignatello
    ISBN 978-953-51-1051-4
    558 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 495
    This contribution book is a collection of reviews and original articles from eminent experts working in the multi- and interdisciplinary arena of biomaterials, ranging from their design to novel uses. From their personal experience, the readers can o ...
  • Shape Memory Alloys - Processing, Characterization and Applications
    Shape Memory Alloys - Processing, Characterization and Applications
    Editor Francisco Manuel Braz Fernandes
    ISBN 978-953-51-1084-2
    278 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 430
    Shape memory alloys have become in the past decades a well established research subject. However, the complex relations between properties and structure have created a continuously growing interest for a deeper insight all this time. The complexity o ...
  • Nanocomposites and Polymers with Analytical Methods
    Nanocomposites and Polymers with Analytical Methods
    Editor John Cuppoletti
    ISBN 978-953-307-352-1
    404 pages, August, 2011
    Downloads: 5459
    This book contains 16 chapters. In the first part, there are 8 chapters describing new materials and analytic methods. These materials include chapters on gold nanoparticles and Sol-Gel metal oxides, nanocomposites with carbon nanotubes, methods of e ...
  • Fiber Reinforced Polymers - The Technology Applied for Concrete Repair
    Fiber Reinforced Polymers - The Technology Applied for Concrete Repair
    Editor Martin Alberto Masuelli
    ISBN 978-953-51-0938-9
    229 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 981
    Fiber Reinforced Polymers are by no means new to this world. It is only because of our fascination with petrochemical and non-petrochemical products that these wonderful materials exist. In fact, the polymers can be considered and used in the constru ...
  • Physics and Applications of Graphene - Theory
    Physics and Applications of Graphene - Theory
    Editor Sergey Mikhailov
    ISBN 978-953-307-152-7
    534 pages, March, 2011
    Downloads: 6455
    The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age... Every global epoch in the history of the mankind is characterized by materials used in it. In 2004 a new era in material science was opened: the era of graphene or, more generally, of two-dimensional mat ...
  • Physics and Applications of Graphene - Experiments
    Physics and Applications of Graphene - Experiments
    Editor Sergey Mikhailov
    ISBN 978-953-307-217-3
    540 pages, April, 2011
    Downloads: 5413
    The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age... Every global epoch in the history of the mankind is characterized by materials used in it. In 2004 a new era in material science was opened: the era of graphene or, more generally, of two-dimensional mat ...
  • Piezoelectric Materials and Devices - Practice and Applications
    Piezoelectric Materials and Devices - Practice and Applications
    Editor Farzad Ebrahimi
    ISBN 978-953-51-1045-3
    166 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 596
    This book is a result of contributions of experts from international scientific community working in different aspects of piezoelectric materials and devices through original and innovative research studies. Through its 7 chapters the reader will hav ...
  • Advanced Magnetic Materials
    Advanced Magnetic Materials
    Editor Leszek Malkinski
    ISBN 978-953-51-0637-1
    230 pages, May, 2012
    Downloads: 2383
    This book reports on recent progress in emerging technologies, modern characterization methods, theory and applications of advanced magnetic materials. It covers broad spectrum of topics: technology and characterization of rapidly quenched nanowires ...
  • Advances in Nanocomposites - Synthesis, Characterization and Industrial Applications
    Advances in Nanocomposites - Synthesis, Characterization and Industrial Applications
    Editor Boreddy Reddy
    ISBN 978-953-307-165-7
    966 pages, April, 2011
    Downloads: 4865
    Advances in Nanocomposites - Synthesis, Characterization and Industrial Applications was conceived as a comprehensive reference volume on various aspects of functional nanocomposites for engineering technologies. The term functional nanocomposites si ...
  • Polymer Science
    Polymer Science
    Editor Faris Yılmaz
    ISBN 978-953-51-0941-9
    246 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 760
    During the last ten to fifteen years the developments in polymer science has been striking attention and undergone important changes. From rather specialized subject intended for engineers interested in certain definite fields, it has developed into ...
  • Ionic Liquids - New Aspects for the Future
    Ionic Liquids - New Aspects for the Future
    Editor Jun-ichi Kadokawa
    ISBN 978-953-51-0937-2
    695 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 756
    Concerns with ionic liquids are one of the most interesting and rapidly developing areas in modern physical chemistry, materials science, technologies, and engineering. Increasing attention has also been paid to the use of ionic liquids in the resea ...
  • Rheology - New Concepts, Applications and Methods
    Rheology - New Concepts, Applications and Methods
    Editor Rajkumar Durairaj
    ISBN 978-953-51-0953-2
    106 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 593
    This book focuses on the current research in the area of rheology. Rheological characterizations are performed on materials in order to understand the basic nature of a system, quality control of raw materials and final products. The rheological char ...
  • Superconductivity - Theory and Applications
    Superconductivity - Theory and Applications
    Editor Adir Moyses Luiz
    ISBN 978-953-307-151-0
    346 pages, July, 2011
    Downloads: 3976
    Superconductivity was discovered in 1911 by Kamerlingh Onnes. Since the discovery of an oxide superconductor with critical temperature (Tc) approximately equal to 35 K (by Bednorz and Muller 1986), there are a great number of laboratories all over th ...
  • Aspects on Fundaments and Applications of Conducting Polymers
    Aspects on Fundaments and Applications of Conducting Polymers
    Editor Artur de Jesus Motheo
    ISBN 978-953-51-0385-1
    208 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 2727
    Since the establishment of the conductive properties of intrinsic conductive polymers, a huge variety of basic and applied research has been carried out, involving different polymers, copolymers, blends, mixtures and composites. Thus, fundamental un ...
  • Composites and Their Properties
    Composites and Their Properties
    Editor Ning Hu
    ISBN 978-953-51-0711-8
    502 pages, August, 2012
    Downloads: 1357
    Composites are a class of material, which receives much attention not only because it is on the cutting edge of active material research fields due to appearance of many new types of composites, e.g., nanocomposites and bio-medical composites, but al ...
  • Biopolymers
    Biopolymers
    Editor Magdy Elnashar
    ISBN 978-953-307-109-1
    612 pages, September, 2010
    Downloads: 4784
    Biopolymers are polymers produced by living organisms. Cellulose, starch, chitin, proteins, peptides, DNA and RNA are all examples of biopolymers. This book comprehensively reviews and compiles information on biopolymers in 30 chapters. The book cove ...
  • Biotechnology of Biopolymers
    Biotechnology of Biopolymers
    Editor Magdy Elnashar
    ISBN 978-953-307-179-4
    364 pages, July, 2011
    Downloads: 3387
    The book "Biotechnology of Biopolymers" comprises 17 chapters covering occurrence, synthesis, isolation and production, properties and applications, biodegradation and modification, the relevant analysis methods to reveal the structures and propertie ...
  • Graphene Simulation
    Graphene Simulation
    Editor Jian Ru Gong
    ISBN 978-953-307-556-3
    376 pages, August, 2011
    Downloads: 3209
    Graphene, a conceptually new class of materials in condensed-matter physics, has been the interest of many theoretical studies due to the extraordinary thermal, mechanical and electrical properties for a long time. This book is a collection of the re ...