Materials science

This brief summarizes different types of organic and inorganic nanomaterials for drug delivery in cancer therapy.

This book investigates the factors that lead to slip and fall incidents and establishes a relationship between the coefficient of friction (COF), floor slipperiness and floor roughness.

This brief highlights recent research advances in the area of nano-therapeutics.

This thesis transports you to a wonderful and fascinating small-scale world and tells you the origin of several new phenomena.

This book presents the main research advances in the field of photofunctional rare earth hybrid materials.

This book addresses various aspects of ship construction, from ship types and construction materials, to welding technologies and accuracy control.

This thesis presents the fundamental research and latest findings on novel flexible/wearable photovoltaic technology, and comprehensively summarizes the rapid developments in flexible photovoltaics, from traditional planar solar cells to fiber solar cells.

This book discusses basic thermodynamic behaviors and 'abnormal' properties from a thermo-physical perspective, and explores basic heat transfer and flow properties, the latest findings on their physical aspects and indications, chemical engineering properties, microscale phenomena, as well as transient behaviors in fast and critical environments.

The book looks into the recent advances in the ex-situ production routes and properties of aluminum and magnesium based metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs), produced either by liquid or semi-solid state methods.

This book presents a systematic study of the synthesis of optically active polymers, discussing in detail the syntheses of three different types of optically active polymers from helical polymers, dendronized polymers and other types of polymeric compounds.

This book describes the multiple aspects of (i) preparation of the magnetic core, (ii) the stabilization with different coatings, (iii) the physico-chemical characterization and (iv) the vectorization to obtain specific nanosystems.

This book offers an easy-to-understand introduction to the computational mass transfer (CMT) method.

This book is about field responsive fluids as smart materials, which includes magneto-rheological (MR) fluids, electro-rheological (ER) fluids and ferrofluids.

This book presents the theory of continuum mechanics for mechanical, thermodynamical, and electrodynamical systems.

This dictionary offers clear and reliable explanations of over 100 keywords covering the entire field of non-classical continuum mechanics and generalized mechanics, including the theory of elasticity, heat conduction, thermodynamic and electromagnetic continua, as well as applied mathematics.

This thesis focuses on the manipulation of sound properties by artificial materials.

This book explores the incorporation of plasmonic nanostructures into organic solar cells, which offers an attractive light trapping and absorption approach to enhance power conversion efficiencies.

This interdisciplinary work on condensed matter physics, the continuum mechanics of novel materials, and partial differential equations, discusses the mathematical theory of elasticity and hydrodynamics of quasicrystals, as well as its applications.

This book is part of a two-volume book series that exhaustively reviews the key recent research into nanoclay reinforced polymer composites.

This book provides in-depth coverage of the latest research and development activities concerning innovative wind energy technologies intended to replace fossil fuels on an economical basis.

This book presents the latest advances in Discrete Element Methods (DEM) and technology.

In this book the author presents a general formalism of nonequilibrium thermodynamics with complex information flows induced by interactions among multiple fluctuating systems.

This book focuses on robust characterization and prediction methods for materials in technical applications as well as the materials' safety features during operation.

These two-partition books present essential approaches to numerical-analytical solutions of problems in the mechanics of shells with various structures and shapes based on refined and spatial models.

This thesis introduces the concept of "e;thermal pure quantum (TPQ) states"e;, which are pure quantum states in equilibrium.

This book presents the first comprehensive text on construction biomaterials and bioprocesses.

This book covers high-transition temperature (Tc) s-wave superconductivity and the neighboring Mott insulating phase in alkali-doped fullerides.

This book presents a thorough review of the state-of-knowledge and recent innovations in the synthesis of pure and improved grades of fly ash zeolites (FAZ).

This book presents the latest advances in mechanical and materials engineering applied to the machining, joining and modification of modern engineering materials.

This book offers readers an introduction to the current status of nanoparticles and other nanomaterials that have potential applications in theranostics.

This volume presents a collection of contributions on advanced approaches of continuum mechanics, which were written to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof.

This book highlights the most essential advances in nanoclay-based nanocomposites, especially natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites.

This brief highlights nanoparticles used in the diagnosis and treatment of prominent diseases and toxic conditions.

This book discusses complex loadings of turbine blades and protective layer Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC), under real working airplane jet conditions.

The book introducesthe oscillatory reaction and pattern formation in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction that became model for investigating awide range of intriguing pattern formations in chemical systems.

This book describes recent advances in peptide-mediated biomineralization and how this method was able to create improved catalysts through minor tweaks in the system.

This book highlights the basics of crystal optics methods and refractive index (RI) measurement techniques in various solids, as well as their scientific and technological applications.

This brief reviews the fundamentals, recent developments, challenges and prospects of Li-S and Li-O2 batteries, including fundamental research and potential applications.

This book provides essential information on and case studies in the fields of energy technology, clean energy, energy efficiency, sustainability and the environment relevant to academics, researchers, practicing engineers, technologists and students.

This book presents acollection of recent research works that highlight best practice solutions,case studies and practical advice on the implementation of sustainableconstruction techniques.

This book presents a collectionof recent research works intended to assist in theeffective management of service loss.

This brief book presents solutions of stress-strain problems for a wide class of anisotropic inhomogeneous shells obtained by the refined model.

This book highlights newdevelopments in the field of building pathology and rehabilitation, taking anin-depth look into current approaches to the surveying of buildings and thestudy of defect diagnosis, prognosis and remediation.

This book reviews drug delivery systems as mechanisms to introduce therapeutic agents into the body to help or improve tissue function, and   examines different drug delivery systems applied in various organs.

This book presents a collection of recent research on building diagnosis techniques related to construction pathology, hygrothermal behavior and durability, and diagnostic techniques.

This book provides electrical and electronic engineering undergraduate and graduate students and trainees with practical information on grounding-system parameters, and on different methods for measuring soil resistivity and ground resistance.

This book explores the improvement in thermal insulation properties of protein-based silica aerogel composites fabricated by a novel, inexpensive and feasiblemethod.

This volume focuseson the relevant general theory and presents some first applications, namelythose based on classical shell theory.

This volumes presents the proceedings of ICIBEL 2015,organized by the Centre for Innovation in Medical Engineering (CIME) underInnovative Technology Research Cluster, University of Malaya.

This book offers a review of the use ofextended ablation plasmas as nonlinear media for HHG of high-order harmonicgeneration (HHG).