Materials science

Do you know why honey drips whereas ketchup refuses to budge in the bottle?

This book contains previously classified information on the physical and chemical characteristics of metallic and composite materials used in the production of elements of special-purpose structures, and reveals the set of techniques and tools through which this information was obtained.

This book presents innovative laser desorption ionization (LDI)-active nanophotonic structures for addressing the challenges that matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) is currently facing and for enhancing LDI efficiency.

This book details science of hypersonics especially focusing on propulsion aspects such as supersonic combustion ramjets and their applications, and also includes lift and drag in hypersonic flight and their mathematical and physical explanation.

This book presents peer reviewed articles from the International Conference on Fundamental and Industrial Research on Materials- iConFIRM 2023; held from 11th to 14th Dec at Ropar in India.

This book accumulates the most recent advancements in the field of bioengineering regarding hybrid science named nanobiotechnology and enriches the readers with vast and comprehensive knowledge about different biomedical applications of nanomaterials.

This book describes the fundamentals and applicability of the atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasma surface modification of materials.

This book emphasizes the recent advances in carbohydrate polymer nanotechnologies, especially discusses the applications, limitations and drawbacks, revealing directions to carbohydrate polymer nanoparticles and their nanocomposites for further use in various applications.

This book discusses the science of footwear traction and its relationship with slips and falls.

This book is a platform to publish new progress in the field of materials and technologies that can offer significant developments with the possibility of changing the future.

This concise book covers fundamental principles of colloidal self-assembly and overviews of basic and applied research in this field, with abundant illustrations and photographs.

This book presents the novel concept of photo-switched biodegradation of bioplastics which is one of the important methods to overcome plastic waste issues in oceans.

This book mainly shows readers how to calibrate and control robots.

This book comprehensively describes the tip streaming in simple fluids and those containing surfactants and polymeric molecules.

This book provides an overview of direct methods, such as limit and shakedown analysis, which are intended for avoiding cumbersome step-by-step calculations to determine the limit states of mechanical structures under monotone, cyclic or variable actions with unknown loading history.

This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on research and developments at the interface between industrial design, textile engineering and fashion.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of positron profilometry, specifically focusing on the analysis of defect depth distribution in materials.

This book explores upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) at both, the fundamental as well as applied levels, for functional applications.

This book provides an overview of various methods of concrete reinforcement against corrosion.

This book highlights a comprehensive understanding of the fabrication and growth of carbon nanostructures via the arc discharge process.

The second edition of this book focuses on the synthesis, design, and application of semiconducting metal oxides as gas sensing materials, including the gas sensing mechanism, and modification methods for sensing materials, while also providing a comprehensive introduction to semiconductor gas sensing devices.

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of hydrogen energy, hydrogen energy-related technologies and systems, and the environmental and economic impacts of hydrogen energy.

This book provides in-depth assessment on the latest clinical advances in multifunctional calcium phosphate nanocoatings and its influence on bone regeneration and early healing following implantation.

In this thesis, attention was paid to several novel oxygenated fuels-carbonates, polyethers and ketones.

This book provides an overview of various methods of concrete reinforcement against corrosion.

The second edition of this book illuminates the fundamental principle and applications of probability-based multi-objective optimization for material selection in viewpoint of system theory, in which a brand new concept of preferable probability and its assessment as well as other treatments are introduced by authors for the first time.

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of hydrogen energy, hydrogen energy-related technologies and systems, and the environmental and economic impacts of hydrogen energy.

This book presents high-quality peer-reviewed articles from the 2nd International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2022 (ICoBiomasSE 2022) organized by the Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization (COEBU), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia.

This book investigates in detail long-term health state estimation technology of energy storage systems, assessing its potential use to replace common filtering methods that constructs by equivalent circuit model with a data-driven method combined with electrochemical modeling, which can reflect the battery internal characteristics, the battery degradation modes, and the battery pack health state.

This book summarizes many of the recent advances in the design and application of thin-walled composite protective structures.

This book presents high-quality peer-reviewed articles from the 2nd International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2022 (ICoBiomasSE 2022) organized by the Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization (COEBU), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia.

In this thesis, attention was paid to several novel oxygenated fuels-carbonates, polyethers and ketones.

This book presents select proceedings of the North East Research Conclave (NERC 2022).

This book highlights a comprehensive understanding of the fabrication and growth of carbon nanostructures via the arc discharge process.

This book summarizes many of the recent advances in the design and application of thin-walled composite protective structures.

This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on research and developments at the interface between industrial design, textile engineering and fashion.

This book addresses the recent trends in high-temperature coatings that are used to provide oxidation and wear resistance to metallic/ceramic components in extreme environments.

The second edition of this book focuses on the synthesis, design, and application of semiconducting metal oxides as gas sensing materials, including the gas sensing mechanism, and modification methods for sensing materials, while also providing a comprehensive introduction to semiconductor gas sensing devices.

This book reviews different types of nanomaterials-based-conductive inks used to develop printed strain sensors, printing fabrication methods, and applications such as wearable health monitoring.

This textbook covers the fundamentals and applications of mechanical vibrations and is useful for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

This book provides in-depth assessment on the latest clinical advances in multifunctional calcium phosphate nanocoatings and its influence on bone regeneration and early healing following implantation.

The goal of this textbook is to equip readers with as structured knowledge of soft robotics as possible.

This book provides an overview of direct methods, such as limit and shakedown analysis, which are intended for avoiding cumbersome step-by-step calculations to determine the limit states of mechanical structures under monotone, cyclic or variable actions with unknown loading history.

This book reports on advances in fundamental and applied research at the interface between nanotechnology and biomedical engineering.

This book explores new principles and methods of nanomanufacturing based on physical/chemical effects through interdisciplinary research and reveals surface/interface effects and scale effects in processing, forming, modification, and cross-scale manufacturing at nanoscale and nanoscale precision.

This book presents select proceedings of the North East Research Conclave (NERC 2022).

This book reports on advances in fundamental and applied research at the interface between nanotechnology and biomedical engineering.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of positron profilometry, specifically focusing on the analysis of defect depth distribution in materials.

This book covers speckle image formation using a variety of modulated apertures.

This book explores upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) at both, the fundamental as well as applied levels, for functional applications.