Mechanical engineering and materials

This book covers the tunnel boring machine (TBM) performance classifications, empirical models, statistical and intelligent-based techniques which have been applied and introduced by the researchers in this field.

This book is a collection of high-quality research articles.

This book focuses on the photoelectric nanodevices based on carbon nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene and related heterojunctions.

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 thesis describes the working design principles of triboelectric mechanism-based devices.

This book is intended to serve as a compendium on the state-of-the-art research in the field of biofuels.

This book presents new research results in multidisciplinary fields of mathematical and numerical modelling in mechanics.

This book presents detailed information on the production and properties of carbon fibers derived from lignin precursors.

This new edition presents a unified description of these insulators from one to three dimensions based on the modified Dirac equation.

This book mainly focuses on the study of steering electromagnetic fields in near-field and far-field contexts involving plasmonic structures.

This brief introduces the classification and mechanism of density gradient ultracentrifugation (DGUC) method with rich examples showing the versatility of such an efficient separation technique.

Focusing on innovation, these proceedings present recent advances in the field of mechanical design in China and offer researchers, scholars and scientists an international platform for presenting their research findings and exchanging ideas.

This thesis focuses on the energy band engineering of graphene.

This book provides comprehensive mechanobiological insights into bone, including the microstructure of cancellous bone and its realistic loading in the human body.

This book presents the fundamentals of strengthening and retrofitting approaches, solutions and technologies for existing structures.

This book covers various molecular, metal-organic, dynamic covalent, polymer and other gels, focusing on their driving interactions, structures and properties.

This book presents the latest advances in marine structures and related biomaterials for applications in both soft- and hard-tissue engineering, as well as controlled drug delivery.

This book presents a selection of contributions from the 4th International Conference on Structural Nonlinear Dynamics and Diagnostics, reflecting diverse aspects of nonlinear and complex dynamics.

This book is focused on the study of physical mechanisms and device design for achieving high-performance infrared photodetection based on low-dimensional materials.

Solid chemisorption technology is an effective form of energy conversion for recovering low-grade thermal energy, but limited thermal conductivity and agglomeration phenomena greatly limit its performance.

This thesis experimentally demonstrates the much discussed electronic charge-glass states in solids.

This book contains the keynote presentations, invited speeches, and general session papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Asia Urban GeoEngineering, which will be held from 24 November to 27 November 2017 in Changsha, China.

This book focuses on recent trends in the areas of green and renewable energy, especially as applied to the carbon footprint of energy production, transmission, and use.

This thesis focuses on the transport and magneto-transport properties of graphene p-n-p junctions, such as the pronounced quantum Hall effect, a well-defined plateau-plateau transition point, and scaling behavior.

This book offers a comprehensive collection of micro electrical discharge machining (EDM) processes, including hybrid processes.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance (ICEBI 2019), held on June 9-14, in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

This book presents the Proceedings of The 10th Brazilian Technology Symposium (BTSym'24).

This book presents research on Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI).

This book addresses the need for a technical guided thought on production, consumption, and waste management of plastic and polymers in the African continent.

This book presents recent and upcoming technological advancements in millimeter-wave (mm-wave), infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) frequency spectrums.

The phase-locking of multiple spin-torque nano oscillators(STNOs) is considered the primary vehicle to achieve sufficient signal quality for applications.

This book sheds light on the molecular aspects of liquids and liquid-based materials such as organic or inorganic liquids, ionic liquids, proteins, biomaterials, and soft materials including gels.

This state-of-the-art book highlights recent advances and discussions in tribological technologies in sheet metal forming.

This book includes selected papers from the Second International Conference on Agriculture Digitalization and Organic Production (ADOP 2022), held in St.

This book presents the advancement of coating materials technology especially in agriculture, particularly for fertilizers.

This book presents state-of-the-art millimetre wave antennas for next generation 5G communications.

This book highlights the rapidly emerging field of solution-processed halide perovskite lasers.

This book presents a theoretical analysis of several problems in thermal and solutal convections in magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) flows.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of efficiency and performance engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 2022 conference of the Efficiency and Performance Engineering Network (TEPEN), held in Beijing and Baotou, China on August 18-21, 2022.

This book introduces readers to the preparation of metal nanocrystals and its applications.

This book takes the advanced precision forging technology of aluminum alloy parts as the main line, presents the content of precision forging process analysis, process parameter design, mold structure design, numerical simulation of forming process, and process test, combined with a large number of application examples classified according to the structural characteristics of parts.

This book describes the author's work on the development of sequence-specific DNA binders for the therapy of mitochondrial diseases.

This book explicates the optical controls of antiferromagnetic spins by intense terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves.

This book presents various useful processing techniques and applications of glasses and glass-ceramics.

This book provides a series of methods for flexibly and actively manipulating thermal emission and photoluminance by advanced nanostructures-metamaterials.

This book focuses on the basic physical process and chemical reaction of plasma spraying particle melting, flight and deposition.

This proceeding comprises peer-reviewed papers of the 2021 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT 2021), held from 15-17 November 2021 in Jeju, South Korea.

This book focuses on influence of slag-steel chemical reaction on control of inclusions in Al deoxidized special steel.

This book focuses on the recent innovations and therapeutic potentials of regenerative medicine and discusses the applications of stem cells, biomaterials, and tissue engineering in regenerative medicine.

This book highlights the mathematical models and solutions of the generalized dynamics of soft-matter quasicrystals (SMQ) and introduces possible applications of the theory and methods.