Technology: general issues

This book covers novel and innovative technologies used in development, modeling, chemical/physical investigation and biomedical (in-vitro and in-vivo) trials of nanomaterials and nanocomposites.

This book reviews the potential of next-generation point-of-care diagnosis in healthcare.

This book highlights the role of nanotechnology concepts in the management of COVID-19 pandemic.

In this book, the authors use molecular dynamics simulations to conduct a comprehensive study of the compression/superheating limit and phase transition of 2D (monolayer, bilayer, and trilayer) water/ice constrained in graphene nanocapillaries.

This book collects papers presented at the International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Computational Intelligence Techniques (ICMMCIT) 2021, held at the Department of Mathematics, The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University), Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu, India, from 10-12 February 2021.

This book aims to "e;digital economics"e; as an inter-discipline research area, by integrating economics, philosophy of technology, computer science and sociology.

Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering: Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on MMESE are an academic showcase of the best papers selected from more than 500 submissions, introducing readers to the top research topics and the latest developmental trends in the theory and application of MMESE.

This book is to provide readers with up-to-date advances in applied and interdisciplinary engineering science and technologies related to nonlinear dynamics, vibration, control, robotics, and their engineering applications, developed in the most recent years.

This book presents how metasurfaces are exploited to develop new low-cost single sensor based multispectral cameras.

This book provides a detailed introduction to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for targeted drug delivery.

This thesis focuses on experimental studies on collective motion using swimming bacteria as model active-matter systems.

This book is the third edition of a successful textbook for upper-undergraduate and early graduate students, which offers a solid foundation in probability theory and statistics and their application to physical sciences, engineering, biomedical sciences and related disciplines.

This book discusses  utilizing Big Data and Machine Learning approaches in investigating five aspects of firm level innovation in manufacturing; (1) factors that determine the decision to innovate (2) the extent of innovation (3) characteristics of an innovating firm (4) types of innovation undertaken and (5) the factors that drive and enable different types of innovation.

This book shows the electronic, optical and lattice-vibration properties of the two-dimensional materials which are revealed by the Raman spectroscopy.

This book addresses the hydrostatics and stability of ships and other floating marine structures - a fundamental aspect of naval architecture and offshore engineering for naval architects and marine engineers.

This book features selected papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on Nanoelectronics, Circuits and Communication Systems (NCCS 2019).

This book highlights the fundamentals of ferrites and multiferroic materials with special attention to their structure, types, and properties.

This book highlights the recent advances of thermodynamics and biophysics in drug delivery nanosystems and in biomedical nanodevices.

This book focuses on 3d transition metal centered phthalocyanine molecules and their deposition on different substrates.

This book discusses various aspects of graphene fictionalization strategies from inorganic oxides and organic moieties including preparation, design, and characterization of functionalization material and its applications.

This book presents selected articles from the 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials and Advanced Composites, which brings together leading researchers and professionals from academia and industry to present their findings and provides a platform for the exchange of ideas and future collaboration.

The book focuses on the nonlinear dynamics based on the vector fields with bivariate quadratic functions.

This book presents the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA 2018), held at Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.

This book contains original research papers presented at the International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, held at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, on 19-21 July 2018.

This book focuses on novel bismuth-containing alloys and nanostructures, covering a wide range of materials from semiconductors, topological insulators, silica optical fibers and to multiferroic materials.

This book introduces the innovatively advanced crystalline metal oxide catalysts that have multi-catalytic functions on the basis of spatially placed elements in crystal structure.

This book describes principles, industry practices and evolutionary methodologies for advanced safety studies, which are helpful in effectively managing volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments within the framework of quantitative risk assessment and management and associated with the safety and resilience of structures and infrastructures with tolerance against various types of extreme conditions and accidents such as fires, explosions, collisions and grounding.

This book presents the findings of experimental and theoretical (including first-principles molecular dynamics simulation) studies of nanostructured and nanocomposite metal-based materials, and nanoscale multilayer coatings fabricated by physical or chemical vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering, electrospark alloying, ionic layer absorption, contact melting, and high-current electron beam irradiation.

This book explores the current challenges of teaching biophilic design within environmentally sustainable design (ESD) education.

This book is a timely go-to resource for any professionals wishing to communicate with the growing number of readers whose first language is not English.

This book systematically summarizes the advanced development of carbon-based nanomaterials for electrochemical catalysis, and it is comprised of four sections.

This book presents state-of-the-art technologies, trends and applications with a focus on the healthcare domain for ultra-wideband (3.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Nanomanufacturing (nanoMan2021), held in Xi'an on November 17-19, 2021 after postponing twice due to COVID-19 pandemic.

This book focuses on software fault detection and correction processes, presenting 5 different paired models introduced over the last decade and discussing their applications, in particular to determining software release time.

This book highlights the synthesis/fabrication of novel materials for different kinds of optical applications.

This book focus on innovation, main objectives are to bring the community of researchers in the fields of mechanical design together; to exchange and discuss the most recent investigations, challenging problems and new trends; and to encourage the wider implementation of the advanced design technologies and tools in the world, particularly throughout China.

This book introduces the new concept of "e;nanozyme"e;, which refers to nanomaterials with intrinsic enzymatic activity, rather than nanomaterials with biological enzymes incorporated on the surface.

This book summarizes naturally occurring and designed bio-inspired molecular building blocks assembled into nanoscale structures.

This book focuses on angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies on novel interfacial phenomena in three typical two-dimensional material heterostructures: graphene/h-BN, twisted bilayer graphene, and topological insulator/high-temperature superconductors.

This book consists of peer-reviewed papers, presented at the International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM 2020).

This book presents body of knowledge on the economic, social and environmental impacts of the new Industry 4.

This book shows the promising future and essential issues on the storage of the supercritical gases, including hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide, by adsorption with controlling the gas-solid interaction by use of designed nanoporous materials.

This book identifies emerging technologies that allow the reuse and regeneration of industrial wastewater with innovative and applied approaches throughout the wastewater treatment cycle.

This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Devices (ICRTMD 2019) held in India.

This book introduces some recent developments in Bayesian real-time system identification.

This book is a collection of selected papers submitted to the 2022 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Engineering Applications organized in Tokyo, Japan, May 13-15, 2022 (ISDEA2022).

An original method of investigation of the conjugate conductive-convective problem of periodic heat transfer is developed.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of space robots as presented at the International Conference on Robots for Space Applications in Orbital Stations (TORVEASTRO), held in Rome, Italy on April 20-21, 2023.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of space robots as presented at the International Conference on Robots for Space Applications in Orbital Stations (TORVEASTRO), held in Rome, Italy on April 20-21, 2023.

This book highlights the morphology-property relationship of regenerated cellulose materials and composites, as morphology of materials is the key feature and corresponds to associated applications of/to the materials.