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    • Geopolymer Concrete

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • Ildiko Merta + 1 more
      • English
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      Geopolymer Concrete: Advancements in Performance and Sustainability is a thorough guide on a research topic in which incremental progress has been made in recent years. To contribute to the extensive investigations into the different aspects of this eco-friendly building material, the editors have selected experts from across the globe, aiming to reflect the worldwide interest shown by the research community.The book opens with fundamental information, such as properties and production (both design and manufacturing techniques). It then includes various applications and useful LCA analysis. Recent advances with particular focus on improvements in durability, strength, and thermal performance are discussed next, with valuable data supplied by real-world case studies. Considerations related to the material’s environmental impact, challenges and barriers to its adoption, and other insights into current standards and regulations conclude the coverage.This multifaceted resource serves not only as a unique source of information for readers in academia as well as industry seeking to stay current in their field but may also prove to be worthwhile reading for those professionals responsible for better and more sustainable construction enterprises.

    • Agriculture-Bioenergy Nexus

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • Shashi Kant Bhatia + 2 more
      • English
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      Agriculture-Bioenerg... Nexus: Transforming Waste into Wealth comprehensively explores agricultural waste-to-bioenergy, covering everything from fundamental principles to advanced technologies and real-world applications. The book provides readers with case studies, practical insights, and actionable guidance for practitioners, investors, and policymakers. It illustrates the application of theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios, offering a holistic understanding of bioenergy conversion processes, challenges, and opportunities of agricultural waste. Additionally, the book offers detailed technoeconomic analysis to aid decision-making, sustainable environmental practices, and actionable insights for planning and executing bioenergy projects. It bridges disciplines, fostering a holistic understanding that connects agriculture, bioenergy, and environmental science.

    • Biogas

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • William Gustavo Sganzerla
      • English
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      Biogas: A Sustainable Approach for Renewable Energy provides a thorough and updated overview of biogas and biorefinery, emphasizing the circular economy. The book offers practical insights into operating biogas plants, including analytical techniques, operational parameters, and microbial community dynamics of biogas production. Readers gain a deep understanding of the optimal conditions for anaerobic digestion and fermentation processes. The main biomass feedstocks for biogas production, such as agricultural and livestock wastes, industrial waste feedstocks, sewage sludge, and microalgae, are explored. Additionally, the book delves into the latest biogas purification technologies for biomethane production and biogenic carbon dioxide extraction.It offers chapters on techno-economic and life cycle analysis of biogas production, providing readers with new perspectives on developing future biogas projects. An overview of several operating full-scale biogas plants ensures a comprehensive understanding of the topics necessary for efficient biogas plant operations. Graduate and post-graduate students, researchers, scientists, policymakers, and industry practitioners will find this book invaluable and practical for biogas production implementation.

    • Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Bioenergy Production

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • Ming-Fei Li
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Bioenergy Production presents the latest developments in the pretreatment of recalcitrant lignocellulosic materials. With an emphasis on commercially ready and near-commercially ready technologies, the book comprehensively analyzes the physical, chemical, and biological methods for biomass pretreatment. Sections cover a systematic review of the anatomy and ultrastructure of plant cell walls, the chemical structure of cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, lignin-carbohydrate complexes, and the methods for their analysis. With its extensive coverage of pretreatment techniques, structural analysis, and utilization of by-products, this book serves as a valuable resource for researchers and professionals in the field of biofuel production.Additiona... sections delve into the various pretreatment technologies, including physical, physical-chemical, chemical, biological, and combined approaches. The advantages and disadvantages are examined, and industrial and pre-industrial applications are presented. Finally, saccharification and fermentation methods, enzyme engineering, and the utilization of by-products generated during the pretreatment and fermentation processes are covered. By-products such as xylan, 5-HMF, furfural, phenolic compounds, organic acids, and lignin are discussed in terms of their further conversion and applications.

    • Wind-induced Vibration of Long Span Suspension Bridges

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • Yang Yang + 2 more
      • English
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      Wind-induced Vibration of Long Span Suspension Bridges in mountainous areas includes the author’s research on such bridges and adopts a combination of on-site measurements, wind tunnel tests, theoretical analyses and numerical calculations to discuss: the characteristics and parameters of the wind environment at bridge sites; the buffeting response of bridges under the effect of winds on bridges in mountainous areas; the vortex response of wide-bodied flat steel box girders; chattering characteristics (i.e. noise characteristics); and the vibration characteristics of the wind–vehicle–bridge system.

    • Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • Shahid Ul Islam + 4 more
      • English
      Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Advances and Perspectives presents the latest developments in triboelectric nanogenerators, covering current achievements and applications, as well as potential future applications. The book identifies the key drawbacks to these devices and then proposes solutions in a systematic way. It presents a guide for material scientists, electrical and chemical engineers, and industry practitioners on the current state-of-the- art of this multidisciplinary research area, while also opening up important new avenues of research for the industry to further develop smart textile-based energy harvesting devices.Readers will find comprehensive coverage of all types of textile- and fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators for application in wearable technologies and self-powered electronics. It also outlines the unique advantages of triboelectric nanogenerators, their design considerations and guidelines, and the key challenges in translating them from the lab into real-world applications, with a particular focus on applications in the fields of sensing, structural health monitoring, and energy harvesting.

    • Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • November 28, 2025
      • Jovana Prekodravac + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Please note this is an Open Access title available via Science Direct.Electromagnet... Interference Shielding Materials: Graphene-Based Composites and Beyond offers a thorough, systematic overview of the advances made in research on composites-based materials for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding during the past several decades. The use of smartphones, wearable electronics, wi-fi, microwaves, and other smart devices is ubiquitous in modern life. All of these electronics emit electromagnetic waves (EMWs) that create electromagnetic pollution. EMWs can cause serious issues such as electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and information leakage. There is an urgent need for inexpensive, environmentally friendly materials that can mitigate the effects of EMI, and this book provides a through investigation of the shielding capabilities of graphene and other novel nanomaterials. The current state of materials used in EMI shielding is discussed, together with synthesis and fabrication methods, relevant mechanisms, measurements, measuring devices, calculations, physicochemical properties, and applications. The book provides detailed analysis of carbon-based nanomaterials and their composites, including materials fabrication, characterization, and advanced application in EMI shielding. The beneficial effects of these new shielding materials will be relevant in the fields of telecommunications, the electronics industry, the automotive industry, ecology, healthcare, medicine, security, and military applications.

    • Smart Biocomposite Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • November 21, 2025
      • Md Rezaur Rahman + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Smart Biocomposite Materials: Fabrication, Applications and Sustainability presents the latest advancements in this important research field. The book offers comprehensive insights into the classification, innovative fabrication techniques, and functional fillers of biocomposite materials. Additionally, it addresses mechanical performance, environmental impact, bio-sustainability, high-performance applications, and practical implementation. This resource is essential for professionals seeking to adopt sustainable materials in future research projects. Beyond the technical aspects, the book also examines ethical, cultural, and societal factors, providing a holistic view of biocomposite materials. It outlines key challenges and future directions while offering in-depth technical insights to aid informed decision-making.

    • Artificial Intelligence in Biomaterials Design and Development

      • 1st Edition
      • November 21, 2025
      • Mohsen Khodadadi Yazdi + 4 more
      • English
      Artificial Intelligence in Biomaterials Design and Development delves into the transformative role of artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning, in creating new biomaterials. Traditional challenges in this field, such as chemical waste, spatial constraints, and inadequate tools, have hindered the swift design and synthesis of versatile biomaterials. Machine learning methods address these barriers by enhancing discovery and development processes, reducing time, costs, and wastage. Generative models now enable the creation of novel molecular structures with desired properties, making inverse materials design a reality. This book is essential for those in materials science, machine learning, and biomedical engineering.Addition... this comprehensive resource explores the application of AI in various aspects of biomaterials science, from computational engineering to data science. The book provides insights into how novel machine learning models can expedite materials discovery and improve accuracy. It is an invaluable guide for academics and industry professionals alike, seeking to leverage AI for innovative biomaterials research and development.

    • Multiscale Modeling of Concrete

      • 1st Edition
      • November 21, 2025
      • Shanaka Kristombu Baduge + 3 more
      • English
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      Multiscale Modelling of Concrete covers all things concrete, including comprehensive discussions on this multi-phase and multi-scale material that is difficult to model and understand due to its heterogeneity. Thus, knowing the properties and modeling concrete in different scales is essential to predict properties and fracture. Most of the research has been focused on meso scale, or the methods available to model and predict micro-scale properties are not linked to experimental methods, so properties for microscale cannot be derived and it is onerous to validate such methods.Considering the above constraints, the book covers different modelling techniques of scales of concrete - macro, meso, micro/nano and molecular level, characterizing mechanical properties and parameters required for modelling using macro and micro level experiments and linking these levels using analytical and numerical methods to upscale results from micro to the macro level.

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