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    • Aging and Degradation of Polymer Nanocomposites

      • 1st Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Md Amir Sohel + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Aging and Degradation of Polymer Nanocomposites offers an in-depth look into the aging and degradation processes of polymer nanocomposites. The book meticulously details the mechanisms and implications of these processes for the design, development, and application of these materials. By exploring the effects of environmental conditions like heat and moisture, mechanical stress, and chemical reactions, the book provides crucial insights necessary for researchers and engineers. In addition to analyzing the role of nanofillers and their impact on various properties, the book discusses techniques to study aging and degradation, including analytical methods, simulations, and experimental analysis.Mitigation strategies such as additives, stabilizers, surface treatments, and protective coatings are also covered. This resource is invaluable for academics, researchers, and industry professionals engaged in polymer science and engineering.
    • Advances in Technical Nonwovens

      • 2nd Edition
      • September 26, 2025
      • George Kellie
      • English
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      Advances in Technical Nonwovens, Second Edition provides an up-to-date accounting of the nonwoven industry's journey in a time of significant transformation. The book delves into the latest advancements in technology and showcases a wide array of innovative applications that have emerged in recent years. In summary, it offers an enriched and detailed exploration of nonwovens, introducing new chapters that cover Sustainable Developments, Nonwovens in Sports Apparel and Footwear, and Medical and Hygiene Nonwoven developments. With its extensive updates and comprehensive content, this edition is a must-have resource for anyone seeking to deepen their knowledge of the evolving world of nonwovens.Nonwovens, a versatile class of materials, have experienced continuous growth for over five decades, evolving from being predominantly used in hygiene products such as baby diapers, to becoming indispensable and technologically intricate components across various industries. Despite their modest nature, nonwovens play a crucial role in our daily lives.
    • Ammonia as an Alternative Fuel and Power-to-X Enabler

      • 1st Edition
      • June 1, 2025
      • Valter Silva + 2 more
      • English
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      Ammonia as an Alternative Fuel and Power-to-X Enabler is a holistic guide that aims to support the reader in understanding the technical aspects of ammonia production, storage, utilization, assessing the economic viability and feasibility of integrating ammonia-based energy systems, navigating the regulatory and policy landscape, overcoming safety concerns, and addressing potential environmental impacts. This is supported by case studies, best practices, and real-world examples that illustrate successful integration and highlight lessons learned, thus enabling the successful implementation of ammonia-based solutions.This new volume in the Woodhead Series in Bioenergy is of interest to all those working with ammonia, or with an interest in biofuels, energy carriers, renewable energy, energy systems, transportation, and sustainability, including researchers, advanced students, faculty, engineers, scientists, R&D, industrial practitioners, and policy makers.
    • Banana Fibres and their Composites

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Mohammad Jawaid
      • English
      Banana Fibres and their Composites: Processing, Design, Properties and Applications is a comprehensive resource that delves into the transformative potential of banana fibers in material science. Starting with an extensive overview of the fiber extraction and preparation process, the book examines the nuanced properties of these fibers. Through its meticulous approach, it explores how banana fibers are fabricated into textiles and composites, revealing their significant contributions to sustainable materials development. Offering in-depth insights, the book bridges the gap between traditional fiber applications and modern technological advancements, aiming to inspire innovation in both academic research and industrial manufacturing.Additi... the book concludes with selected case studies that showcase the diverse applications of banana fiber-based composites, ranging from textiles to advanced engineering materials. It is an invaluable resource for researchers, materials scientists, industrial engineers, and manufacturers seeking to harness the potential of natural fibers. By providing a detailed analysis of design properties and end-use applications, the book stands as an essential guide for developing sustainable, high-performance composites in various industries.
    • Upconversion Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • September 1, 2025
      • Kalim Deshmukh + 2 more
      • English
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      Upconversion Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the chemistry, properties, characterization, and emerging applications of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), focusing on upconversion mechanisms, fluorescent properties, and biomedical applications. The emerging applications of UCNPs include cancer diagnostics and therapy, biosensing and bioassays, bioimaging, drug and gene delivery, cellular optogenetics, and the detection of small biomolecules and ions. The biocompatibility, biodegradability, bio-distribution, toxicity and regulatory considerations of upconversion are fully considered.This book offers a unique reference resource for researchers, bringing together a global authorship to cover the fundamentals, state-of-the-art, current challenges, and future perspectives of upconversion nanoparticles.
    • Biotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops

      • 1st Edition
      • July 14, 2025
      • Avinash Chandra Rai + 4 more
      • English
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      Biotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies explores concepts, strategies, and recent advancements in the area of biotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops, highlighting the latest advances in molecular breeding, genome sequencing, and functional genomics approaches. The book highlights a variety of aspects of biotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops, from classical breeding, hybrid breeding, speed breeding, epigenetics, gene/quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, transgenics, physiological and biochemical approaches to OMICS approaches, including functional genomics, proteomics, and genomics assisted breeding. This volume has been designed to include the advancements mitigating the effects of bacterial, viral, fungal, and insects-pests.Reader... will find this to be a comprehensive resource for anyone working in the field of biotic stress management in horticultural crops, including students, educators, and scientists in industry and academia.
    • Structural Adhesive Bonding for Automotive Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Alireza Akhavan-Safar + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Structural adhesive bonding is a key approach to making cars better and safer while also reducing their environmental impact. Structural Adhesive Bonding for Automotive Applications covers several aspects of bonded joints, including materials selection, design and manufacturing processes, quality control techniques, durability analysis, and repair methods. Practical examples support the investigations into the improvements that adhesively bonded configurations offer, including enhanced resistance to dynamic fatigue, increased body stiffness, better crash performance compared with other conventional joining methods, and greater corrosion resistance.The book provides a timely compendium of specialized knowledge alongside the current state of the art, which should appeal to a broad range of audiences—from students who wish to further their understanding of adhesive science and bonded vehicle structures to manufacturing and design engineers who wish to gain an appreciation of new technology in adhesive joining.
    • Polymer Nano-Biocomposites

      • 1st Edition
      • September 24, 2025
      • Rajeshkumar Lakshminarasimhan + 3 more
      • English
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      Polymer Nano-Biocomposites Preparation, Properties, and Applications is a comprehensive guide that delves into the latest advancements in this field. The book provides a concise overview of the polymer bio-nanocomposites, their processing and properties. Furthermore, it features case studies that spotlight specific industrial and technological applications.The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers who are involved in the research and development of advanced green materials and polymeric nanocomposites.
    • Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Marcos Luciano Bruschi
      • English
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      Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems, Second Edition serves as a vital reference on contemporary models aimed at achieving the precise therapeutic dosage and timing of drug release. The book provides updated strategies, mathematical models, routes of administration, and technologies, all presented succinctly and objectively. This six-chapter guide covers general concepts of drug release modification and classification of therapeutic systems, including passive versus active targeting. It delves into mechanisms to control drug release, discussing materials and technologies, and introduces mathematical and physicochemical models of drug release.Furthermore, it reviews drug delivery systems like 3D printing, nose-to-brain delivery, environmentally responsive systems, and new lipid systems, making it indispensable for pharmaceutical scientists, graduate students, materials scientists, and chemists.
    • Intelligent Medicine: Fundamentals to Future Perspectives

      • 1st Edition
      • June 1, 2025
      • Zhe Liu
      • English
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      Intelligent Medicine: Fundamentals to Future Perspectives delves into the state-of-the-art materials and technologies that define the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare. The book explores the development of intelligent materials, medical equipment, and technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients, as well as prediction of disease and development of new therapeutic strategies. A range of technologies and techniques are covered from telemedicine and data mining and analysis, to surgical robots, implantable detection devices and organ-on-chips. The clinical translation and associated challenges of each are considered with a final look to trends and possible benefits for future use.This is an innovative reference for researchers and academics in the fields of materials science, biomedical engineering, and artificial intelligence, as well as clinicians with an interest in intelligent biomaterials and technologies. This book may also appeal to industry R&D groups developing materials and technologies for intelligent medicine.