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    • Sustainable Green Nanomaterials for Mitigation of Microplastics and Plastic Additives Pollution

      • 1st Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Manviri Rani + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Sustainable Green Nanomaterials for Mitigation of Microplastics and Plastic Additives Pollution offers a comprehensive overview of the sustainable nanotechnologies available to manage and mitigate microplastics and plastic additives pollution. The book reviews research on green sustainable nanomaterials synthesis for industrial and environmental applications in the mitigation of various types of flame retardants, antioxidants, plasticizers, and light stabilizers that are released from industrial waste or consumer products. Moreover, state-of-the-art methods to eradicate microplastic pollution from ecosystems and future research directions are also discussed.This book is a valuable resource to polymer scientists, environmental scientists, and academic and industrial researchers interested in green sustainable nanomaterials and microplastic pollution control strategies.

    • High Strength Steels

      • 1st Edition
      • June 5, 2025
      • Mingxin Huang + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      High Strength Steels: Microstructure, Properties, and Applications summarizes the historical context and recent research directions of new high strength steels including high-strength low alloyed steel (HSLA), dual-phase (DP) steel, transformation-induc... plasticity (TRIP) assisted steel, quenching and partitioning (Q&P) steel, medium-Mn steel, high-Mn twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steel, bainitic steel, martensitic steel and maraging steel. In particular, the state-of-the-art understanding of the processing-microstru... relationship of these high-strength steels is the focus of this book. More importantly, the authors’ understanding on the deformation mechanisms of high-strength steels, which is based on their extensive research works over the last two decades, is thoroughly incorporated. Engineering applications of these materials are also discussed.High Strength Steels is suitable for new entrants or those working in related fields in academia and R&D in the subject areas of materials science and engineering and metallurgy.

    • Metals as Clean Fuels

      • 1st Edition
      • June 23, 2025
      • Eric Detsi + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Metals as Clean Fuels explores the innovative use of metals as a sustainable energy source. It presents a scalable selective leaching method to activate metal fuels by increasing their surface-to-volume ratio, significantly enhancing their reactivity with water for hydrogen and heat generation. This approach positions metal fuels as a superior alternative to fossil fuels, offering higher energy density and the crucial benefit of generating energy without CO2 emissions. Additionally, the book addresses key questions and working principles in its initial chapters before delving into the energy densities of various metals, from zinc to aluminum.Chapters 8 and 9 focus on novel sustainable fabrication methods for metal/metal nanocomposites, while Chapter 10 introduces an advanced methodology for analyzing porous material systems. This monograph is a pioneering work in discussing nanostructured metals as clean fuels, with the potential to drive significant advancements in energy applications and material science research.

    • Engineering Tribology

      • 5th Edition
      • March 17, 2025
      • Gwidon Stachowiak + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Engineering Tribology, Fifth Edition takes an interdisciplinary approach to key concepts and engineering implications of tribology, bringing together the relevant knowledge needed from different fields to achieve effective analysis and control of friction and wear. This edition has been updated to include new content on the computational evaluation of cavitation effects in hydrodynamic bearings, the electrical properties of lubricants, coverage of gas and foil bearings, local directional, fractal signature methods, tribochemistry and mechanical activation, removal of oxide films, models of mechanical activation, advancing tribology with artificial intelligence, modeling, and simulation, and much more.Suitable as an introductory text, this book is also relevant for those working in applied chemistry and bioengineering.

    • Nanotechnology in Textile Dyeing and Printing

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Satyaranjan Bairagi + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Nanotechnology in Textile Dyeing and Printing explores the latest advancements in nanotechnology and its application in creating innovative, functional textiles with advanced coloration properties. It discusses the future potential of nanotechnology in textile dyeing and printing, examining its impact on the textile industry. Additionally, it addresses ethical and environmental considerations associated with the use of advanced technology in textile production. The book starts by providing an overview of the fundamentals of nanotechnology pertinent to the textile dyeing and printing. It then features various types of nano-based dyes and pigments, including those based on nanoparticles, quantum dots, and other advanced materials currently in development. The exploration extends to how these nano-based dyes and pigments are employed to create new, advanced coloration effects in textiles. Examples from different areas, such as fashion, interior design, and technical textiles, are included. This book serves as an essential guide for those seeking to understand the cutting-edge technology shaping the future of textile dyeing and printing.

    • Polybenzimidazole-Based Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • September 26, 2025
      • Hongting Pu
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Polybenzimidazoles (PBIs) represent a unique class of polymers with exceptional thermo-mechanical properties and chemical resistance suitable for a variety of applications. It is primarily used to produce temperature and flame-resistant fibers but because of its high thermal stability and interesting structure of imidazole-based polymers, PBIs are attracting steadily increasing interest for applications in different fields.Polybenzimida... Materials: From Synthesis to Application presents readers with comprehensive and cutting-edge information on the synthesis, structure modification, processing, properties, and applications of PBIs with various structure as well as their related copolymers. Recent advances and new applications of PBIs are also discussed, making this a valuable reference for material scientists, polymer scientists and engineers in academia and industry.

    • Nanopaints

      • 1st Edition
      • May 23, 2025
      • Bhasha Sharma + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Nanopaints: Characterization, Formulation and Emerging Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art and recent advancements in the development and applications of natural nanopaints. It delves into the classification and formulation of paints using natural resources and discusses their characterization techniques. The subsequent chapters shed light on the challenges posed by the environmental and economic feasibility analysis of nano-enabled paints, highlighting the opportunities they present as well as the obstacles they face.This book is an important resource for researchers and professionals seeking to explore the utilization of green nanoparticles in the development of nanopaints, offering valuable information into how these nanopaints can surpass the durability and performance of traditional paints.

    • Smart Halloysite Nanotubes

      • 1st Edition
      • September 22, 2025
      • Deepak Rawtani + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Due to their distinctive characteristics, halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) have garnered more and more attention from the scientific community in both academia and industry in recent years. Smart Halloysite Nanotubes: Fundamentals and Applications takes its readers on a journey that starts with an understanding of fundamentals and leads through the presentation of current research results to the latest developments and possibilities of applied use. Interesting discussions on commercialization strategies for the materials and their environmental viability conclude the 5-part manuscript.Written by expert authors, the book is an essential reference for students and professional scientists or engineers in equal measure.

    • Digital Technologies in Olfaction

      • 1st Edition
      • January 27, 2025
      • Takamichi Nakamoto
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Digital Technologies in Olfaction: Fundamentals to Applications provides a comprehensive overview addressing how recent, digital, technological advances can be applied to olfaction. With an informatics approach into chemistry, the book introduces the extension of chemometrics in a modernized way such as deep learning and AI and applies it to machine olfaction.The book is systematically divided into three main sections: Odor sensing systems: Provides an overview for a variety of devices for odor sensing systems and addresses the concept of active sensing (sensing methodology) and its application to machine olfaction; Cheminformatics: Introduces chemometrics and the concept of odor space. This section also addresses odor reproduction and odor impression predictions; Olfactory displays: Addresses the applications of odor presentation and olfactory display. This section enables its readers to learn a modernized way of scent presentation.Digital Technologies in Olfaction: Fundamentals to Applications is a valuable resource for chemists and biologists who are interested in olfaction and artificial intelligence.

    • Carbon Nano-onions

      • 1st Edition
      • October 1, 2025
      • Esmaeal Ghavanloo + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Carbon Nano-onions: Synthesis, Computational Modeling, Properties, and Applications provides a detailed examination of carbon nano-onions, a highly promising class of carbon-based nanostructures. The book serves as a definitive guide, introducing various synthesis, purification, and characterization techniques of carbon nano-onions. It presents mathematical and computational modeling methods to predict the behavior of these nanostructures, establishing a bridge between theory and application. Additionally, the book engages in a thorough discussion of current applications while presenting new possibilities in the utilization of carbon nano-onions.This is a valuable resource for academic and industrial researchers interested in the fundamentals and applications of carbon nano-onions across a wide range of fields.