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Bioenergy Resources and Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • March 10, 2021
  • Abul Kalam Azad + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 5 2 5 - 7
Bioenergy Resources and Technologies presents advanced approaches and applications of bioenergy resources, with a strong focus on environmental sustainability. Chapters on the applications of bioenergy, the implementation of bioenergy as an alternative fuel, and future energy security make this an invaluable and unique resource to further advance the field. This book provides new information and novel techniques across a variety of bioenergy applications, with the book's authors addressing key uses for bioenergy resources as an alternative fuel. Various case studies and examples help demonstrate meaning and provide additional clarity. Social and economic aspects are included for each technology discussed, along with a number of research works and their findings in a diverse mix of areas including energy, environmental science, biotechnology, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering. Researchers and professionals in these disciplines will gain knowledge on the underlying concepts, technologies, fuel applications and solutions to global environmental issues using bioenergy resources.

Molecular Characterization of Polymers

  • 1st Edition
  • March 9, 2021
  • Muhammad Imran Malik + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 7 6 8 - 4
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 5 9 8 - 1
Molecular Characterization of Polymers presents a range of advanced and cutting-edge methods for the characterization of polymers at the molecular level, guiding the reader through theory, fundamentals, instrumentation, and applications, and supporting the end goal of efficient material selection and improved material performance. Each chapter focuses on a specific technique or family of techniques, including the different areas of chromatography, field flow fractionation, long chain branching, static and dynamic light scattering, mass spectrometry, NMR, X-Ray and neutron scattering, polymer dilute solution viscometry, microscopy, and vibrational spectroscopy. In each case, in-depth coverage explains how to successfully implement and utilize the technique. This practical resource is highly valuable to researchers and advanced students in polymer science, materials science, and engineering, and to those from other disciplines and industries who are unfamiliar with polymer characterization techniques.

Damage Modeling of Composite Structures

  • 1st Edition
  • March 9, 2021
  • Pengfei Liu
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 9 6 3 - 9
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 3 5 3 - 8
Damage Modeling of Composite Structures: Strength, Fracture, and Finite Element Analysis provides readers with a fundamental overview of the mechanics of composite materials, along with an outline of an array of modeling and numerical techniques used to analyze damage, failure mechanisms and safety tolerance. Strength prediction and finite element analysis of laminated composite structures are both covered, as are modeling techniques for delaminated composites under compression and shear. Viscoelastic cohesive/friction coupled model and finite element analysis for delamination analysis of composites under shear and for laminates under low-velocity impact are all covered at length. A concluding chapter discusses multiscale damage models and finite element analysis of composite structures.

Reliability of Semiconductor Lasers and Optoelectronic Devices

  • 1st Edition
  • March 6, 2021
  • Robert Herrick + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 2 5 4 - 2
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 2 5 5 - 9
Reliability of Semiconductor Lasers and Optoelectronic Devices simplifies complex concepts of optoelectronics reliability with approachable introductory chapters and a focus on real-world applications. This book provides a brief look at the fundamentals of laser diodes, introduces reliability qualification, and then presents real-world case studies discussing the principles of reliability and what occurs when these rules are broken. Then this book comprehensively looks at optoelectronics devices and the defects that cause premature failure in them and how to control those defects. Key materials and devices are reviewed including silicon photonics, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), InGaN LEDs and lasers, and AlGaN LEDs, covering the majority of optoelectronic devices that we use in our everyday lives, powering the Internet, telecommunication, solid-state lighting, illuminators, and many other applications. This book features contributions from experts in industry and academia working in these areas and includes numerous practical examples and case studies.This book is suitable for new entrants to the field of optoelectronics working in R&D.

Tactile Internet

  • 1st Edition
  • March 6, 2021
  • Frank H. P. Fitzek + 5 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 3 4 3 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 3 5 5 - 1
Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop describes the change from the current Internet, which focuses on the democratization of information independent of location or time, to the Tactile Internet, which democratizes skills to promote equity that is independent of age, gender, sociocultural background or physical limitations. The book promotes the concept of the Tactile Internet for remote closed-loop human-machine interaction and describes the main challenges and key technologies. Current standardization activities in the field for IEEE and IETF are also described, making this book an ideal resource for researchers, graduate students, and industry R&D engineers in communications engineering, electronic engineering, and computer engineering.

Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • March 6, 2021
  • Mahmood Aliofkhazraei + 4 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 2 3 7 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 2 4 3 - 2
Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies: Application and Development reviews recent applications and developments of modern coating technologies. The topics in this volume consist of role of antibacterial coatings in the development of biomaterials, insights of technologies for self-healing organic coatings, sensor applications, application of carbon nanotubes–based coating in the field of art conservation, oxide-based self-cleaning and corrosion-protective coatings, protective coatings for wood, applications of optical coatings on spectral selective structures, application of natural antimicrobial coating for controlling foodborne pathogens on meat and fresh produce, efficacy of antimicrobial coating in reducing pathogens on meat, composite membrane: fabrication, characterization, and applications, development of nanostructured HVOF coatings on high strength steel components for turbine blades, nanoscale multilayered composite coating, applications of sol–gel coatings, application of graphene in protective coating industry, application of coatings in outdoor high-voltage installations, defects and doping effects in thin films of transparent and conductive oxides, and functional coatings for lab-on-a-chip systems based on phospholipid polymers.

Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • March 6, 2021
  • Mahmood Aliofkhazraei + 4 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 2 3 9 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 2 4 5 - 6
Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies: Advanced Characterization Methods reviews advanced characterization methods of modern coating technologies. The topics in this volume consist of scanning vibrating electrode technique, spectroscopic ellipsometry, advances in X-ray diffraction, neutron reflectivity, micro- and nanoprobes, fluorescence technique, stress measurement methods in thin films, micropotentiometry, and localized corrosion studies.

Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • March 6, 2021
  • Mahmood Aliofkhazraei + 4 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 2 4 0 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 2 4 6 - 3
Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies: Fabrication Methods and Functional Properties reviews different fabrication methods and functional properties of modern coating technologies. The topics in this volume consist of nanocoatings by sol–gel processes for functionalization of polymer surfaces and textiles and mechanical fabrication methods of nanostructured surfaces such surface mechanical attrition treatment, polymer nanofabrications and its plasma processing, chemical vapor deposition of oxide materials at atmospheric pressure, conventional chemical vapor deposition process at atmospheric pressure, feasibility of atmospheric pressure, chemical vapor deposition process, Langmuir–Blodgett technique, flame pyrolysis, confined-plume chemical deposition, electrophoretic deposition, in vitro and in vivo particle coating for oral targeting and drug delivery, novel coatings to improve the performance of multilayer biopolymeric films for food packaging, corrosion protection by nanostructured coatings, tribological behavior of electroless coatings, effect of peening-based processes on tribological and mechanical behavior of bioimplant materials, improved efficiency of ceramic cutting tools in machining hardened steel with nanostructured multilayered coatings, incorporation of elastomeric secondary phase into epoxy matrix influences mechanical properties of epoxy coatings, enhancement of biocompatibility by coatings, porous hydroxyapatite–based coatings, and bionic colloidal crystal coatings.

Biopolymer-Based Metal Nanoparticle Chemistry for Sustainable Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • March 5, 2021
  • Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 1 0 8 - 2
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 1 2 3 - 5
Biopolymers are becoming an increasingly important area of research as traditional chemical feedstocks run low and concerns about environmental impacts increase. One area of particular interest is their use for more sustainable development of metal nanoparticles. Biopolymer-based Metal Nanoparticle Chemistry for Sustainability Applications, Volume 1 reviews key polymers found in nature, their characterization and modification, and processes for using them in the development of metal nanoparticles. Beginning with an introduction to both green chemistry and biopolymers in Part 1, the book goes on to outline the classification of biopolymers in Part 2, with specific details on polysaccharides, proteins and polypeptides, lignin, and polylactic acid. Properties of biopolymers, including biodegradability and toxicity, are the focus of Part 3, before Part 4 goes on to discuss synthesis and characterization.

Biopolymer-Based Metal Nanoparticle Chemistry for Sustainable Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • March 5, 2021
  • Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 9 7 0 - 3
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 8 9 1 - 1
Biopolymers are becoming an increasingly important area of research as traditional chemical feedstocks run low and concerns about environmental impacts increase. One area of particular interest is their use for more sustainable development of metal nanoparticles. Biopolymer-Based Metal Nanoparticle Chemistry for Sustainability Applications, Volume 2 reviews key uses of biopolymers and biopolymer-based metal nanoparticles for a range of key sustainability-focused applications. After providing contextual examples of applications across the fields of food science, biomedicine and biochemistry, the book goes on to explore further sustainability-focused applications of Biopolymer-Based Metal Nanoparticles in such important areas as catalysis, environmental science, biosensing, and energy.

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