Gelatine has been the focus of many scientific studies recently published, as it is widely used not only in foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals b...

Glass in the common sense refers to soda-lime glass, or any similar substance: a hard, brittle, transparent solid made by fusing soda with lime and...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the synthesis, optical properties and applications for cancer treatment of gold ...

Graphene is an ultimately monolayer material with single-atom thickness. It possesses many fascinating properties including massless Dirac electron...

This book describes initial efforts, as part of the new Strategic Technology Institute (STI) on carbon electronics, to model and simulate the perfo...

Graphene is a nanomaterial combining very simple atomic structure with intriguingly complex and largely unexplored physics. Since its first isolati...

Green composites can be prepared by conventional blending wheat gluten (WG) and other organic or inorganic components using conventional plastic pr...

This book reviews the four classes of materials science, the study of each of which are also considered separate fields: metals, ceramics, polymers...

Photocatalysis is the acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a catalyst. In catalysed photolysis, light is absorbed by an adsorbed subs...

Handbook Of Photon Interaction Coefficients In Radioisotope-Excited X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis

Boron is a naturally-occurring element. It is typically combined with other substances to form borates, including boric acid, salts of borates, and...

For those uninitiated into the 21st century world of concrete, this book will serve as a real eye-opener. For those in the concrete, landscaping, a...

Heat treatment is a method used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. Heat treatment involves the use of heating...

This book is concerned with heavy metals, which are considered to be the most hazardous pollutants present in the water system. Heavy metals are ex...

Following the discovery of the oxide superconductors in 1986 by Bednorz and Müller, a number of new superconducting compounds was found exhibiting ...

The Homer Laughlin China Company has produced more than 100 different shapes for their dinnerware lines since 1873 (sometimes using mixed shapes in...

As the inorganic constituents of skeletons, dentine and the enamel of teeth in all vertebrates, as well as antlers of male deer, calcium orthophosp...

As the inorganic constituents of skeletons, dentine and the enamel of teeth in all vertebrates, as well as antlers of male deer, calcium orthophosp...

As the inorganic constituents of skeletons, dentine and the enamel of teeth in all vertebrates, as well as antlers of male deer, calcium orthophosp...

The study of complex hysteresis problems has become increasingly important in recent years, since the hysteresis phenomenon affects significantly t...