Vibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point . The oscillations may be periodic such as the motion of a pendulum or rando...

Over the past few decades, the applications of membrane technology for wastewater treatment and drinking water production have undergone accelerate...

This book presents the latest research in the world on mesoporous materials which are those with pores in the range 20-500Å in diameter. They have ...

Metal cutting is a science and technology with great interest for several important industries such as automotive, aeronautics, aerospace, alternat...

This book presents current research in the study of metal matrix composites, with a particular focus on alloys and lattice dynamics. Topics discuss...

Rare metals play an important role in the development of major branches of industry, such as vacuum equipment, semiconductor electronics, nuclear p...

Metamaterials are artificial materials engineered to provide properties which "may not be readily available in nature". These materials usually gai...

In the monograph, a number of problems of scientific and technical importance are introduced and discussed, which are of great interest, and can fi...

Nowadays, the use of microcomponents and miniaturised functional products from metals, polymers, ceramics, composites and advanced materials has in...

Since the turn of the last century, significant advances have been documented in the literature on the design and engineering of microgels. Special...

Microstructurally short cracks with lengths up to about ten grains are known to be strongly influenced by the microstructural features in the neigh...

Heat and mass transfer in porous media under phase transition conditions has a great scientific and practical interest in solving of engineering an...

The authors hereafter study the modelling of composite multi-layered piezoelectric plates. Their theory is based on an hybrid approach, where the m...

Book & CD. Computer molecular simulations of complex multi-particle systems play a fascinating role in fundamental physics, biochemical and lif...

Wind farms and other renewable energy sources are characterised by the high unpredictability of generated power as a function of time. When the win...

Concrete remains a dominant constructive material in the 21 century. Long-term experience of concrete application in all construction areas shows t...

The improvement of the biological activity and performance of bone substitute materials is one of the main concerns of orthopaedic and dental surge...

Materials science includes those parts of chemistry and physics that deal with the properties of materials. It encompasses four classes of material...

Nanosized composite materials are getting more and more important because of their unique properties. In addition, the preparation of nanoparticles...

Natural fibres -- both lignocellulosic and protein -- are renewable and biodegradable. They are characterised by good air permeability, hygroscopic...

The neutron beam has been applied extensively in scientific studies and in industrial fields. Studies on neutron diffraction have been promoted for...

New Approaches To Polymer Materials

Many fascinating applications of liquid crystals -- a material that possesses behaviour in between the crystalline solid and the liquid phases -- h...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering...

Materials science includes those parts of chemistry and physics that deal with the properties of materials. It encompasses four classes of material...

Composite materials are made from at least two different materials with significantly different properties and behaviour. When such materials are c...

Fluorite-based oxide materials such as stabilised zriconias, doped cerias, and urania represent a group of the most important key engineering mater...

The subject of the proposed publication is to study electronic processes in a nonideal heterojunction in order to use this material in a high-quali...

Nonwoven industry plays an important role in economy and society. Nonwoven Fabric: Manufacturing and Applications addresses important data on both ...

The aim of this monography is to summarise the fundamentals and technical approaches in the processing and behavior of nanostructured materials in ...

The most important first premise in science is that mass can be neither created nor destroyed. It is also becoming clear that natural laws dictate ...

Numerical Simulation of the Heat Conductivity of Randomly Inhomogeneous Two-Dimensional Composite Materials consists of six sections. The introduct...

Thousands of oil and chemical spills of varying size occur in the United States each year. State and local officials located in proximity to these ...

In this compilation, examples of film polymeric composites based on azobenzene polymers and metallic complexes for use in electro-optical modulator...

This book presents topical research in the study of organic semiconductors with a focus on the magnetic and electronic properties of organic polyme...

Organometallic chemistry is the study of chemical compounds containing bonds between carbon and a metal. Since many compounds without such bonds ar...

Palladium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pd. Palladium is also a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal. The unique properties of pa...

Includes a wonderful circular patio centered around a firepit, to a demonstration walkway that illustrates how to lay basketweave, running brick, a...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the crystallography, chemistry and catalytic performance of perovskites. Topics ...

In this compilation, after considering solid-liquid transition, techniques required to obtain phase change materials are discussed. Various materia...

The discovery of superconductivity behaviour in ceramic materials based on copper oxide suggests that ceramic can be used as an insulator material....

Photonic crystals are periodic optical nanostructures that are designed to affect the motion of photons in a similar way that periodicity of a semi...

Photonic crystals are periodically structured electromagnetic media, possessing photonic band gaps, (ie: ranges of frequency in which light cannot ...