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...

Manufacturing plays an important role in the nation's economy, employment, and national defence. Accordingly, Congress has maintained a strong inte...

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

This book being with an introduction into natural ventilation applications in buildings. It defines the concept of natural ventilation in buildings...

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 authors of this book present and review data on non-destructive testing discussing such topics as: a novel non-contacting thermoelectric method...

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 ...

This book presents the results of testing and operation experience of Novikov gearing. It gives the grounding, engineering techniques of geometry a...

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 ...

This is the first time that human organs, such as the heart, liver, kidney, stomach, uterus, skin, lung, pancreas and breast can be manufactured au...

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