The main impression of this book is to draw attention to the most advance technologies in silver recovery and recycling from various sources. The s...

This book discusses the study of simulating the growth of a thin film by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes. In recent years, due to the re...

Sliding mode control was first introduced in the 1950s. It is a nonlinear control technique with many unique properties. In this book, different as...

Slope stability is always a very important topic in many developed and highly congested cities, particularly for many cities in China where slope f...

Introducing the Generalised Molecular Crystal Model, as a more realistic model for the study of the small polaron transport in disordered materials...

Due to their inherent advantages over mechanical-fastening methods, the use of adhesively bonded composite joints has been significantly increased ...

The laminated composite structures can be tailored to design advanced structures, but the sharp change in the properties of each layer at the inter...

"Smart" materials respond to environmental stimuli with particular changes in some variables. For that reason they are often also called responsive...

Smart Materials for Smart Living has a wide range of materials that are involved in the things that govern our day to day lives. Applications of SM...

Smart polymers for biomedical applications are presently one focuses in biomedical materials research. Smart polymers are becoming increasingly mor...

This book is intended to provide an engineering point of view and the design tools for low temperature solar collectors, as well as their networks ...

Solar energy can be divided into direct and indirect categories. Most energy sources on Earth are forms of indirect solar energy. Coal, oil and nat...

The purpose of this book was to investigate the temperature and input energy dependency of Nd:YAG laser performance pumped by flashlamp. A commerci...

In this book, the authors discuss the occurrences, physical properties and applications of spinels. Topics include optical spectroscopy of transiti...

In this book, the authors gather and present topical research in the study of the types, technology and modeling of sprays. Topics discussed includ...

Stainless steel, termed as the "miracle metal" is all around us in numerous applications ranging from everyday household items to sophisticated bio...

The strength of a material refers to the material's ability to withstand an applied stress without failure. The applied stress may be tensile, comp...

Strontium titanate (STO) is a classical high-permittivity perovskite material known since the 1940s. Although incipient ferroelectric behaviour of ...

Structural materials are defined as those which are load-bearing. This book presents the lastest research from around the globe including that on t...

This book presents current research in the study of the production, properties and applications of superalloys. Topics discussed include the effect...

This book consists of thirteen chapters each of them defining in depth the chapter subject and surveying recent developments in the field. The main...

This book presents research on superconductivity. The first chapter discusses the physical properties of two nonmagnetic noncentrosymmetric superco...

Superconductivity is the ability of certain materials to conduct electrical current with no resistance and extremely low losses. High temperature s...

The technology of application of fluids in the supercritical state is a viable option and a high quality scientific method for obtaining materials,...