Emerging Materials and Technologies
About the Book Series
The Emerging Materials and Technologies book series is devoted to highlighting publications centered on emerging advanced materials and novel technologies. Attention is paid to those newly discovered or applied materials with potential to solve pressing societal problems and improve quality of life, corresponding to environmental protection, medicine, communications, energy, transportation, advanced manufacturing, and related areas.
The series takes into account that, under present strong demands for energy, material, and cost savings, as well as heavy contamination problems and worldwide pandemic conditions, the area of emerging materials and related scalable technologies is a highly interdisciplinary field, with the need for researchers, professionals, and academics across the spectrum of engineering and technological disciplines. The main objective of this book series is to attract more attention to these materials and technologies and invite conversation among the international R&D community.
Biodegradable Polymers, Blends and Biocomposites: Trends and Applications
1st Edition
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By A. Arun, Kunyu Zhang, Sudhakar Muniyasamy, Rathinam Raja
September 10, 2024
Biobased biodegradable polymers are emerging as an alternative to fossil fuel-based plastics. Biodegradable Polymers, Blends and Biocomposites: Trends and Applications discusses trends in the development of microbial/other renewable source-based bioplastic products, their blends and biocomposites ...
Advanced Materials for Pharmaceutical Wastewater Treatment
1st Edition
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By P.V. Nidheesh, Aydin Hassani
September 04, 2024
Effluents generated from the pharmaceutical industry contain organic and inorganic contaminants that create potential threats to human health and the environment. Pharmaceuticals cannot be effectively removed by conventional wastewater treatment plants owing to the complex composition, high ...
Polyampholytes in Advanced Polymer Science and Emerging Technologies
1st Edition
By Sarkyt E. Kudaibergenov
September 04, 2024
Polyampholytes are unique polymers containing acid/base and/or anionic/cationic groups in the main or side chains. Water-soluble and water-swelling polyampholytes exhibit properties that provide broad potential as structural biomaterials, drug delivery and chemo-mechanical systems, biosensors, ...
Smart Micro- and Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery
1st Edition
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By Ajit Behera, Arpan Kumar Nayak, Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Ali Ahmed Rabaan
August 27, 2024
Smart drug delivery at both the micro- and nanoscale is an evolving field with numerous potential applications. It has the potential to revolutionize drug therapy by making treatments more effective, reducing side effects, and improving patient outcomes. This book presents a comprehensive review of...
Smart Micro- and Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Applications, Two-Volume Set
1st Edition
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By Ajit Behera, Arpan Kumar Nayak, Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Ali Ahmed Rabaan
August 27, 2024
The application of clinical smart nanocarriers continues to be a fruitful and challenging field for both academic and clinical disciplines as well as industries. These clinically approved micro- and nanobased products have impacted treatment of numerous predominant diseases including cancer, ...
Smart Micro- and Nanomaterials for Pharmaceutical Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Ajit Behera, Arpan Kumar Nayak, Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Ali Ahmed Rabaan
August 27, 2024
Smart drug delivery refers to a targeted drug delivery or precision drug delivery system that allows drugs to be administered to a specific location in the body or at a specific time with enhanced precision and control. This approach has several advantages, including maximizing the therapeutic ...
Bioinspired Materials and Metamaterials: A New Look at the Materials Science
1st Edition
By Edward Bormashenko
August 14, 2024
Development of bioinspired materials and metamaterials has changed the philosophy of materials engineering and opened new technological possibilities, as they demonstrate properties that are not found in naturally occurring materials. This book examines advances in these emerging materials classes ...
Computational Studies: From Molecules to Materials
1st Edition
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By Ambrish Kumar Srivastava
August 06, 2024
The book covers a diverse range of topics based on computational studies, including modeling and simulations based on quantum chemical studies and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. It contains quantum chemical studies on several molecules, including biologically relevant molecules and liquid ...
Emerging Materials and Technologies for Bone Repair and Regeneration
1st Edition
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By Ashok Kumar, Sneha Singh, Prerna Singh
August 01, 2024
This book covers advancements in the field of bone repair and regeneration. It introduces bone development, repair, and regeneration and details different biomaterials and technologies involved in the fabrication and characterization of bone-related scaffolds and implants. The book explores ...
Friction Stir Spot Welding: Metallurgical, Mechanical and Tribological Properties
1st Edition
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By Jeyaprakash Natarajan, K. Anton Savio Lewise
July 11, 2024
Friction Stir Spot Welding offers an introduction to friction stir spot welding (FSSW) between both similar and dissimilar metals and materials. It explains the impact of the interlayer in FSSW of different metals with regard to mechanical, metallurgical, wear, thermo-mechanical, and chemical ...
Nanofluids: Fundamentals, Applications, and Challenges
1st Edition
By Shriram S. Sonawane, Parag P. Thakur
July 02, 2024
Nanofluids provides insight to the mathematical, numerical, and experimental methodologies of the industrial application of nanofluids. It covers the fundamentals and applications of nanofluids in heat and mass transfer. Thoroughly covering the thermo-physical and optical properties of nanofluids ...
Functional Nanomaterials for Regenerative Tissue Medicines
1st Edition
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By Mariappan Rajan
May 27, 2024
This book covers nanomaterials in tissue engineering for regenerative therapies of heart, skin, eye, skeletal muscle, and the nervous system. The book emphasizes fundamental design concepts and emerging forms of nanomaterials in soft- and hard-tissue engineering. FEATURES Fills a gap in the ...