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.
Micro to Quantum Supercapacitor Devices
1st Edition
By Abha Misra
October 08, 2024
Supercapacitors have established their role as high-power density devices capable of storing energy for multiple cycles; these devices are more plentiful than batteries. This book outlines the fundamentals of charge-storage mechanisms in different configurations of supercapacitors. It describes the...
Multifunctional Polymeric Foams: Advancements and Innovative Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Soney C. George, Resmi B. P.
October 08, 2024
Polymeric foams or cellular or expanded polymers have characteristics that makes their usage possible for several industrial and household purposes. This book is focused on the recent advancements in the synthesis of polymer foams, various foaming methods, foaming technology, mechanical and ...
Nanocarbons: Preparation, Assessments, and Applications
1st Edition
By Ashwini P. Alegaonkar, Prashant S. Alegaonkar
October 08, 2024
This book provides a practical platform to the readers for facile preparation of various forms of carbon in its nano-format, investigates their structure–property relationship, and finally, realizes them for a variety of applications taking the route of application engineering. It covers the ...
Nanomaterials in the Battle Against Pathogens and Disease Vectors
1st Edition
Edited
By Kaushik Pal, Tean Zaheer
October 08, 2024
Nanomaterials in the Battle Against Pathogens and Disease Vectors presents an overview of the use of nanotechnology to mitigate pathogens of concern, and is the first book to discuss applications of nanotechnology in the fight against all three major domains of disease-causing pathogens. Bacteria,...
Polymeric Biomaterials: Fabrication, Properties and Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Pooja Agarwal, Divya Bajpai Tripathy, Anjali Gupta, Bijoy Kumar Kuanr
October 08, 2024
Biomaterials include a versatile group of molecules that have been designed to interact with biological systems for various applications and polymeric biomaterials are being designed based on their availability and compatibility. This book summarizes fabrication techniques, features, usage, and ...
Thermal Transport Characteristics of Phase Change Materials and Nanofluids
1st Edition
By S. Harikrishnan, Ad Dhass
October 08, 2024
This book provides detailed information related to nanofluids, synthesis and preparation, morphologies of nanoparticles, selection of base fluids and thermophysical properties of nanofluids. The advantage of various conduits, the improvement of the heat transfer performance of phase change ...
Advanced Materials for Wastewater Treatment and Desalination: Fundamentals to Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Pei Sean Goh, Hasrinah Hasbullah, Farhana Aziz
October 07, 2024
Advanced Materials for Wastewater Treatment and Desalination: Fundamentals to Applications offers a comprehensive overview of current progress in the development of advanced materials used in wastewater treatment and desalination. The book is divided into two major sections, covering both ...
Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices
1st Edition
Edited
By Eduardo Guy Perpétuo Bock
October 07, 2024
Often associated with artificial hearts, ventricular assist devices (VADs) are blood pumps that can provide circulatory assistance to the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both. Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices reviews constructive details of VADs and the ...
Biomass for Bioenergy and Biomaterials
1st Edition
Edited
By Nidhi Adlakha, Rakesh Bhatnagar, Syed Shams Yazdani
October 07, 2024
Biomass for Bioenergy and Biomaterials presents an overview of recent studies developed specifically for lignocellulose-based production of biofuels, biochemicals, and functional materials. The emphasis is on using sustainable chemistry and engineering to develop innovative materials and fuels for ...
Biomaterials and Materials for Medicine: Innovations in Research, Devices, and Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Jingan Li
October 07, 2024
Biomaterials and Materials for Medicine: Innovations in Research, Devices, and Applications provides an application-oriented summary of innovations in this rapidly evolving field, offering a view of various directions in biomaterials and medical materials and their advanced uses. Highlights ...
Carbon-Based Conductive Polymer Composites: Processing, Properties, and Applications in Flexible Strain Sensors
1st Edition
By Dong Xiang
October 07, 2024
Carbon nanomaterials can transfer their excellent electrical conductivity to polymers while enhancing or maintaining their original mechanical properties. Conductive polymer composites based on carbon nanomaterials are finding increasing applications in aerospace, automotive, and electronic ...
Drug Delivery Using Nanomaterials
1st Edition
Edited
By Yasser Shahzad, Syed A.A. Rizvi, Abid Mehmood Yousaf, Talib Hussain
October 07, 2024
After the drug discovery and development process, designing suitable formulations to safely deliver the optimum dose, while avoiding side effects, has been a constant challenge, especially when drugs are very toxic and have poor solubility and undesirable clearance profiles. With recent advances in...