Materials Science

In the opening chapter of Polyester: Synthesis, Types and Applications, the authors provide the synthesis, structure, properties and applications o...

Following the discovery of the oxide superconductors in 1986 by Bednorz and Muller, a number of new superconducting compounds was found exhibiting ...

The developed original principles and approaches for advanced materials and composites (ferro-piezoelectrics, nanostructures, functional materials ...

An Introduction to Glass Transition opens with a comparison of entropy function of temperature dependence with configurational entropy, which was p...

Nanotechnology is a ground breaking scientific innovation with significant activities that includes the production and application of nanostructure...

Functionally graded materials (FGMs)are composites with gradually varying material content. This book presents current research in the study of FGM...

The authors of this book discuss the use of organosilanes as anchoring layers for biomolecules on different materials. The biofunctionalization of ...

Kaolinite is a clay mineral and part of the group of industrial minerals. Kaolinite clay occurs in abundance in soils that have formed from the che...

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

This book presents topical research in the study of magnetic thin films, including developments in giant magnetoresistance and tunnelling magnetore...

Materials science encompasses four classes of materials, the study of each of which may be considered a separate field: metals, ceramics, polymers ...

The interest in polymer composites study is due to an even greater degree of their application. The filling by hard disperse particulates or fibres...

Due to the effect of colossal magnetoresistance, bulk lanthanum manganites have become one of the most fashionable objects of investigations in s...

Corrosion is deterioration of essential properties in a material due to reactions with its surroundings. An organic coating is frequently deposited...

This is the fourth volume of the handbook of functional nanomaterials (4 volume set). Functional nanomaterials appear in our daily lives. These mat...

This book examines the adhesive properties in nanomaterials, composites and films. Topics discussed include the properties and applications of comp...

This book presents current research in the study of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, including the fabrication of aromatic polyester compo...

Polymer film coatings protect metals from the effects of aggressive media. They are used extensively as semi-permeable membranes, electrode materia...

This book presents current research in the study of polypyrrole, including the preparation of conducting polypyrrole in conventional medium and ion...

Composite resins are types of synthetic resins which are used in dentistry as restorative material or adhesives. Synthetic resins evolved as restor...