Materials Science

Discover a novel, self-contained approach to an important technical area, providing both theoretical background and practical details. Coverage inc...

Emerging techniques in data analytics, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, offer exciting opportunities for advancing scientifi...

Advances in materials science and engineering play a crucial role in supporting the U.S. economy and national security. To maintain its leading edg...

The Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure standing and planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi...

Commercially significant amounts of crude oil and natural gas lie under the continental shelf of the United States. Advances in locating deposits, ...

High-entropy materials, ultra-strong molecules, and nanoelectronics have become a focus of active research because of their unique potential and ap...

This introduction to the mathematics of incompressible fluid mechanics and its applications keeps prerequisites to a minimum only a background kno...

Flexible devices based on metal oxides: Achievements and prospects focuses on the integration of flexibility in electronic circuitry, sensing appli...

Showcasing recent developments in inorganic materials in an area of societal interest and importance, this book provides an up-to-date introduction...

Elastomeric proteins are ubiquitous in nature, where they have evolved precise structures and properties that are necessary to perform specific bio...

Continuous crystallization is an area of intense research, with particular respect to the pharmaceutical industry and fine chemicals. Improvements ...

Interest in and attention on electrochromic technology has been growing since the 1970s, with the advent of numerous electrochromic devices in comm...

This book discusses the direct imaging of electric and magnetic fields of various functional materials using electron holography, providing indispe...

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) uniquely combine superparamagnetic performance with dimensions that are smaller than or similar size to molecular ana...

Many nanomaterials exhibit anti-microbial properties and demand for such materials grows as new applications are found in such areas as medicine, e...

Polysaccharides are natural, renewable materials that are biodegradable and biocompatible, making them ideal subjects for biomedical applications. ...

The increasing interest in graphene, due to its unique properties and potential applications, is sparking intense research into chemically derived ...

There is great interest in the novel mass-transport properties of graphene-based membrane materials, especially for environmental applications such...

Smart materials stimulated by chemical or by logical signals hold promise for many applications, including new sensors and actuators for medicine, ...

The field of nanoceramics for biomedical applications has experienced important advances in the last five years. These advances are mainly focused ...

Nitroxides are versatile small organic molecules possessing a stabilised free radical. With their unpaired electron spin they display a unique reac...

Polyrotaxane is a necklace-like supramolecule in which many cyclic molecules are threaded into a single polymer chain and can be cross-linked to pr...

Porphyrinoids are pyrrole-containing macrocycles with varied core sizes, which have found many applications beyond the original chemical and biolog...

The ability of nanostructures to organize into complex arrangements leads to unique materials with valuable applications. Self-assembly is therefor...