Mechanical Engineering & Materials

Ever since humans have existed, they have impacted the earth in many different ways (Redman, 1999). Currently, important impacts are associated wit...

Diffusion and liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) data are of major importance for the design of chemical processes as, e.g., extraction. Unfortunately,...

The global demand for cooling increases and poses a challenge for the stability of electrical grids and the emission targets. Thermally-driven adso...

Microgels are cross-linked polymer networks in size of 10 - 1000 nm. In this thesis, three predictive models for the synthesis of poly(N-Vinylcapro...

The synthesis of energy systems is a complex task, since a plethora of conditions needs to be regarded during decision making. Thus, mathematical o...

Diffusion is the rate-limiting mass transport step in many (bio)chemical processes. Diffusion data is therefore necessary to design unit operations...

Plastics are on the rise to conquer every area of modern human life but lead to increased pollution of nature, enormous oil consumption, and large-...

The design and optimization of complex chemical processes is a key challenge in chemical engineering and requires knowledge of the underlying kinet...

In recent years, spectroscopy has developed into an increasingly valuable tool to determine the composition of mixtures; for scientific questions a...

Climate change mitigation requires a massive reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and even negative emissions in the near future. To achieve...

Adsorption energy systems can be driven by thermal energy from waste heat or the sun and thereby allow reducing fossil energy consumption and thus ...

The accurate prediction of reaction kinetics data, e.g., reaction rate constants, for the microgel synthesis is highly desired because its usage in...

Soft microgels with temperature-responsive behavior are of growing interest in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and chemical engineering. Spheric...

NANOLUBRICANTS Through the dissemination of the latest advancements in nanolubrication science, this volume addresses the pressing concerns surroun...

Asymptotic Perturbation Methods Cohesive overview of powerful mathematical methods to solve differential equations in physics Asymptotic Perturbati...

ELECTRIC VEHICLE DESIGN This book will serve as a definitive guide to conceptual and practical knowledge about the design of hybrid electrical veh...

Techniques and strategies for the production of nanomaterials and nanostructures have developed to an advanced level. However, the concepts and met...