Mechanical Engineering & Materials

This is the first volume of the four volume set of Comprehensive Guide for Mesoporous Materials . The discovery and application of mesoporous mate...

This is the final volume of the four volume set of Comprehensive Guide for Mesoporous Materials. Mesoporous materials are found abundant in biologi...

This book examines the phase behavior of polymers. The authors present topical research in this field. Topics discussed include the phase behavior ...

Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. It is known as the miracle mineral because of its soft and pli...

This book examines the latest research in carbon nanotube and nanocomposite applications. In a supercapacitor, the surface area of the electrodes a...

The use of additive manufacturing has increased significantly in previous years. Additive manufacturing is used by multiple industry subsectors, in...

Many important industrial objectives require the development of ceramics with specific properties. It is now established that the development of ce...

This book provides the most recent developments in the field of materials science, with chapters focused on advances in thermoluminescence research...

This book presents topical research in the study of biodegradable materials, including biodegradable materials used to develop an ecofriendly techn...

The engineering necessity of fracture mechanics is to improve the empirical data-handbook style and mechanics of materials based design. This book ...

The short-range-order structure of lead borate glasses is rather complex and depends on the relative ratios of boron to lead atoms in chemical comp...

This book presents some new results in the studies of anomalous electromagnetic properties of thin granular carbon films. The book describes the st...

Native cellulose is a structural material that is biosynthesised as microfibrils by a number of living organisms ranging from higher and lower plan...

Metamaterials are artificial materials engineered to provide properties which may not be readily available in nature . These materials usually gai...

Materials science includes those parts of chemistry and physics that deal with the properties of materials. It encompasses four classes of material...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of dendrimers, with a focus on their synthesis, application and role in nanotechnol...

This book examines the potential application of semiconductor materials for gas sensor production on the basis of their fundamental, theoretical, a...

Erbium is a rare chemical element. A rare, silvery, white metallic lanthanide, erbium is solid in its normal state. Erbium''s principal uses involv...

A wide variety of materials are used in automotive parts, and most of them are mechanical components. Steels are most widely used for the power tra...

Yttrium is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically similar to the lanthanoids and has historically been classified as a rare earth element. ...

The laminated composite structures can be tailored to design advanced structures, but the sharp change in the properties of each layer at the inter...

The Advances in Engineering Mechanic book series draws together recent significant advances in various topics in engineering mechanics. The book ...

The strength of a material refers to the material''s ability to withstand an applied stress without failure. The applied stress may be tensile, com...