Advanced Materials Research

Description: Nanotechnology refers to the creation of useful materials, devices and systems via the manipulation of matter on a miniscule scale; a nanometer being a billionth of a meter. Nanotechnology is being applied to almost every field imaginable, including electronics, magnetics, optics, information technology, materials development and biomedicine. The 190 selected peer-reviewed papers presented here are grouped into: Chapter 1: Nanotechnology and Industrial Application, Chapter 2: Computer Science and Engineering, Chapter 3: Communications and Management, Chapter 4: Control and Automation. This is an excellent introduction to the field for those interested in the exploitation of nanotechnology.

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This three-volume set is a collection of 190 peer-reviewed papers on the topic of Advances in Product Development and Reliability. It addresses the scientific and technological issues underlying improvements in performance, reliability and lifetime. Its remit embraces the design and manufacturing aspects of product development and reliability, as well as operational life prediction and extension.

Description: The purpose of this special volume was to provide young scientists from Asian countries with the opportunity of exchanging information on scientific research. It covers recent progress, achievements and innovations made in the field of advanced materials research and technology for a sustainable future world; especially in India, Japan and other Asian countries. The selected papers include experimental studies of structure, electrical and magnetic properties, thermodynamic and electrochemical properties, absorption, luminescence, permeability and self-assembly in systems involving steel and aluminum alloys, nanoparticles, nanowires, nanoplates, multilayers, thin films, membranes and multifunctional materials.

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This collection of over 500 peer-reviewed papers presents new research results on environment-friendly materials and environmental management. It aims to bring together researchers, developers and users from around the world, working in both industry and academia, in order to share state-of-the-art results, to explore new areas of research and development and to discuss the emerging issues facing environment-friendly materials and environmental management. The work presents important new perspectives on this ever more essential field.

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The increased use of advanced materials in high-efficiency structures – electronic devices, medical equipment, aircraft and vehicles – requires an improved reliability, increased resistance to breakdown, and better failure and life-span forecasting for a wide variety of loading conditions. The development of materials having advanced structural properties is becoming a key factor in industrial and technological progress.

Description: The volume consists of a collection of 124 peer-reviewed papers contributed by experts from all over the world. The topics covered include: new developments and applications in materials forming, subtractive, additive and joining processes, processing of advanced materials such as composites, polymers, semiconductors and bio-materials, and new development in the micro/nano-fabrication of engineering materials.

Description: This collection comprises selected papers from the 3 rd International Congress on Energy and Environment Engineering and Management. Each Congress provides an opportunity for academics, scientific consultants and companies to share days of interaction that permit the free interchange of experience and, at the same time, create and renew links between different work-groups. This Congress included a total of six thematic areas, covering a broad spectrum within the applications associated with environmental engineering, energy installations, renewable energy, electromechanics, materials and project engineering. The contents therefore provide a handy introduction to the subject.

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This special volume presents the latest advances in the science and technology of high-performance ceramics in China. More than 600 valuable original contributions were sifted, using a strict peer-review process, to yield the more than 229 manuscripts included in this collection. The contributions covered almost all aspects of the field including: functional ceramics, structural ceramics, processing of ceramics and the evaluation of ceramics.

Description: During the past twenty years, digital design and manufacturing technology has become indispensable in many and various applications world-wide; involving many products and rapidly expanding markets. It has not only provided industry with new methods, tools and digitalized products - from design, materials processing to operating and management procedures - but is also changing the approaches, thinking patterns and working environments of people in the manufacturing field.
The rapid growth of digital design and manufacturing processes has also brought with it some processing work-flow challenges. While the various resultant products provide an ideal solution for some processing steps, more dedicated and integrated systems are sometimes required. How best can one handle incoming data and orders, automate the design and perhaps engineering, make robust plans, manage the process and data and deliver quality goods.

Description: This book brings together the latest advances in, and applications of, manufacturing science and engineering. It comprises 976 papers, selected from among 3062 papers which were submitted by universities and industrial laboratories all over the world. All of chosen papers were subjected to strict peer-review.