Materials Science Forum

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The 7th Japanese-Mediterranean and Central European Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic Superconducting and Nano Materials, held on the 6th to 9th July 2011 in Budapest, Hungary, provided a forum where specialists from universities, research centers and industrial concerns in many countries worldwide could establish cooperation, share knowledge and experience and engender the cross-fertilization of new ideas and developments in the design, analysis and utilization of new materials and optimisation techniques in the areas of applied electromagnetics, superconductivity, nanomaterials and their industrial applications in modern technologies in electricity/electronics, transportation, bioengineering, energy and environment.

Description: The aim of this special collection of peer-reviewed papers is to present recent progress in crystal growth, in the characterization and control of material properties, as well as in other basic research issues concerning silicon carbide (SiC) and other wide-bandgap semiconductors such as group-III nitrides and diamond. The latest research results relevant to wafer production processes, device fabrication technologies and device applications are discussed. These included the latest results in the development and commercialization of advanced devices and circuits used for energy saving, high-voltage switching, high-frequency high-power amplification and high-temperature operation. Work on the growth, characterization and device exploitation of epitaxial graphene was also covered. Evolving industrial products and capabilities were also highlighted.
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Recrystallization and grain growth are fundamental aspects of microstructure evolution during the annealing and thermomechanical processing of engineering materials. These static and dynamic phenomena are of major scientific interest and of great importance in a wide range of industrial processes and applications. This collection of peer-reviewed papers brings together the most up-to-date knowledge in this field.

Description: The contents of this book pay particular attention to the different length-scales (macro, micro and nano) as related to obtaining a deeper understanding of the structure-property relationships of polymeric nanocomposite materials. They cover major findings and observations related to the morphological, interfacial, processing response, physical and thermophysical properties of multiphase polymers and polymer composite systems: from macro to nano length-scales. The presentation is organised around three areas: Multiscale modelling and simulation - Design and advanced characterisation - Processing, application and recycling.
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Description: This work presents the most recent Advances in Non-Conventional Materials Processing Technologies presented at the 4^th Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference (MESIC2011), held during September 2011 in Cadiz, Spain. Here, Forming, Simulation, Laser, Water-Jet, Rapid Prototyping, WEDM, Grinding and Additive Manufacturing Technologies are, among others, the main topics to be found in this book, which is aimed especially at manufacturing engineers who work in the above fields.

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This specialist volume is the sum of the contribution of thirty-four experts, in their respective field of research, from the international scientific community. It covers, in depth, newly-developed photocatalytic materials, photocatalytic surfaces, photocatalytic reactors and their design for the purposes of environmental clean-up applications plus hydrogen generation and storage. It provides up-to-date and detailed coverage of the physics and chemistry of nanomaterials and nano-composites, and the engineering of photocatalytic materials for environmental applications.

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The aim of this collection of peer-reviewed papers is to promote the open discussion of SiC hetero-epitaxy as related to the possibility of growing SiC on other materials and of growing various SiC polytypes so as to take advantage of the possibilities of band-gap engineering, These proceedings present the latest developments in Silicon Carbide, and the prospects for Gallium Nitride (GaN on Si, SiC, sapphire and free-standing) and Diamond power electronics. Finally, the progress made in Graphene technology, such as its introduction into devices and its relationship to SiC epitaxial material, is considered.

Description: The 108 peer-reviewed papers of this volume reflect the latest developments in the field of materials and manufacturing technology; ranging from fundamentals to new technologies and applications. In particular, the papers cover the processing of advanced materials and the characterization of performance in critical applications. This book provides a valuable reference source for researchers in the fields of materials and metallurgical engineering, or manufacturing science and technology, who wish to further their understanding of the processing of materials and the microstructure-mechanical property correlations underlying mechanisms, and to create innovative and practical techniques and processes. It should also be of particular interest to manufacturing engineers.

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These are the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - THERMEC’2011 - which was held during the 1-5 August 2011 in Quebec City, Canada. The conference brought together researchers and engineers/technologists working on various aspects of the processing, fabrication, structure/property evaluation and applications of both ferrous and non-ferrous materials; including biomaterials and smart/intelligent materials. The contents are thus and excellent and up-to-date guide to these subjects.

Description: Physical and numerical simulations make it possible for materials science to go from experience-based to science-based, and from qualitative to quantitative understanding. Physical simulations, which effectively reveal the underlying principles of a material’s structure and property evolution, save significant amounts of time and money. Numerical simulations meanwhile permit descriptions and forms of material processes which are impossible to achieve experimentally. Both types of simulation are naturally gaining acceptance worldwide, and will become a prominent approach used in materials research in the 21st century. Young researchers will therefore benefit greatly from studying this volume.